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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherRandom House Worlds
ISBN-100345347951
ISBN-139780345347954
eBay Product ID (ePID)163910
Product Key Features
Book TitleChildhood's End : a Novel
Number of Pages224 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1987
TopicClassics, Science Fiction / Hard Science Fiction, Science Fiction / Space Opera, Science Fiction / General
GenreFiction
AuthorArthur C. Clarke
FormatMass Market
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight4.2 Oz
Item Length6.9 in
Item Width4.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN53-010419
Dewey Edition21
Reviews"A FIRST-RATE TOUR DE FORCE." --The New York Times "A FRIGHTENINGLY LOGICAL, BELIEVABLE, AND GRIMLY PROPHETIC TALE . . . CLARKE IS A MASTER." --Los Angeles Times From the Trade Paperback edition., "A FIRST-RATE TOUR DE FORCE." --The New York Times "A FRIGHTENINGLY LOGICAL, BELIEVABLE, AND GRIMLY PROPHETIC TALE . . . CLARKE IS A MASTER." --Los Angeles Times
Dewey Decimal823/.914
SynopsisWithout 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....