
《基地》(Foundation,意為地基、基石。),是美國作家艾薩克·阿西莫夫出版于1951年的科幻小說短篇集,“基地三部曲”的第一部(後來發展成“基地系列”),1955年曾以《千年計劃》(The 1,000-Year Plan)為名,收錄在“雙重王牌叢書”(Ace Double),第D-110號叢書。這部短篇集里其中的4篇故事,原載于1942年到1944年之間的《驚奇雜志》(Astounding Magazine,但是不同標題),第5篇則是集結成書時加進去的。幾十年後,阿西莫夫又追加兩本前傳,之後也授權其他作家為這個系列編寫新的故事。

倉央嘉措的一生是個難以捉摸的謎,也是一個永恒不朽的傳奇。這個謎一樣的男子,對我們來說,是那麼熟悉,卻又那麼陌生。陌生到我們只知道這個名字,只知道他是詩人。他是一個僧人,卻寫盡了凡塵俗世的情與愛,他的情詩猶如青藏高原的明珠.照亮了無數男女的心房。他的傳奇、他的故事讓人們為之著迷。
倉央嘉措在藏南的山野中長大,向往自由和愛情。他不在乎什麼身份地位,扮作俗人模樣在拉薩夜晚游樂,享受酒館里醇美的青稞酒,享受與姑娘們的愛情。他的情詩就這樣源源不斷地從酒肆傳到雪域的四面八方。如果僅僅沉溺于情愛,倉央嘉措不會受到不同年代、不同民族、不同信仰的人的喜愛。真實的倉央嘉措是一位富有才華的詩人。他的詩歌在西藏流傳很廣,普通的小攤上都能買到他的詩集——一種藏文刊印的小冊子。

I'd never given much thought to how I would die — though I'd had reason
enough in the last few months — but even if I had, I would not have
imagined it like this.
I stared without breathing across the long room, into the dark eyes of
the hunter, and he looked pleasantly back at me.
Surely it was a good way to die, in the place of someone else, someone I
loved. Noble, even. That ought to count for something.
I knew that if I'd never gone to Forks, I wouldn't be facing death now.
But, terrified as I was, I couldn't bring myself to regret the decision.
When life offers you a dream so far beyond any of your expectations, it's
not reasonable to grieve when it comes to an end.
The hunter smiled in a friendly way as he sauntered forward to kill me.