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*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.
Is Pebble in the Sky appropriate for my child?
Suitable for most readers 13 and up.
A classic sci-fi adventure featuring political conflict and a radioactive dystopian Earth within a galactic empire; contains mild peril and thematic violence but no explicit content.
What to know going in
This book has moderate violence, no sexual content, and mild language. Content notes include genocide, mass death, and war.
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Who'll love this
A displaced ordinary man navigates a vast galactic empire in this thoughtful, trope-subverting science fiction classic.