Childhood's End

240, pagine

lingua English

Pubblicato il 03 Luglio 2001 da Del Rey Impact.

ISBN:
978-0-345-44405-9
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Childhood's End is a 1953 science fiction novel by the British author Arthur C. Clarke. The story follows the peaceful alien invasion of Earth by the mysterious Overlords, whose arrival begins decades of apparent utopia under indirect alien rule, at the cost of human identity and culture. Clarke's idea for the book began with his short story "Guardian Angel" (published in New Worlds #8, winter 1950), which he expanded into a novel in 1952, incorporating it as the first part of the book, "Earth and the Overlords". Completed and published in 1953, Childhood's End sold out its first printing, received good reviews and became Clarke's first successful novel. The book is often regarded by both readers and critics as Clarke's best novel and is described as "a classic of alien literature". Along with The Songs of Distant Earth (1986), Clarke considered Childhood's End to be one of his favourites of …

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TV and Radio are outdated, but this book is not

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Childhood’s End, by Arthur C. Clarke, is a book about the fate of humanity after they make contact with a benevolent alien race, that helps them reach a Golden Age of progress and peace. So, what if aliens invaded the planet, but they actually helped us build a utopia? And why?

Compared to the previous two books I read, that also deal with Humanity making contact with alien life. Childhood’s End takes place in Earth itself, in a time where humans are barely getting started in the space race, and right when they’re about to take their first steps, they realize they already lost—they are not alone.

These aliens, known as the Overlords, do not come to cause havoc, but they seem to want to help us. They end war, they end animal cruelty, they end racism, divisions and countries. They intend to help humanity achieve a united planet, a …

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E’ incredibile la quantità e la grandiosità delle idee contenute in questo romanzo di 200 paginette scarse.
Si inizia con una delle scene più suggestive e memorabili che la SF abbia mai proposto: enormi navi aliene che compaiono nei cieli delle maggiori città della Terra, stravolgendo per sempre la concezione del mondo nella mente degli uomini. Prima di dire “ma questa l’ho già vista un milione di volte!” guardate bene la data di pubblicazione del romanzo, e pensate un attimo a chi è che può rivendicare la paternità dell’idea.
Già di per sé questo basterebbe a tirare fuori un buon romanzo, ma Clarke non si accontenta e si spinge ben oltre, andando a speculare sul futuro stesso dell’intera razza umana, osando per certi versi più di quanto non osi in “2001: Odissea nello spazio”. Più di questo non posso dire, perché vi rovinerei la lettura.
E’ quindi inevitabile che di …

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