The book has been reprinted many times: in 1953 by Galaxy, in 19 by Bantam, in 19 by Corgi as the first British edition, in 1968 by Sidgwick & Jackson in hardcover, in 1969, 1972, 1974 (both paper and hard cover editions) and 1981 by Sphere Science Fiction, in 19 by Fawcett Books, in 1983 by Del Rey Books, in 1986 in hardcover by Grafton and in 1990 again by Doubleday in hardcover in addition, it was reprinted as part of the Empire series, in 1986 by Ballantine Books, in 1992 by Spectra and in 2010 by Orb Books, in both print and Kindle editions. In Before the Golden Age, Asimov wrote that Pebble in the Sky was influenced by the short story " Proxima Centauri" by Murray Leinster.
"Grow Old With Me" was later published in its original form along with other draft stories in The Alternate Asimovs in 1986. Bradbury accepted the story on the suggestion of 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 1950 as Pebble in the Sky. It was rejected by Startling Stories on the basis that the magazine's emphasis was more on adventure than science-heavy fiction (despite the editor inviting Asimov to write the latter as an experiment for the magazine), and again by John W. The title was an adaption of Robert Browning's Rabbi ben Ezra, the first few lines of which (starting "Grow old along with me! / The best is yet to be.") were included in the final novel. had approached Asimov to write a forty thousand word short novel for the magazine. 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. The original Foundation books are also a string of linked episodes, whereas this is a complete story involving a single group of characters.
This work is his first novel - parts of the Foundation series had appeared from 1942 onwards in magazines, but Foundation was not published in book form until 1951.
Pebble in the Sky is a science fiction novel by American writer Isaac Asimov, published in 1950.
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