About the book: 2006 / In "The Crisis of History" he addresses the main problems of the masterpiece of science fiction - Isaac Asimov's Foundation trilogy, analyzing them anew from a modern point of view. In Asimov's psychohistorical control, Kingsbury sees a threat to free will, as well as to the practical value of predictions in general. Predictions can be extremely useful, especially if we have the power to prevent them from coming true.