![]() ![]() You may recognise elements of the tale, at least to start, for Childhood’s End is initially a story of an alien invasion of Earth. ![]() His most expertly and compellingly handled piece of long fiction a masterclass in Golden Age pacing, mystery and sense of wonder.” Adam Roberts calls it “Arthur C Clarke’s most perfect novel…. Looking forward, the book 2001: A Space Odyssey (perhaps Sir Arthur’s most famous novel) was fifteen years away from publication.Ĭhildhood’s End is regarded by many critics as one of Sir Arthur’s greatest, if not his best novel. ![]() It was published in the 1953, after Prelude to Space, The Sands of Mars and Islands in the Sky, and was followed by Earthlight. Childhood’s End is one of Sir Arthur’s earliest novels – his fourth. The recent announcement of a new TV series of this novel got me to thinking that I should read the original novel again before the series began later this year.Ĭontext first. So returning back to this one was a bit of a treat. It was his books, along with those of HG Wells, Heinlein and Asimov, like so many other readers at the time, that got me started reading science fiction. Some of you may know that Arthur C Clarke is one of my favourite authors. ![]()
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