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Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke (Audio CD, 2007)

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Alone many miles above the Earth, Jan Rodricks, the last surviving human, is witnessing the end of the world. As he watches, he records for the benefit of history how mankind was doomed...The massive spaceships appeared over every city on Earth, bringing the Overlords, a seemingly benign race vastly superior in technology and intelligence. Led by the enigmatic Karellen, they promised a new age of peace and prosperity, and with the help of UN Secretary General Stormgren, they eradicated poverty, disease and war.But contentment has its price. As the years pass, culture, science and religion start to die, and there are those who question the road down which the Overlords are leading them. For it seems the apparently benevolent and omnipotent masters of the Earth are themselves only the servants of a greater power: a power they have no choice but to obey...Steven Pacey stars as Jan Rodricks with Peter Jeffrey as Karellen in this powerful BBC Radio 4 dramatisation of Arthur C. Clarke's apocalyptic vision of the future. First published in 1953, Arthur C. Clarke's tale of the evolution and eventual end of humanity has come to be seen as one of the great SF works. This CD release also includes a detailed sleeve note recounting the making of the radio serialisation, written by Andrew Pixley.

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PublisherBBC Audio, a Division of Random House
ISBN-139781405677868
eBay Product ID (ePID)91813070

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Book TitleChildhood's End
TopicBooks
Publication Year2007
LanguageEnglish
Run Time115 Mins
AuthorArthur C. Clarke
Book SeriesClassic Radio Sci-Fi
FormatAudio CD

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Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorArthur C. Clarke
Number of Pages2 Pages

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