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Pebble In The Sky is probably the reigning titleholder of "Undiscovered Classic" in Isaac Asimov's impressive lexicon. It may take a little searching to locate this book, but believe me, it's well worth it. Dr. Asimov constructed a huge universe that traces humanity from the near future (the Robot stories) to its first creaking footsteps into the unknown (the Robot novels), to the founding of a Galactic Empire (the Empire... Read Full Review

I bought pebble in the sky at a yard sale,I didn't even know who Isaac Asimov was.The book was fantastic and I became an instant Asimov fan.I was just wondering if any other Asimov fans out there could tell me if there's any benefit to reading his books in a certain order and if so which ones. thank you.

In this novel, a great deal depends upon a science fiction element not used very often by Asimov: time travel. A strange accident transports an innocent middle-aged man thousands of years into Earth's future from his native mid-twentieth century. Earth is much-changed in this future, as a poisoned backwater world of no importance in the Galactic Empire. The citizens of this Empire not even aware that Earth was the original... Read Full Review

I give this book 5 stars because it is classic Asimov. However, there are points in this book that are inconsistent with Asimov's later novels. For example, in Robots and Empire the Earth's radioactivity was caused by Dr. Amadiro and Mandamus at Three-Mile Island. However, in the Empire novels, the Earth's radioactivity is caused by nuclear wars. Also, the timeline seems a bit confused. The Empire novels are supposed... Read Full Review