Pebble in the Sky (Galactic Empire Book 3) by Isaac Asimov (EPUB)

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The third and final book in the Galactic Empire series, the spectacular precursor to the classic Foundation series, by one of history’s most influential writers of science fiction, Isaac Asimov After years of bitter struggle, Trantor had at last completed its work—its Galactic Empire ruled all 200 million planets of the Galaxy . . . all but one. On a backward planet called Earth were those who nurtured bitter dreams of a mythical, half-remembered past when the planet was humanity’s only home. The other worlds despised it or merely patronized it—until a man from the past miraculously stepped through a time fault that spanned a millennium, living proof of Earth’s most preposterous claims.Joseph Schwartz was a happily retired Chicago tailor circa 1949. Trapped in an incredible future he could barely comprehend, the unlikely time traveler would soon become a pawn in a desperate conspiracy to bring down the Empire in a twist of agony and death—a mad plan to restore Earth’s tarnished glory by ending human life on every other world.

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⭐Was a cozy read, after growing up. I was especially struck by the themes of ignorance and bigotry as it is so prevalent today.

⭐Gifted to a family member

⭐Having read the whole series (Robot, Empire, Foundation) this whole story is a plot twist. Great Asimov Sci-fi. Even when it can be read by itself, within the series it is the recovery od Earth before it was totally lost.

⭐Joseph Schwartz next step is not in middle 20th century but rather tens of thousands years later, where he founds Earth can only sustain a population of 20 million, since most areas are radioactive. The galactic society, an Empire that spans countless worlds, ostracizes the planet who labels itself as the creator of humanity, something angrily disputed by most scholars. One scholar, Bel Arvardan indeed believes that mankind was born in that rebellious planet and plans to demonstrate it. But everything goes astray when they, along with scientist Affret Shekt, discover a plan to wipe out all the galactic population in order to reestablish Earth as the rightful ruler of the universe.Being his first, it’s not definitely not one of his best novels, but it works better when read as part of the entire saga of all the Galactic Empire and Foundation themes.

⭐Isaac Asimov’s Pebble in the Sky is an early work and the first in the loosely connected Trantorian Empire series. In this universe, set far into the future, Earth has populated the galaxy, but has since fallen on hard times due to a population crash as a result of widespread radioactive contamination. Over the course of thousands of years, the rest of the galaxy cannot even believe that Earth is their original birthplace and regard Earth as a backwater. Into this mix come two individuals, the first is an unorthodox archaeologist who holds the heretical theory that Earth is the original site of humanity (as opposed to the prevailing belief of a multi-locale, parallel development) and a victim of some accident that sends a human from the past (our time) forward to the time of the tale. The latter becomes the subject of an experiments to increase intelligence.Against this backdrop, the Earth political rulers are plotting a secret biological warfare attack on the rest of the empire. Needless to say, there is much confusion about what exactly is going on as a result of ingrained prejudices and underestimation of capabilities by just about everyone. Although the overall plot is a bit far-fetched, the political posturings are well crafted with a suitably Machiavellian string puller calling the shots. This is definitely slanted towards a juvenile audience.

⭐Of the three books that make up the “trilogy” of Galactic Empire stories (“The Stars Like Dust”, “The Currents of Space” and “Pebble in the Sky”) this is the best of the three, although they’re all entertaining and bear Asimov’s unmistakeable style. Readers familiar with the Foundation Trilogy will encounter elements that form common touch-points between this book and that series. This series was not conceived of as a “trilogy”, but clearly are placed along a fictional historic thread that predates the Foundation Trilogy, but don’t suffer from the artifice apparent in other, later works that make a deliberate attempt to link to that series (e.g. “Prelude to Foundation” and the many novels that tie together some of Asimov’s other series and the original Foundation Trilogy). I believe that Pebble in the Sky was the last of the three to be written, and shows Asimov’s greater maturity as a writer – the characters are a bit more three-dimensional, and while the first two books are notable for their lack of villains (the antagonists are eventually seen as reacting to historical, political and economic circumstances, an archetype that recurs in Asimov’s writing), “Pebble In The Sky” introduces a more conventional villain character that represents another Asimovian (is that a word?) archetype that will be familiar to those who have read some of his other works.

⭐In the context of the extended series spanning Robot, Empire and Foundation books, this original Empire series is fascinating, especially because of the different cause of radioactive Earth and the happy resolution to replace it’s soil. Both change in Robots and Empire and the final books of the Foundation series, but that doesn’t take away from the super storytelling of this series and how well it still ties in with the broad plot of how the Empire was built and some of the threats it saw off along the way

⭐Well it is his first book. However, the story line has some alarming truths to it here in 2020. So you say we can’t move through time and space as he does in the book, yet it is a good try (guess on what might happen looking forward in 1952.) The police state he finds himself in is very close to what we have in the USA today, so that is a win. People are messing around with brains, yes, true also. And further, we have his mind control which is now out of the lab as a military weapon…see directed energy weapons, ground penetrating radar, and direct electrostatic control of neurons. T waves.So whats to worry about now that the dreams some guy in 1952 become real? Yes, this book was way ahead of its time, and trippy too. Almost like time travel itself.

⭐A great introduction to science fiction, by the master. Although it now slots in to the overall “universe” created by Asimov, this was originally a stand alone novel – so it stands on its own! Good story, some action, and even a little romance. A great read. Could easily be made into a movie, wonder why it never has?

⭐Bought to add to my bookcase, read many years ago before I moved and gave away most of my books.

⭐I can’t really fault this – or indeed any of Asimov’s work. I love it all and this is no exception. A worthy addition to the science fiction section of your library.

⭐Excellent

⭐JUST AS EXPECTED

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