Infused with Clarke's usual blend of science and gripping prose 'Childhood's End' is a superb read that will keep you turning pages right to the end. Spanning nearly one hundred and fifty years 'Childhood's End' tells the entire story of mankind's interactions with the Overlords from their earliest clandestine operations to the moment they leave the Earth behind forever/5(K). Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke. $ The Overlords appeared suddenly over every city--intellectually, technologically, and militarily superior to humankind. Benevolent, they made few demands: unify earth, eliminate poverty, and end war. With little rebellion, humankind agreed, and a golden age began. But at what cost? For an avowed atheist, Arthur Clarke had a great deal to say about God, and not all of it negative. Childhood’s End is a tale of the theological roots of politics and how religious belief simultaneously stimulates and inhibits human society. Clarke’s view is subtle, complex, and appropriately ‘cosmic.’/5.
C hildhood's E nd By Arthur C. Clarke Reviewed by Ted Gioia When Childhood's End was first published in book form, on Aug, science fiction seemed in a race with scientific reality. The opening section of the. The inspiration for the Syfy miniseries. Childhood's End is one of the defining legacies of Arthur C. Clarke, the author of A Space Odyssey and many other groundbreaking bltadwin.ru its publication in , 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. Childhood's End is a mini-epic of a novel, written with Clarke's usual clarity and poignancy. For those of us who have been downloading his five volumes of Collected Short Stories from Audible, Childhood's End is a MUST. And certainly my book of choice for my desert island disc selection.
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