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One moment Joseph Schwartz is a happily retired tailor in Chicago, 1949. The next he's a helpless stranger on Earth during the heyday of the first Galactic Empire. Earth, as he soon learns, is a backwater, just a pebble in the sky, despised by all the other 200 million planets of the Empire... read more
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First Sentence edit
Two minutes before he disappeared forever from the face of the Earth he knew, Joseph Schwartz strolled along the pleasant streets of suburban Chicago quoting Browning to himself.
Table of Contents edit
1. Between One Footstep and Next
2. The Disposal of a Stranger
3. One World--Or Many?
4. The Royal Road
5. The Involuntary Volunteer
6. Apprehension In the Night
7. Conversation With madmen?
8. Convergence At Chica
9. Conflict At Chica
10. Interpretation of Events
11. The Mind That Changed
12. The Mind That Killed
13. Spider Web At Washenn
14. Second Meeting
15. The Odds That Vanished
16. Choose Your Side!
17. Change Your Side!
18. Duel!
19. The Deadline That Approached
20. The Deadline That Was Reached
21. The Deadline That Passed
22. The Best Is Yet To Be
Series & Lists edit
This is book 3 of 4 in Asimov's Galactic Empire. (standard series)
Preceded by The Currents of Space, and followed by The Early Asimov, Book Two.
This is book 18 of 25 in Asimov's Future History. (universe)
Preceded by The Currents of Space, and followed by Prelude to Foundation.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Isaac Asimov (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Doubleday
Country: United States
Publication Date: 1950
ISBN: Add the ISBN.
Page Count: 223
Publisher: Doubleday
Country: United States
Publication Date: 1950
ISBN: Add the ISBN.
Page Count: 223
Awards edit
- Hugo Award (Finalist, 1951: Best Novel, #2)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813.54
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