{"product_id":"childhoods-end-9780345444059","title":"Childhood's End","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe inspiration for the Syfy miniseries.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eChildhood's End \u003c\/i\u003eis one of the defining legacies of Arthur C. Clarke, the author of \u003ci\u003e2001: A Space Odyssey \u003c\/i\u003eand many other groundbreaking works. Since its publication in 1953, this prescient novel about first contact gone wrong has come to be regarded not only as a science fiction classic but as a literary thriller of the highest order. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Spaceships have suddenly appeared in the skies above every city on the planet. Inside is an intellectually, technologically, and militarily superior alien race known as the Overlords. At first, their demands seem benevolent: unify Earth, eliminate poverty, end war. But at what cost? To those who resist, it's clear that the Overlords have an agenda of their own. Has their arrival marked the end of humankind . . . or the beginning? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eChildhood's End\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"A first-rate tour de force.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Frighteningly logical, believable, and grimly prophetic . . . Clarke is a master.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"There has been nothing like it for years; partly for the actual invention, but partly because here we meet a modern author who understands that there may be things that have a higher claim on humanity than its own 'survival.' \"\u003cb\u003e--C. S. Lewis\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"As a science fiction writer, Clarke has all the essentials.\"\u003cb\u003e--Jeremy Bernstein, \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Del Rey Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/03\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780345444059\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.40w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader Quiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e65272 \/ Childhood's End\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.7 \/ \u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade \/ \u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Arthur C. Clarke","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36636409725084,"sku":"9780345444059","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_26d60d6b-be6a-4631-9191-04e3979b6ea6.jpg?v=1603841885","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/childhoods-end-9780345444059","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}