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Childhood's End is a 1953 science fiction novel by the British author Arthur C. Clarke. The story follows the peaceful alien invasion [ 1 ] of Earth by the mysterious Overlords, whose arrival begins decades of apparent utopia under indirect alien rule, at the cost of human identity and culture.
Childhood's End is an American-Australian television miniseries based on the 1953 novel of the same name, by Arthur C. Clarke, and developed by Matthew Graham. It premiered on Syfy on December 14, 2015.
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Childhood's End is a 1953 science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke. Childhood's End or Child Hood's ...
This coincided with the end of the ability of the race to procreate itself --the adults were left behind to grow old and just die off, thus the title of the book: "Childhood's End" Clarke, like many today, really believe that the human race is headed for a great evolutionary leap and that it could actually occur along the lines that he ...
[1] Roland Green in his review for Booklist was much more positive saying "Baxter uses many more characters and viewpoint shifts than Arthur C. Clarke in support of a theme that recalls Clarke's classic Childhood's End (1953). He also details survival in primitive societies unsparingly; as a result, much of the book is not for the weak of stomach.
A time viewer is also used in Clarke's Childhood's End, although it plays a minor role in the plot. Clarke discusses this device and its use in other science fiction in the afterword to the novel. The 1956 Isaac Asimov short story "The Dead Past" also deals with the construction of a time viewer.
Of Time and Stars is a collection of science fiction short stories by British writer Arthur C. Clarke, containing an introduction by J. B. Priestley.. The stories all originally appeared in a number of different publications including the periodicals Dude, The Evening Standard, Lilliput, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Future, New Worlds, Startling Stories, Astounding, Fantasy, King ...
The first half of the book explores the reactions of society, government and the scientists themselves as the latter attempt to ensure that their invention will only be used for peaceful ends. Although at first beneficial, other uses for the device are found, such as a faultless at-range detonator.