Isaac Asimov's novel, released in 1950. Refers to the cycle of the Trantorian Empire. It was also translated into Russian under the names "Pebbles in the Sky," "A Grain of Sand in the Sky," "A Fragment of the Universe." Isaac Asimov in his first novel "A Grain of Sand in the Sky" talks about how a Chicago resident Joseph Schwartz unexpectedly falls from the twentieth century into the future. Many centuries later, the Earth was in the position of a deep province, became only a small part of the Galactic Empire. But the great-mother of all mankind did not accept her position as a minor planet, constantly fighting with the capital of the Empire, Trantor. Unexpectedly for himself, Joseph Schwartz finds himself at the center of a conspiracy of earthlings against the Empire...