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Summary: Very Interesting story. Very insightful for its time.
Review: Although technically incorrect on some points, i.e. the effects of radiation on humans, this can be excused for the fact that the novel was written in 1949 if I remember correctly. The story is pure Early Asimov and is wonderful for that. Definitely worth reading if you like Asimov novels, and the characters do actually seem like people.
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Summary: fantastic book
Review: I bought pebble in the sky at a yard sale,I didn't even know who Isaac Asimov was.But I BECAME AN INSTANT FAN.To all you Asimov fans out there I know he has written alot of books and I was wondering if there's any benefit to reading them in a particular order...If so which books ..thank you
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Summary: Instant Asimov fan
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.
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Summary: I did not read this book.
Review: I did not read this book because everyplace I looked it was out of stock. I've heard good things about this 'Isaac Asimov' and wish to read his other books.
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Summary: Great Book, but...
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 to take place before the Foundation novels. However, here, Asimov says they are 50,000 years into our future. Yet, in Foundation, I believe it was more like 20,000 years into the future. So, this is a great novel, but it does not seem to truly fit into Asimov's later Foundation and Robot novels (they are supposed to).
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Summary: Didn't match my expectations...
Review: I picked this book up expecting something grand. I mean, Isaac Asimov is a famous writer, if not THE famous SF writer. But after finishing this short book (around 230 pages) I believe he's overrated. At least, if all his books are as "not-awesome" as this one.The main premise is good. 62-year-old male starts walking and with one step he goes a hundred thousand years in the future. All righty then... The fallout Earth isn't described vividly enough. I often had to come up with details myself so I could picture it as vividly as I'm used to do with other books. The characters varied from painfully artificial to amazingly natural. The main character is very human, and reacts as surprised as anyone would be jumping to the future, but he comes to that conclusion far slower than the average person would. Also, I'm afraid a sad ending or even a not-so-happy ending would fit the story better than it's current "everyone-hugs-with-a-rainbow-on-the-sky-straight-outta-hollywood" ending. But the conspiracy theories the villains create are surprisingly elaborate and very well thought-out... On the whole, I'd still recommend this book, but don't expect the 4.5 out of 5 book that everyone's raving about here...
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Summary: good, but has an abrupt ending
Review: I really liked this book. It is set thousands of years into our future, and thousands of years ago in the time of 'Foundation'. The ending, however, was a little abrupt. The whole story about Earth's leaders plotting to destroy the Empire was ended in two pages, and there was no narrative describing that.
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Summary: about dates and radiactivity
Review: I'm writing this review in order to make clear some points which seem a bit confusing about the Empire novels. Dates: -Daneel Olivaw and Elijah Baley novels take place (more or less)in the year 5,000 a.C. -The Stars like Dust 6,000-7,000 a.C. -Pebble in the Sky 13,800 a.C. -Foundation 25,000 a.C. -Foundation and Earth 25,500 a.C. you can calculate this following R. Daneel Olivaw's life, and knowing it was created in 5,000 and that Hari Seldon was born by 20,000. Radiactivity: It is true that its full of mistakes and errors if we believe what was explained in Robots and Empire: -Earth should be radiactive in 150 years more or less (mandamus said). Regarding this novel, Earth was still inhabited 8,800 years afterwards -It was Mandamus, allowed by R.Giskard Reventlov, who provoked this situation, and not any nuclear war. Anyway, you can imagine that the increase of radiactivity caused a number of wars which have been blamed (afterwards) of causing the increase of radiactivity.
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Summary: "Pebble" was my introduction to Issac Asimov
Review: In an instant I became a huge Asimov fan. I have read nearly all of his Sci-Fi novels and a number of his Non-fiction titles as well, but I continually return to this book. "Pebble in the Sky" is a perfect novice title for the beginning Asimov reader, not too meaty as with the Foundation series, but still a very serious and emotional story which anyone can empathize with.
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Summary: An excellent epic-drama about the future of mankind
Review: In this futuristic story, Asimov introduces us the newly established Galactic Empire and the position of the poor earth in it. The Earth is really in a bad situation because of the nuclear wars of the past. Maybe the worst thing about its people is the 'year 60 rule' which dictates that people who are in their sixties must be killed, because the Earth cannot accomodate more than 20 million people and a 60 year-old person wouldn't produce anything for the rest of other people any more.
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