![]() ![]() Recommended for fans of Asimov and 40s/50s science fiction… And space opera fans interested in more “substantial/complex” early manifestations of the subgenre… bad that characterized most pulp of the day. But, most appealing to me, Asimov moves away from the all too simplistic dichotomy of good vs. Although I am generally unimpressed with Asimov’s science fiction, Pebble in the Sky contains intriguing world building and an elderly man as the main character which is rather rare in sci-fi (albeit, this does not prevent a silly romance between the other younger main characters from providing the novel’s emotional core). ![]() The novel itself takes place in the vast Galactic Empire based at Trantor that features in so many of Asimov’s short stories and novels - most famously, Foundation. Pebble in the Sky (1950), Isaac Asimov’s first published novel, is a revision of the earlier short story ‘Grow Old With Me’ published in the late 1940s. (Uncredited (Powers?) cover for the 1957 edition) ![]()
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