A 1949 tailor is flung into a far future where radioactive Earth is a despised backwater of a vast Galactic Empire, facing prejudice and intrigue.
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A 1949 tailor is flung into a far future where radioactive Earth is a despised backwater of a vast Galactic Empire, facing prejudice and intrigue.
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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.
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Sexual content
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Mild romantic subplot with attraction and courtship; no explicit content.
Violence & gore
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Conspiracy, chases, and peril; deaths and conflict without graphic gore.
Profanity
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No significant profanity; clean mid-century prose.
Substance use
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No evidence found in available sources
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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No LGBTQIA+ representation present
Religious content
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No evidence found in available sources
Magic & witchcraft
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No fantasy magic present
Occult / demonology
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No occult content present
Political content
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Central themes of imperialism, anti-Earth prejudice, rebellion, and age laws.
Self-harm / suicide
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Mandatory euthanasia at sixty; characters face state-ordered death for age.
Abuse & suffering
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Systemic discrimination against Earthers; forced death for the elderly.
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