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An edition of Childhood’s End (1953)

Childhood's End

New Ed edition

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  • ★★★ ★ 4.0 (23 ratings) ·
  • 253 Want to read
  • 8 Currently reading
  • 67 Have read

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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Gollancz, Orion Publishing Group, Limited
Language
English
Pages
208

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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

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Rikki Stormgren, Karellen, George Greggson, Jan Rodricks

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Childhood's End
Oct 04, 2008
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Childhood's End
October 18, 2001, Gollancz, Orion Publishing Group, Limited
Hardcover in English - New Ed edition
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Childhood's end
2001, Del Rey Impact, Ballantine Publishing Group
in English - 1st Impact ed.
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Childhood's end
1995, Del Rey
in English
Cover of: Childhood's End
Childhood's End
May 12, 1987, Del Rey
Mass Market Paperback in English
Cover of: CHILDHOOD'S END
CHILDHOOD'S END
July 12, 1977, Del Rey
Mass Market Paperback in English
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Childhood's end
1974, Ballantine Books
in English
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Childhood's end.
1963, Harcourt, Brace & World
in English
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Childhood's end
1954, Pan Books
in English - New ed. / foreword and new first chapter by the author.
Cover of: Childhood's End
Childhood's End
1953, Harcourt, Brace & World
in English - [Book club ed.].

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First Sentence

"BEFORE SHE FLEW to the launch site, Helena Lyakhov always went through the same ritual."

Edition Notes

Series
Sf Masterworks

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Library of Congress
PR6005.L36 C55 2001

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Number of pages
208

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL7878625M
Internet Archive
childhoodsend0000clar_f3g4
ISBN 10
0575072636
ISBN 13
9780575072633
Library Thing
3362
Goodreads
68310

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL17415W

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