Childhood's End

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In the near future, enormous silver spaceships appear without warning over mankind's largest cities. They belong to the Overlords, an alien race far superior to humanity in technological development-and their purpose is to dominate the Earth. Their demands, however, are surprisingly beneficial - end war, poverty, and cruelty. Their presence, rather than signaling the end of humanity, ushers in a golden age-or so it seems.

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Jairo.Escudero

on 26/3/13

Clarke is amazing in this story, just as he was in the Space Odyssey Series. Here, man's violent instincts are kept in check by an alien race that humans christened as Overlords. These creatures, who do not show themselves at first, are immensely ahead of human beings in their scientific knowledge and technology. They are peaceful and do not allow violence in any way. Human beings are completely free to do anything they wish, as long as it does not involve violence. There is intri... leia mais