An edition of Childhood’s End (1952)

Childhood's End

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An edition of Childhood’s End (1952)

Childhood's End

New ed. / foreword and new first chapter by the author.

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(p.6)
First published 1954 by Sidgwick & Jackson.
This edition, with foreword and new first chapter by the author, published 1990 by Pan Books an imprint of Macmillan Publishers Ltd
ISBN 0 330 31661 3
Copyright (c) Arthur C. Clarke 1954, 1990

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Note: Apart from the new Prologue, no alterations have been made to the text. From Chapter Two onwards, Childhood's End remains exactly as in 1953.

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Human-alien encounters Fiction Science fiction Long Now Manual for Civilization Human evolution Fiction, science fiction, general Human-Alien encounter Reading Level-Grade 7 Reading Level-Grade 9 Reading Level-Grade 8 Reading Level-Grade 11 Reading Level-Grade 10 Reading Level-Grade 12 English Science fiction Extraterrestrial beings

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Originally published, London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1956.

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Copyright Date
1990

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200p.
Number of pages
200

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OL22641020M
ISBN 10
0330316613
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3362
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OL17415W

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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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