CLARKE, Arthur C.

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Childhood's End. First edition, hardback issue, of Clarke's first successful novel.The idea for the book began as a short story, "Guardian Angel", published in New Worlds in 1950. Written against the backdrop of the Cold War, Childhood's End follows the peaceful alien invasion of the Overlords and their subsequent relationship with humanity, who find themselves in a governed utopia, free from war and conflict at the expense of their culture and individuality.

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