Childhood's End Resources

This link will provide a quick overview of Clarke and his works, helping you get to know all about the author.

A foundation named in Clarke's honor to promote space and telecommunication technology to infinity and beyond!

A biography for old Clarkey boy himself.

U.C. San Diego has opened in a center dedicated to studying the imagination with the Arthur C. Clarke Foundation.

We do it everyday on the Internet. Just take a peek at this 1953 New York Times review of Childhood's End to see what we mean.

Of course the SFsite would have a review of Childhood's End. Sci-fi's kind of their whole thing.

Jo Walton's review of Childhood's End uses the words wow, strange, brilliant, and influential readily enough. It is, in a word, glowing.

John Huntington's essay discusses whether Clarke's tech-love and the novel's more mystical ending can find unity like peanut butter and jelly. Warning: it's an academic study for an academic journal. There will be jargon.

David Samuelson argues why Clarke and his generation represent the adolescence of science fiction as a literary genre. Here there be academic jargon; ye be warned.

Tom Moylan's essay is technically about Clarke's The City and the Stars (1956), but the information on Clarke works well for our purposes. Again, it's published in an academic journal, so it might not be the easiest read, but that kind of makes it all the more gratifying when you finish, right?

Because, seriously, what else is there?

Clarke reflects on his ninety years on this Earth. We can't wait for his reflections on his ninety years off of the Earth.

Arthur C. Clarke talks about the social, spiritual, and humanistic aspects of Kubrick and his film 2001: A Space Odyssey. If you think there might be some crossover between the film and Childhood's End, well, we aren't going to confirm that suspicion—but we won't say you're wrong either.

Audible has produced an audiobook version of Childhood's End because that's what they do.

It's probably just a coincidence that Axel Mundi's psychedelic album and Clarke's novel share the same name, but you never know—maybe Mundi felt the best way to pay homage to Clarke's vision was to auto-tune it.

One of the novel's many covers through the years. You can tell it's one of the more modern ones because the Photoshop and creep factor have been amped up to eleven.

Classic science fiction cover alert: You can tell it's classic sci-fi because it tells you nothing about the story, but it begs you to read all the same.

Another oldie but goodie…

An artistic rendition of the Overlords. Obvious spoiler warning: If you don't want the Overlords' appearances ruined, you probably shouldn't click on this link.

What's better than one artistic interpretation of the Overlords? Two. Guess what this link contains?