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Tom,
I read the foundation series. I guess it took a while to reopn as the “dark period” was suppose to be shrunk to hundreds of years.
Do you have a web link ???
Allen Sheaprd Commented:
>Do you have a web link ???
There is a web link to details of the Foundation Series in my original post.