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Pebble in the Sky

A Galactic Empire Novel

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Isaac Asimov, Isaac Asimov
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An edition of Pebble in the Sky (1950)

Pebble in the Sky

A Galactic Empire Novel

by

  • ★★★★ 4.0 (21 ratings) ·
  • 104 Want to read
  • 6 Currently reading
  • 59 Have read

After getting caught in a freak nuclear research accident, Joseph Schwartz finds himself in a foreign time where following the cultural norms could prove to be fatal!

Publish Date
Publisher
Del Rey
Language
English
Pages
231

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Subjects

Fiction in English, American Science fiction, Science fiction, Dystopias, Time travel, Fiction, Fiction, science fiction, general, Space and time, Romans, nouvelles, American Fantasy fiction, Adventure stories, Time

Places

Trantorian empire (Ficticious place)
Edition Availability
Cover of: Pebble in the Sky
Pebble in the Sky
2020, Random House Publishing Group
in English
Cover of: Pebble in the Sky
Pebble in the Sky
2020, Random House Publishing Group
in English
Cover of: Gökteki Cakil Tasi
Gökteki Cakil Tasi
Oct 29, 2019, Ithaki Yayinlari
paperback
Cover of: Pebble in the Sky
Pebble in the Sky
Jul 25, 2019, HarperVoyager
paperback
Cover of: Pedra no Ceu
Pedra no Ceu
Aug 22, 2016, Editora Aleph
paperback in Portuguese
Cover of: Ein Sandkorn am Himmel
Ein Sandkorn am Himmel
Apr 14, 2015, Heyne Verlag
paperback
Cover of: Pebble in the sky
Pebble in the sky
2009, Tor
in English - 1st ed.
Cover of: Pebble in the sky
Pebble in the sky
2009, Tor
in English - 1st ed.
Cover of: Pebble in the Sky
Pebble in the Sky
2008, Tor, TOR
Hardcover in English
Cover of: Cang qiong yi su
Cang qiong yi su: Pebble in the sky
2006, Mao tou ying chu ban
in Chinese - Chu ban
Cover of: Cailloux dans le ciel
Cailloux dans le ciel
April 25, 2001, J'ai lu
Mass Market Paperback in French
Cover of: Paria dei cieli
Paria dei cieli
1994, Mondadori
Paperback in Italian
Cover of: Pebble in the sky
Pebble in the sky
1992-01, Spectra/Bantam Books
Mass Market Paperback in English
Cover of: Pebble in the sky
Pebble in the sky
1990, Doubleday
in English - Limited 40th anniversary ed.
Cover of: Pebble in the sky
Pebble in the sky
1987, Grafton
in English
Cover of: Pebble in the Sky
Pebble in the Sky: A Galactic Empire Novel
January 12, 1986, Del Rey
Mass Market Paperback in English
Cover of: Pebble in the Sky (The Isaac Asimov Collection Edition)
Pebble in the Sky (The Isaac Asimov Collection Edition)
1986, Doubleday
in English
Cover of: Pebble in the Sky
Pebble in the Sky
September 11, 1986, Grafton
Hardcover - New Ed edition
Cover of: Pebble in the Sky
Pebble in the Sky
1983-11, Ballantine
in English
Cover of: Pebble in the sky
Pebble in the sky
1982, R. Bentley
in English
Cover of: Radioaktiv ...!
Radioaktiv ...!: Science-Fiction-Roman
1981, Goldmann
in German - 4. Auflage
Cover of: Pebble in the Sky
Pebble in the Sky
1978, Sphere
Paperback in English
Cover of: Pebble in the sky.
Pebble in the sky.
1977, Sidgwick & Jackson, Sidgwick and Jackson
in English
Cover of: Pebble in the sky
Pebble in the sky
1977, Sphere
in English
Cover of: Pebble in the Sky
Pebble in the Sky
December 12, 1975, Fawcett
in English
Cover of: Pebble in the sky
Pebble in the sky
1974, Sphere
in English
Cover of: Cailloux dans le ciel
Cailloux dans le ciel
1974, J'ai Lu
in French
Cover of: Cailloux dans le ciel
Cailloux dans le ciel
Aug 24, 1974, J'Ai Lu
mass market paperback
Cover of: Pebble in the Sky (Crest SF, M1855)
Pebble in the Sky (Crest SF, M1855)
1973, Fawcett Publications
Cover of: Pebble in the sky
Pebble in the sky
1971, Fawcett Publications
in English
Cover of: Pebble in the sky
Pebble in the sky: science fiction.
1971, Sidgwick and Jackson
in English
Cover of: Pebble in the Sky
Pebble in the Sky
/1970, Fawcett Crest
mass market paperback in English
Cover of: Pebble in the Sky
Pebble in the Sky
1970-01-01, Fawcett
Cover of: Pebble in the sky
Pebble in the sky
1970, Sphere
in English
Cover of: Pebble in the sky
Pebble in the sky: science fiction.
1968, Sidgwick & Jackson
in English
Cover of: Pebble In The Sky
Pebble In The Sky: Trantorian Empire 1
1964-01-01, Bantam Books
Cover of: Pebble in the Sky
Pebble in the Sky
1958-01-01, Corgi Books
Cover of: Pebble in the sky-11
Pebble in the sky-11
1957, Fawcett Publications
in English
Cover of: Pebble in the sky
Pebble in the sky
1953, Galaxy Pub. Corp.
in English
Cover of: Pebble in the Sky
Pebble in the Sky
1950, Doubleday & Co.
Hardcover in English - 1st edition
Cover of: Radioaktiv...!
Radioaktiv...!
197x, Wilhelm Goldmann Verlag
Taschenbuch in German - 2. Auflage
Cover of: Pebble in the sky.
Pebble in the sky.
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Book Details

First Sentence

"Two minutes before he dissappeared from the face of the Earth he knew, Joseph Schwartz strolled along the pleasant streets of suburban Chicago quoting Browning to himself."

Table of Contents

Between One Footstep and the Next
Page 1
The Disposal of a Stranger
Page 11
One World--Or Many?
Page 20
The Royal Road
Page 33
The Involuntary Volunteer
Page 44
Apprehension in the Night
Page 57
Conversation with Madmen?
Page 66
Convergence at Chica
Page 76
Conflict at Chica
Page 88
Interpretations of Events
Page 100
The Mind that Changed
Page 109
The Mind that Killed
Page 123
Spider Web at Washenn
Page 133
Second Meeting
Page 144
The Odds that Vanished
Page 155
Choose Your Side!
Page 165
Change Your Side!
Page 176
Duel!
Page 187
The Deadline That Approached
Page 197
The Deadline That was Reached
Page 208
The Deadline That Passed
Page 220
The Best is Yet to Be
Page 228
Afterword
Page 231

Edition Notes

Originally retailed for $3.95.

Series
The Galactic Empire Novels

The Physical Object

Format
Mass Market Paperback
Number of pages
231

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL9788748M
ISBN 10
0345335635
ISBN 13
9780345335630
Library Thing
24611
Goodreads
76686

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL46402W

Source records

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Work Description

Pebble in the Sky is Asimov's first full length novel. It begins with a retired tailor from the mid-20th Century, who is accidentally pitched forward into the future. By then, Earth has become radioactive and is a low-status part of a vast Galactic Empire. There is both a mystery and a power-struggle, and a lot of debate and human choices. The originality of the S.F. work is the choice of a very ordinary man as the story's protagonist, rather than the more typical space opera hero.

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