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Summary: 4 Brains is better then one
Review: this was a interesting book to read. i found that not haveing a main charactor was a good thing i kept me interested and i never got bored. i also liked the ending it was a surpise i am not going to tell what happened at the end because it would ruin the book. but it was good. when i first read this book i thought that it would just be another sci-fi book. But it is more then that. it is fast pace and i like how the book happens over many years.
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Summary: I Alex Stemm read this book Childhood's End
Review: I Alex Stemm enjoyed reading this book Childhood's end. i liked the ending i wasnt really a big surprise but it was interesting. There was no main charactor but i liked that it kept things fresh. This whole book was about change things were constantly changeing. its also about power though the book there is aways a higher power and a highest power. over all this was a good book and i suggest anyone the age 12-99 to read it right now and you will have good luck.
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Summary: Devilish plot twists
Review: This is a great story of human evolution, but has little character development. How does the earth react when "Guardian Angels" come down and establish peace? Do they establish utopia? Is peace enough .. or do the issues of freedom become more important? In the Utopia established by the "Overlords", a group of humans starts New Athens which is another attempt at Utopia. Are these Utopia's successful? --- read the book and find out!The plots on this book all seem to develop around the concept of "Utopia", "Personal freedom", and ultimate human evolution, but there is also sadness for the evolutionary dead ends .. those left behind. After you've read the book, ask yourself if you would choose to be like Jeff or would prefer to be an individual?
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Summary: "Childhood's End" Review by PS Fan Club of BHS
Review: I enjoyed the book for it opens ones mind to the true strangths of the human race. The book is about aliens taking over earth and creating a utopia. But the costs are too high and few indivduals refuse to accept them. The book is undoubtably wonderful because I like the fact that it wasn't about one person, but a whole group; the human society. It was about their coming to terms with the Overlords. It showed all the human natural characteristics like curiosity, hatrid, and resentment. If you love sci-fi books then you should indubatively read this one. Peace, I'm out.
PS Fan Club of BHS
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Summary: and I don't even like science fiction!!
Review: I pick a new theme in books to read each month, and this month was Sci-fi month. Childhood's End was the second book I chose (the first being Rendezvous with Rama -- also a great novel -- by the same author). After I finished it, I could not stop thinking about the story, I was so incredibly moved. That sounds kind of hokey, I know, but a great book should not only provide the reader with entertainment, but should have the power to move the reader as well. This book (pardon the 70s expression) blew my mind. In his introduction, Clarke states that the TV series "V" was an "impressive variation" on Childhood's End, so I was waiting for the Overlords to start gathering up people to process them as food. Mercifully, there is nothing like that in this book. The Overlords seem to display at least a modicum of humanity as the destiny of man's future on earth unfolds in the novel. I would highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to begin their foray into the world of science fiction.
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Summary: Very Mixed Feelings About This SF Classic
Review: This review is difficult to write, as I have very mixed feelings about this book. First, the positive: This book excels in every way. The writing is flawless, I found the characters engaging, and it poses ideas that are well worth contemplation. But . . . it is also one of the saddest stories I have ever read. It is a perfect book that I have vowed to never read again. The choice is yours. I choose to not return to the sorrow.
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Summary: One of the Best Ever
Review: What more can I say? Epic in scope, beautifully written, interesting throughout ... Clarke is just the best. I would rather read bad Arthur Clarke, where little happens, and the plot is hackneyed than good stuff from someone else. The guy just knows how to write. And this is one of his best, if not the best. I wish they'd make a movie of it now that the technology to do so exists.
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Summary: Interesting ideas, but an unsatisfying story
Review: Childhood's End is considered by many to be a classic. While it has some original ideas, the story itself has some flaws. Some chapters are simply a dry accounting of the changes to human society without showing the impact on the actual characters. Some characters I just found unengaging and really didn't care what happened to them. I'm sure I'll never forget the ideas in this book, but I have very little interest in reading it again.
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Summary: An absolute classic. Unforgettable.
Review: This book, by master Arthur C. Clarke, is a startling and speculative look at the ultimate destiny of mankind. It begins by answering (or seeming to answer) the question of "are we alone?" The book proceeds plausibly enough by beginning with the arrival to earth of intelligent aliens who are as far advanced over mankind ethically as they are technologically. The book at first seems to end its speculation there, but there is far more to come. My only criticism is that Clarke's vision of our future is not uplifting, and is frankly somewhat depressing. Paradoxically, this does not take away from the quality of the novel. While many books are called "classics," this novel really is one. This is a classic novel of intelligent speculation that belongs in every science fiction afficianado's library.
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Summary: My Favorite Scifi Classic!
Review: This is Arthur C. Clarke at his stellar best! Aliens resembling the devil land on Earth and everything changes. Religion is gone as well as man's place in the universe. One man tries to unravel the mystery of Earth's new masters. But it is the equivilent of trying to get a dog to understand nuclear physics. Clarke's explanation of many of the old legends was probably the first to do so. Would have loved to see this story played out in an episode of The Twilight Zone.
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