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Author
Index
A |
Isaac
Asimov |
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Title
Index
P |
Pebble
in the Sky |
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| Year |
1958 |
| Publisher |
Sphere |
| ISBN |
0345311965 |
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Synopsis
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When
Joseph Schwartz
walked past the
Institute for
Nuclear Research
in Chicago, he
raised one foot in
the twentieth
century and
lowered it in
Galactic Era
827. He was
still on Earth,
but at a time when
mankind had
colonized the
Galaxy, and the
people of the home
planet were
outcasts, clinging
to the soil of a
radio-active
world.
A revolution of
Earth's
militarists
threatened the
Galactic Empire
with chaos and
strangely Schwartz
found himself the
only man who could
avert the
disaster. |
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Review
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Among
the three Empire
Novels, this is my
favorite. The
story may start a
bit slow, but once
it picks up it
does not slow down
until the
conclusion, where
Asimov pretty much
sums it up as one
might see coming.
There was not
really anything
difficult to
anticipate, but
the concepts are
wonderfully
applied. I
recommend this
book even if you
have not read any
of the other
Empire Novels, as
you will really
not miss out on
anything.
G Swift |
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Credit:
NASA
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Signs
of a
Massive
Impact
Research
funded by
NASA and
the
National
Science
Foundation
has led to
evidence
of an
impact
crater
believed
to be
associated
with the
"Great
Dying,"
the
largest
extinction
event in
the
history of
life on
Earth.
Scientist
Luann
Becker and
her team
found
extensive
evidence
of a
125-mile-wide
crater,
called
Bedout,
off the
northwestern
coast of
Australia.
They found
clues
matched up
with the
Great
Dying,
about 250
million
years ago.
The
impact,
depicted
above,
wiped out
90 percent
of marine
and 80
percent of
land life. |
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NASA
Image of
the day
archive |
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