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Pebble in the Sky
- Author
- Isaac Asimov
- Narrator
- Jon Lindstrom
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Publish Date
- 19 October 2023
- Run Time
- 8 hours 35 minutes
- Format
- x-book®
- Genre
- Classic science fiction, Science fiction: space opera, Science fiction: space exploration, Science fiction: near future, Science fiction: aliens / UFOs, Science fiction: military, Science fiction: apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic, Fiction: inspired by or adapted from other media, Narrative theme: Displacement, exile, migration, Narrative theme: Journeys and voyages
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What to expect
Caught up in an experiment gone wrong, Joseph Schwartz is transported forward in time from post-war Chicago to the heyday of the first Galactic Empire.
Earth, he soon learns, is a backwater, despised by the other two hundred million planets of the Empire because its people dare to claim it as the original home of man.
And Earth is poor, with great areas of radioactivity ruining much of its soil – so poor that everyone is sentenced to death at the age of sixty.
And Joseph Schwartz is sixty-two.
Asimov’s Galactic Empire novels are among the earliest stories by one of the twentieth century’s greatest visionaries. Filled with ideas and wonders, they are classic adventures from science fiction’s Golden Age.
Critics Review
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‘Isaac Asimov was one of the great explainers of the age…It will never be known how many practicing scientists today, in how many countries, owe their initial inspiration to a book, article, or short story by Isaac Asimov’
Carl Sagan‘Asimov displayed one of the most dynamic imaginations in science fiction’
Daily Telegraph‘Asimov’s career was one of the most formidable in science fiction’
The Times
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Details
- Author
- Isaac Asimov
- Narrator
- Jon Lindstrom
- Duration
- 8 hours 35 minutes
- Release Date
- 19 October 2023
- ISBN
- 9780008516260
- Format
- x-book®
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Genre
- Classic science fiction, Science fiction: space opera, Science fiction: space exploration, Science fiction: near future, Science fiction: aliens / UFOs, Science fiction: military, Science fiction: apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic, Fiction: inspired by or adapted from other media, Narrative theme: Displacement, exile, migration, Narrative theme: Journeys and voyages
Synopsis
Caught up in an experiment gone wrong, Joseph Schwartz is transported forward in time from post-war Chicago to the heyday of the first Galactic Empire. Earth, he soon learns, is a backwater, despised by the other two hundred million planets of the Empire because its people dare to claim it as the original home of man.And Earth is poor, with great areas of radioactivity ruining much of its soil – so poor that everyone is sentenced to death at the age of sixty.And Joseph Schwartz is sixty-two. Asimov’s Galactic Empire novels are among the earliest stories by one of the twentieth century’s greatest visionaries. Filled with ideas and wonders, they are classic adventures from science fiction’s Golden Age.
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