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Childhood's end / Arthur C. Clarke.
LIBRA - Adams Collection SciFi Clarke, A. 10
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Clarke, Arthur C. (Arthur Charles), 1917-2008
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Extraterrestrial beings--Fiction.
- Extraterrestrial beings.
- Science fiction, English.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Science fiction.
- Novels.
- Penn Provenance:
- Adams, Mark B. (donor) (Adams Collection copies)
- Physical Description:
- 218 pages ; 18 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Ballantine Books, 1996.
- Summary:
- The Overlords appeared suddenly over every city - intellectually, technologically, and militarily superior to humankind. Benevolent, they made few demands: unify earth, eliminate poverty, and end war. With little rebellion, humankind agreed, and a golden age began." "But at what cost? With the advent of peace, man ceases to strive for creative greatness, and a malaise settles over the human race. To those who resist, it becomes evident that the Overlords have an agenda of their own. As civilization approaches the crossroads, will the Overlords spell the end for humankind ... or the beginning?
- Notes:
- New prologue and new first chapter by the author.
- Cover art by David Stevenson. Misattributed to Stanislaw Fernandes on verso of title page.
- Local Notes:
- Adams Collection copies presented to the Penn Libraries in 2015 by Dr. Mark B. Adams.
- Adams Collection copy 1 is 10th printing. Copy 2 19th printing.
- ISBN:
- 0345347951
- 9780345347954
- OCLC:
- 968561691
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