false <![CDATA[Childhood's End]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174534706m/414999.jpg 414999 40 Without warning, giant silver ships from deep space appear in the skies above every major city on Earth. Manned by the Overlords, in fifty years, they eliminate ignorance, disease, and poverty. Then this golden age ends--and then the age of Mankind begins.... 209414 book 1953 Childhood's End total:4406|5:1422|4:1698|3:1038|2:204|1:44| 4406 17468 5466 362 5 10 false false Mon Jun 02 08:44:03 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 18 08:15:45 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 4 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Jan 01 10:25:30 -0800 2008 Fri Apr 11 12:52:44 -0700 2008
Humongous spaceships appear in the skies over the Ear...more...]]> 3 3 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Mon Jan 21 21:52:27 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 21 22:16:20 -0800 2008 Childhood's End . While at times the writing felt bogged down and a little sluggish, the ideas and concepts Clarke comes up with are astounding and thought provoking. This is a story not just about man's first contact with an alien species and creating a utopia, b...more...]]> 1 3 false false Tue Mar 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 17 09:11:09 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 17 09:25:11 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 3 false false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 08 17:10:16 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 23 19:35:57 -0700 2008 Childhood's End. The book recounts the story of an alien civilization that comes to Earth and rules over it for 150 years, before mankind's true destiny is revealed.

I won't get into the overall st...more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue May 29 07:06:29 -0700 2007 Fri Jun 01 22:37:11 -0700 2007 Childhood's End is signature Arthur Clarke in that it blends hard science and wild fantasy and elements of metaphysics and mysticism; if you've read Clarke's "The Nine Billion Names of God" you get the picture.

The story begins with the arrival of an alien race with superhuman p...more...]]> 5 4 false false Thu May 30 00:00:00 -0700 2002 Mon Jan 14 11:38:44 -0800 2008 Fri Oct 24 11:20:28 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Jan 16 11:18:21 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 16 11:19:18 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Dec 24 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 24 21:05:46 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 24 21:48:47 -0800 2008
I liked the book a lot at first even though it was a little difficult to follow, but towards the end, I...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jan 20 00:00:00 -0800 1980 Wed Dec 10 23:54:09 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 11 00:01:30 -0800 2008 2
Although early Clarke, I think this one is better written, more inspired than the othe...more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Oct 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Nov 04 08:27:07 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 04 08:58:13 -0800 2009 2 Arthur C. Clarke or classic sci-fi in general, you'll enjoy reading "Childhood's End". It's about neither a completely dystopian nor a completely utopian future for humanity, but ends with an interesting twist.

I picked this up in a Borders in Honolulu, HI ne...more...]]> 4 2 false false Sat Oct 17 14:43:48 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 17 15:22:48 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Tue May 05 10:42:58 -0700 2009 Tue May 05 10:53:29 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Apr 25 02:41:24 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 25 02:50:40 -0700 2009 1
In my view, the beginning bit of the book was a waste of time - completely unnecersary, and it didn't add anyt...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Dec 14 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 14 11:55:09 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 17 09:58:52 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon Dec 29 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 28 23:09:59 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 28 23:14:11 -0800 2008
The more I read Clarke's works the more I understand it: Clarke, visionary as he might have been, was unable to weave his visions seamlessly into many of his works. Of...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Aug 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 05 21:36:10 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 05 21:40:58 -0700 2009 READ IT!
This is one of those books that really just makes me feel. There are a whole lot of words and things I feel that are important to say about a book of this caliber, but the reality is that it's an experience you need to have. I firmly believe this to be the reason why th...more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun May 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 29 07:41:12 -0700 2009 Mon May 04 06:54:19 -0700 2009
Childhood's End is the story of what happens to Earth when extra terrestrials arrive in the 1950's. They proceed to solv...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Sep 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 31 19:04:25 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 28 12:03:44 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri Apr 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 07 19:27:27 -0700 2009 Tue May 05 06:08:28 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=414999