Childhood's End | Arthur C Clarke

Title: Childhood's End

Author: Arthur C Clarke

Edition: First UK Edition, first printing

Publication Date: 1954

Publisher: Sidgwick & Jackson, London, England

Binding: Hardcover

Pages: 253 pages

Dust Cover: Illustrative dust cover featuring a young boy.  The image is a reproduction from an oil painting  by Deborah Jones in 1953.

Condition: Original dust jacket showing signs of wear, creasing and some minor tears the edges - not uncommon for this book. Some foxing present to dustjacket. Price clipped. Blue boards. Minor indent to bottom right corner of front board and left corner of rear board. Previous owner name to front end paper, together with prior bookshop name, which operated in the 1950s. Title written in gold gilt writing to spine. Some foxing to spine. Crease mark to bottom right of front end paper through to page 99. Binding tight. Pages clean and legible. Still a very good copy.

ISBN: N/A

Sir Arthur Charles Clarke (16 December 1917 – 19 March 2008) was a British science fiction writer.

 

One of the leading science fiction writers, along with Isaac Asimov, and Robert A. Heinlein.

 

He earned a first-class degree in mathematics and physics at King's College London in 1948.

 

His science-fiction writings earned him a number of Hugo and Nebula awards.

 

His most recognised work was to write the screenplay for the 1968 film:- “2001: A Space Odyssey”.

 

Subsequent sequels were written, including:

• “2010: Odyssey Two” (published 1982);
• “2061: Odyssey Three (1987); and
• “3001: The Final Odyssey” (1997).

In a completely different story line, Clarke wrote: “Rendezvous with Rama”, published in 1973. This was followed by a number of sequels, including:

• “Rama II” (1989) in collaboration with Gentry Lee;
• “The Garden of Rama” (1991);
• “Rama Revealed” (1993)

Two later novels related to the Rama series were written by Gentry Lee:

• “Bright Messengers” (1995)
• “Double Full Moon Night” (1999)

A few of Clarke’s other notable works include:

• “Childhood's End” (published 1953);
• “The Fountains of Paradise” (1979),

But, a number of other novels and short stories have been written by Clarke.

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