Childhood's End

Arthur C. Clarke

Language: English

Publisher: Del Rey

Published: Jul 31, 1953

Pages: 241
ABC: 32

Description:

This novel tells the tale of the last generation of mankind on Earth. All man's development in space and travel are stopped by alien "overlords" who take over Earth, establishing a benevolent dictatorship which eliminates poverty, ignorance and disease. This golden age ends abruptly as the overlords bend to the will of a superior intelligence which demands Earth's destruction.