It's probably a mistake, because as much as I like Foundation, it has some issues. For starters, most of its themes have already been stolen by other works / f

It's probably a mistake, because as much as I like Foundation, it has some issues. For starters, most of its themes have already been stolen by other works / franchises. How many kids are going to accuse Asimov of ripping of Coruscant when they see Trantor? And it reads much like a tightly-written Dune. We all know how that turned out.