Childhood's End
by Arthur C. Clarke
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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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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 12People
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Childhood's End
Apr 01, 2018, Pan Macmillan
in English
- Pan 70th Anniversary
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Childhood's End: Library Edition
Jan 01, 2010, Audible
preloaded digital audio player
in English
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Les enfants d'icare
March 31, 2003, J'ai lu
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Childhood's End
October 18, 2001, Gollancz, Orion Publishing Group, Limited
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Childhood's End
2001, Del Rey Impact, Ballantine Publishing Group
in English
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Childhood's End
September 21, 1985, Random House Value Publishing
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in English
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Childhood's End
December 12, 1977, Del Rey
Mass Market Paperback
in English
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Childhood's End
January 12, 1976, Ballantine Books
Mass Market Paperback
in English
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Childhood's End
December 12, 1976, Ballantine Books
Mass Market Paperback
in English
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Childhood's End
October 12, 1974, Ballantine Books
Mass Market Paperback
in English
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Childhoods End
November 12, 1972, Ballantine Books
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in English
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Childhood's End
1954, Pan Books
in English
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