In the 1950 novel Pebble in the Sky, science fiction novel writer Isaac Asimov depicted a future Earth with a largely radioactive crust, humans precariously surviving in the uncontaminated areas in between.

* Bel Arvardan, in Isaac Asimov's novel Pebble in the Sky

There is a reference back to the events of Asimov's novel Pebble in the Sky: we learn that the restoration of Earth's soil was indeed attempted but was abandoned.

The radioactive-Earth theme was begun in Pebble in the Sky, which is set thousands of years earlier.

The first time it was acknowledged in novel form was in Pebble in the Sky.

This situation had already existed for thousands of years at the time of Pebble in the Sky, the next chronological book on this timeline.

The series is set in the same universe as Asimov's first published novel, Pebble in the Sky, although Foundation takes place approximately ten thousand years later.

Pebble in the Sky became the basis for the Empire series.

This precept was maintained in the pages of his later novel Pebble in the Sky, wherein Imperial archaeologist Bel Arvardan refers to ancient human strata discovered in the Sirius sector dating back " some 50, 000 years ".

Asimov later integrated the Robot Series into his all-engulfing Foundation series, making R. Daneel Olivaw appear again twenty thousand years later in the age of the Galactic Empire, in sequels and prequels to the original Foundation trilogy ; and in the final book of the Robots series — Robots and Empire — we learn how the worlds that later formed the Empire were settled, and how Earth became radioactive ( which was first mentioned in Pebble in the Sky ).

First edition cover of Pebble in the Sky

* Pebble in the Sky ( 1950 ), his first novel

Pebble in the Sky was originally written in the summer of 1947 under the title " Grow Old with Me " for Startling Stories, whose editor Sam Merwin, Jr. had approached Asimov to write a forty thousand word short novel for the magazine.

In 1949, Doubleday editor Walter I. Bradbury accepted the story on the suggestion on Frederik Pohl, on the condition it was expanded to seventy thousand words and the title changed to something more science fiction oriented ; it was published in January of 1950 as Pebble in the Sky.

He had already included a kind of time-travel in his 1950 novel Pebble in the Sky, though there it was a one-way trip.

The mechanism of time travel is most likely not that stumbled across in Pebble In The Sky, considering Harlan's words about the energy requirement for the Temporal Field.

It is predicted that the Earth will end up mostly radioactive, as per The Stars Like Dust and Pebble In The Sky.

Pebble in the Sky is a science fiction novel by American writer Isaac Asimov, published in 1950.

Pebble in the Sky was originally written in the summer of 1947 under the title " Grow Old with Me " for Startling Stories, whose editor Sam Merwin, Jr. had approached Asimov to write a forty thousand word short novel for the magazine.

In 1949, Doubleday editor Walter I. Bradbury accepted the story on the suggestion on Frederik Pohl, on the condition it was expanded to seventy thousand words and the title changed to something more science fiction oriented, and it was published in January of 1950 as Pebble in the Sky.

In Before the Golden Age, Asimov wrote that Pebble in the Sky was influenced by the short story " Proxima Centauri " by Murray Leinster.

Pebble in the Sky was also included in a number of omnibuses: first in 1952 in Triangle along with the others in the Empire series ( The Stars, Like Dust and The Currents of Space which had only been published earlier that year ), in 1978 in The Far Ends of Time and Earth along with The End of Eternity and the short story collection Earth Is Room Enough, and again with the Empire series novels in 2002 as The Empire Novels.

The book was adapted for radio by Ernest Kinoy for Dimension X as " Pebble in the Sky "; first broadcast in 1951 it was released as an audio download in 2007 by Radio Spirits, and again in 2011.

Pebble in the Sky has been grouped along with The Stars, Like Dust and The Currents of Space as the so-called Galactic Empire series.

Charles first appeared on television as the resident poet on the arts programme Riverside on BBC2, and on the day-time BBC1 chat show Pebble Mill at One.

He is also an investor in the world-renowned Pebble Beach Golf Links and donates his time every year to charitable causes at major tournaments.

Edmondson admitted on a 1995 appearance on Pebble Mill at One that the original name for the show was " My Bottom ," with the intention of frustrating any continuity announcers introducing the show.

Bonneville Peak, on the eastern border in the Portneuf Range, is the county's highest point at 9, 271 feet ( 2825 m ); on its western slopes is the Pebble Creek ski area.

Among the issues affecting the village at the start of the 21st century is the proposed Pebble Mine site in the vicinity of nearby Lake Iliamna.

Pebble Creek is located at ( 28. 150079 ,-82. 344731 ).

Pebble bed reactors are also capable of using fuel pebbles made from different fuels in the same basic design of reactor ( though perhaps not at the same time ).

Until mid-2004, Doctors was filmed at the BBC's Pebble Mill studios in Edgbaston, Birmingham.

The show utilised space originally occupied by Pebble Mill at One ( 1973 – 1986 ) / Pebble Mill ( 1991 – 1996 ).

The car was shown at Pebble Beach Concours d ' Elegance in 2003.

After one year at the Old Rep, 18-year-old Willcox had done some extra work at a BBC Pebble Mill TV station.

His acting talent found a new outlet in the 1970s when he was chosen as the reader for Radio Four's ' Morning Story ' produced at BBC Pebble Mill by David Shute.

Ernie continued his 2010 success with a T3 at the 2010 U. S. Open at Pebble Beach Golf Links.

He got a 2nd place in 2000 which was also at Pebble Beach.

In his second and last U. S. Amateur win in 1961, Nicklaus convincingly defeated Dudley Wysong 8 & 6 at Pebble Beach in the 36-hole championship match.

In the U. S. Open at Pebble Beach again under severe scoring conditions, Nicklaus struck a one-iron on the 218-yard par-three 17th hole during the final round into a stiff, gusty ocean breeze that hit the flagstick and ended up three inches from the cup.

Nicklaus ' final U. S. Open was held at Pebble Beach Golf Links in 2000, where he shot 73 – 82 to miss the cut.

His last interview was on the live BBC 1 afternoon show Pebble Mill at One only a few hours earlier.

Ivan is a daytime television presenter who hosts a show similar to the BBC's Pebble Mill at One.

In 1991 he was brought in to host the long-running Pebble Mill at One BBC television talk show, which he did until the show was cancelled in 1996.