An edition of Childhood’s End (1953)

Childhood's End

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An edition of Childhood’s End (1953)

Childhood's End

[Book club ed.].
  • 4.0 (21 ratings) ·
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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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El fin de la infancia (Minotauro Esenciales) (Spanish Edition)
2021-09-08, Minotauro
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O Fim da Infância
Jul 23, 2019, Editora Aleph
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Childhood's End (Pan 70th Anniversary)
Apr 01, 2018, Pan Macmillan
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Childhood's End
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El fin de la infancia
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Childhood's End
Oct 27, 2015, Brilliance Audio
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El fin de la infancia
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Childhood's End
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Childhood's End
2012, RosettaBooks
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Childhood's End (Arthur C. Clarke Collection)
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Childhood's End
Jul 06, 2010, Tor
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O Fim da Infancia (Em Portugues do Brasil)
Jan 01, 2010, Aleph
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Childhood's End
Mar 14, 2010, Gollancz
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Childhood's End
Jan 01, 2010, Perfection Learning
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Childhood's End: Library Edition
Jan 01, 2010, Audible
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El fin de la infancia
2008-05, Minotauro, MINOTAURO
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Childhood's End
Oct 04, 2008
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Les enfants d'icare
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Die letzte Generation.
Dec 31, 2003, Heyne Verlag, München
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Childhood's end
2001, Del Rey Impact, Ballantine Publishing Group
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El Fin de La Infancia
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Childhood's End
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Childhood's End
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Childhood's End
September 1998, Buccaneer Books
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El Fin de La Infancia
July 1995, Minotauro
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Childhood's end
1995, Del Rey
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Childhood's end
1991, Ballantine Books
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Childhoods End
June 1988, Amereon Limited
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Childhood's End
April 27, 1987, Random House Audio
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Childhood's End
April 27, 1987, Random House Audio
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Childhood's End
May 12, 1987, Del Rey
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Childhood's End
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El Fin De LA Infancia/Childhood's End
June 1985, Minotauro Mexico
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Childhoods End: Arthur C Clark
September 21, 1985, Random House Value Publishing
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Childhood's End
December 1984, Caedmon Audio Cassette
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CHILDHOOD'S END
January 12, 1983, Del Rey
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Childhood's End
October 12, 1983, Del Rey
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CHILDHOOD'S END
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Le guide del tramonto
1981, A. Mondadori
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Childhood's End
Mar 01, 1981, Ballantine Books
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Childhood's End
February 1, 1979, Books on Tape, Inc.
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Childhood's End
July 12, 1979, Del Rey
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Childhood's End
1979, Waldentapes
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Les Enfants D'lcare
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CHILDHOOD'S END
July 12, 1977, Del Rey
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Childhood's End
December 12, 1977, Del Rey
Mass Market Paperback in English
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El fin de la infancia
1976, Minotauro
in Spanish
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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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Childhood's end
1974, Ballantine Books
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Childhoods End
November 12, 1972, Ballantine Books
Mass Market Paperback in English
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Childhood's End
September 1971, Ballantine Books, Inc.
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Childhood's End
1970, Ballantine Books
Paperback
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Die letzte Generation
1970, Tosa Verlag
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Childhood's end
1966, Harcourt, Brace & World
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Childhood's End
1964, Ballantine Books
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Childhood's end.
1964, Sidgwick & Jackson
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Childhood's end.
1963, Harcourt, Brace & World
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Childhood's end
1956, Pan Books
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Childhood's End
1955-01-01, Harcourt, Brace & World
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Childhood's end.
1955, Science Fiction Book Club
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Childhood's end: by Arthur C. Clarke.
1954, Sidgwick and Jackson
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Childhood's End
1954, Sidgwick and Jackson
in English
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Childhood's end
1954, Pan Books
in English - New ed. / foreword and new first chapter by the author.
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Childhood's End
1953, Harcourt, Brace & World
in English - [Book club ed.].
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Childhood's End
Jul 06, 1953, Ballantine Books
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Childhood's end.
1953, Ballantine Books
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Childhood's End
1953-01-01, Harcourt Brace and Company
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Les Enfants d'Icare
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Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
823/.9/14
Library of Congress
PR6005.L36 C55 1953b

The Physical Object

Pagination
220 p. ;
Number of pages
220

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL24937563M
Internet Archive
childhoodsendclar00clar
OCLC/WorldCat
19746686

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