Childhood's End: A NovelWithout warning, giant silver ships from deep space appear in the skies above every major city on Earth. Manned by the Overlords, in fifty years, they eliminate ignorance, disease, and poverty. Then this golden age ends--and then the age of Mankind begins.... |
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User Review - john257hopper - LibraryThingThis is another awe inspiring novel by the British SF master. Mysterious aliens appear in the sky over Earth and somehow become benevolent dictators over the whole planet. But the aliens' own motives ... Read full review
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User Review - jdaneway - LibraryThingI loved this book and may have to add it to my favorites. If you like studies in consciousness and alien contact, this is for you. There's a clever twist about human bias and preconceptions. I believe ... Read full review
Contents
Section 1 | 3 |
Section 2 | 6 |
Section 3 | 20 |
Section 4 | 41 |
Section 5 | 59 |
Section 6 | 62 |
Section 7 | 69 |
Section 8 | 83 |
Section 14 | 126 |
Section 15 | 132 |
Section 16 | 143 |
Section 17 | 151 |
Section 18 | 161 |
Section 19 | 171 |
Section 20 | 174 |
Section 21 | 179 |
Section 9 | 94 |
Section 10 | 103 |
Section 11 | 106 |
Section 12 | 114 |
Section 13 | 120 |
Section 22 | 183 |
Section 23 | 196 |
Section 24 | 204 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Childhood's End: A Novel A Del Rey book Ballantine Books science fiction Ballantine books Del Rey book: Science Fiction Science fiction / Del Rey |
| Author | Arthur C. Clarke |
| Edition | reprint, revised |
| Publisher | Random House Worlds, 1987 |
| ISBN | 0345347951, 9780345347954 |
| Length | 224 pages |
| Subjects | › › Fiction / Classics Fiction / Science Fiction / Hard Science Fiction Fiction / Science Fiction / Space Opera |
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