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A short summary of Arthur C. Clarke's Childhood's End. This free synopsis covers all the crucial plot points of Childhood's End.
Childhood’s End is a science fiction novel by British author Arthur C. Clarke, published in 1953. The novel follows the peaceful alien invasion of Earth by the mysterious Overlords, who bring about a utopian era of peace and prosperity.
About Childhood’s End. Without 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….
May 12, 1987 · Childhood's End: A Novel. Mass Market Paperback – May 12, 1987. Without 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.
Childhood’s End is one of the defining legacies of Arthur C. Clarke, the author of 2001: A Space Odyssey and many other groundbreaking works. Since its publication in 1953, this prescient novel...
Jul 3, 2001 · Spaceships have suddenly appeared in the skies above every city on the planet. Inside is an intellectually, technologically, and militarily superior alien race known as the Overlords. At first, their demands seem benevolent: unify Earth, eliminate poverty, end war.
May 12, 1987 · Childhood’s End is one of the defining legacies of Arthur C. Clarke, the author of 2001: A Space Odyssey and many other groundbreaking works. Since its publication in 1953, this prescient novel about first contact gone wrong has come to be regarded not only as a science fiction classic but as a literary thriller of the highest order.
