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
Mass Market Paperback
English language
Published July 12, 1979 by Del Rey.
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- 978-0-345-28465-5Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 21092034
CHILDHOOD'S END
Mass Market Paperback
English language
Published Jan. 12, 1983 by Del Rey.
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- 978-0-345-31140-5Copied ISBN!
Childhood's end
English language
- ISBN:
- 978-0-575-07263-3Copied ISBN!
Childhood's End
Mass Market Paperback
English language
Published Dec. 12, 1976 by Ballantine Books.
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- 978-0-345-25806-9Copied ISBN!
Childhood's end.
English language
Published Aug. 13, 1964 by Sidgwick & Jackson.
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- 978-0-283-98010-7Copied ISBN!
Childhood's End
Hardcover
English language
Published Sept. 13, 1998 by Buccaneer Books.
- ISBN:
- 978-1-56849-415-9Copied ISBN!
El fin de la infancia
237 pages
Spanish language
Published Aug. 13, 1976 by Minotauro.
- ISBN:
- 978-84-350-0449-7Copied ISBN!
Childhood's End
Mass Market Paperback
English language
Published Jan. 12, 1976 by Ballantine Books.
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- 978-0-345-24937-1Copied ISBN!
Childhood's End
288 pages
German language
Published May 27, 2003
- ISBN:
- 978-3-453-87534-0Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 4000986
Childhood's End
English language
Published April 27, 1987 by Random House Audio.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-394-29994-5Copied ISBN!
Childhood's End
Audio Cassette
English language
Published Aug. 13, 1979 by Waldentapes.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-681-32772-6Copied ISBN!
Childhood's End
Mass Market Paperback
English language
Published Oct. 12, 1974 by Ballantine Books.
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- 978-0-345-24344-7Copied ISBN!
Childhoods End
Library Binding
English language
Published June 13, 1988 by Amereon Limited.
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- 978-0-8488-0157-1Copied ISBN!
Childhood's End
Mass Market Paperback
English language
Published Oct. 12, 1983 by Del Rey.
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- 978-0-345-31558-8Copied ISBN!
Childhood's end
253 pages
English language
Published Nov. 11, 1954 by Sidgwick and Jackson.
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