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CHILDHOOD'S END

A novel by Arthur C. Clarke
(1987, Del Rey)
 
 

An alien race arrives on Earth to tutor humanity into becoming an advanced species.

 
 
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-- First reading (paperback)
April 4th to 9th, 1989

 
   

Clarke has written some great stuff, but I didn't like this one in the slightest. I read it as part of a high school reading group. Expectations might have had something to do with it.

 
   

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