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gleek · 25th April 2005, 05:01 PM

i have fond memories of childhood's end! it's actually the very first scifi book i EVER read. my mother gave it to me when i was 12 or 13 in an effort to get me hooked on reading and BOY did it ever work. clarke is one of my favorite authors and this is one of my favorite books by him. the plot is very timely and i think applies to almost any period of history: the world is full of unrest, humans fighting against humans, and then out of the sky, we're clobbered over the head with the knowledge that we're not alone and all the petty bickering is just that, petty, when looked upon at a galactic scale. the story is points out that humans are inherently homo-centric, that we feel we're the center of the universe.. and then that attitude is swiftly crushed under the weight of alien knowledge and compassion. i also liked the addition of ESP and other psychic phenomena. it's an all-around well-crafted novel, if short.

my other favorite novels by clarke are the rama series (i loved them all but rama 2), imperial earth, and against the fall of night/lion of comarre.

25th April 2005, 05:01 PM	#2 (permalink)
gleek Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 20	Re: Childhood's End i have fond memories of childhood's end! it's actually the very first scifi book i EVER read. my mother gave it to me when i was 12 or 13 in an effort to get me hooked on reading and BOY did it ever work. clarke is one of my favorite authors and this is one of my favorite books by him. the plot is very timely and i think applies to almost any period of history: the world is full of unrest, humans fighting against humans, and then out of the sky, we're clobbered over the head with the knowledge that we're not alone and all the petty bickering is just that, petty, when looked upon at a galactic scale. the story is points out that humans are inherently homo-centric, that we feel we're the center of the universe.. and then that attitude is swiftly crushed under the weight of alien knowledge and compassion. i also liked the addition of ESP and other psychic phenomena. it's an all-around well-crafted novel, if short. my other favorite novels by clarke are the rama series (i loved them all but rama 2), imperial earth, and against the fall of night/lion of comarre.