Childhood's End is a 1953 science fiction novel by British author Arthur C. Clarke. The story follows the peaceful alien invasion of Earth by the mysterious Overlords, whose arrival ends all war, helps form a world government, and turns the planet into a near-utopia. Many questions are asked about the …
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Childhood's End is a 1953 science fiction novel by British author Arthur C. Clarke. The story follows the peaceful alien invasion of Earth by the mysterious Overlords, whose arrival ends all war, helps form a world government, and turns the planet into a near-utopia. Many questions are asked about the origins and mission of the aliens, but they avoid answering, preferring to remain in their ships, governing through indirect rule. Decades later, the Overlords eventually show themselves, and their impact on human culture leads to a Golden Age. However, the last generation of children on Earth begin to display powerful psychic abilities, heralding their evolution into a group mind, a transcendent form of life.
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Childhood's End
222 pages
Published July 6, 1953 by Ballantine Books.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-345-02750-4Copied ISBN!
Childhood's End
mp3 cd
Published Oct. 27, 2015 by Brilliance Audio.
- ISBN:
- 978-1-5113-2581-3Copied ISBN!
Childhood's End
mp3 cd
Published Dec. 16, 2014 by Brilliance Audio.
- ISBN:
- 978-1-4915-7468-3Copied ISBN!
Childhood's End
preloaded digital audio player
Published Jan. 1, 2010 by Audible.
- ISBN:
- 978-1-61587-529-0Copied ISBN!
Childhood's End (Arthur C. Clarke Collection)
258 pages
Published Nov. 30, 2012 by RosettaBooks.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-7953-2498-7Copied ISBN!
Childhood's end
218 pages
English language
Published March 17, 1991 by Ballantine Books.
- OCLC Number:
- 4127356
CHILDHOOD'S END
mass market paperback
English language
Published Jan. 12, 1981 by Del Rey.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-345-29730-3Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 8848585
Childhood's End
220 pages
English language
Published March 17, 1953 by Harcourt, Brace & World.
- OCLC Number:
- 19746686
Childhood's End
368 pages
Published June 6, 2001 by Pan MacMillan.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-330-48769-6Copied ISBN!
Childhoods End
Hardcover
English language
Published Sept. 21, 1985 by Random House Value Publishing.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-517-49115-7Copied ISBN!
Childhood's End
mass market paperback
English language
Published Jan. 12, 1976 by Ballantine Books.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-345-24937-1Copied ISBN!
Childhood's End
mass market paperback
English language
Published Dec. 12, 1976 by Ballantine Books.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-345-25806-9Copied ISBN!
Childhood's End
school & library binding, 224 pages
Published May 12, 1987 by Turtleback Books.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-88103-264-2Copied ISBN!
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