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Childhood's end

In 'Childhood's End', silent spacecraft take the light from the world, superintelligent aliens rule with wisdom not force, a new era of invention and prosperity brings hope and peace. The twilight of the human race has begun.

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Main Author:	Clarke, Arthur C. (Arthur Charles), 1917-2008
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	London : Pan Books, 1954, 2017.
Subjects:	Human-alien encounters > Fiction. Science fiction.
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Summary:	In 'Childhood's End', silent spacecraft take the light from the world, superintelligent aliens rule with wisdom not force, a new era of invention and prosperity brings hope and peace. The twilight of the human race has begun.
Physical Description:	255 pages
ISBN:	9781509838431
Author Notes:	Arthur C. Clarke was a British science-fiction author, inventor and futurist, most famous for the novel 2001: A Space Odyssey, written in collaboration with director Stanley Kubrick, a collaboration which also produced the film of the same name. He was the chairman of the British Interplanetary Society from 1947 to 1950 and again in 1953. Clarke emigrated to Sri Lanka in 1956 and lived there until his death in March 2008. He was knighted in 1998.