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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Random House
Publication date May 1, 1988
Binding Cassette/Spoken Word
Book category Juvenile Non-Fiction
ISBN-13 9780394299945
ISBN-10 0394299949
Availability§ Out of Print
Original list price $14.95
Other format details audio
§As reported by publisher
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Without warning, giant silver ships from deep space appear in the skies above every major city on Earth. Manned by the Overlords, in fifty years, they eliminate ignorance, disease, and poverty. Then this golden age ends--and then the age of Mankind begins....


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Editions
Hardcover
Book cover for 9780151172054 Book cover for 9780521251365 Book cover for 9780848801571 Book cover for 9781568494159
 
from Amereon Ltd (June 1, 1988); titled "Childhoods End"
9780848801571 | details & prices | 5.50 × 9.00 × 1.00 in. | 1.05 lbs | List price $23.95
About: FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY.
from Buccaneer Books (May 1, 1987); titled "Childhood's End"
9781568494159 | details & prices | List price $24.95
About: FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY.
With Arthur C. Clarke, Pino Arlacchi | from Cambridge Univ Pr (July 1, 1983); titled "Mafia, Peasants and Great Estates in Traditional Calabria"
9780521251365 | details & prices | 6.00 × 9.00 × 0.75 in. | 0.90 lbs | List price $62.99
This edition also contains Childhood's End, Mafia, Peasants and Great Estates in Traditional Calabria
from Harcourt (June 1, 1963); titled "Childhood's End"
9780151172054 | details & prices | 5.75 × 8.75 × 0.75 in. | 1.00 lbs | List price $19.95
About: Overlords from outer space dominate the world, eliminating its evils before they destroy it
Paperback
Book cover for 9780345294678 Book cover for 9780345347954 Book cover for 9780345444059 Book cover for 9780345909886 Book cover for 9781101967034
 
With Arthur C. Clarke | Mti rei edition from Del Rey (October 27, 2015); titled "Childhood's End"
9781101967034 | details & prices | 224 pages | 4.00 × 7.00 × 0.50 in. | 0.25 lbs | List price $7.99
This edition also contains Childhood's End
from Del Rey (July 1, 2001); titled "Childhood's End"
9780345444059 | details & prices | 240 pages | 5.75 × 8.50 × 0.75 in. | 0.50 lbs | List price $15.00
About: The author questions the survival of mankind in this science fiction tale about Overlords from outer space who dominate the world.
With Ignatius Fernandez, Steve Saffel (other contributor) | from Del Rey (July 1, 1996); titled "Childhood's End"
9780345909886 | details & prices | 4.50 × 7.00 × 0.75 in. | 0.25 lbs | List price $5.99
This edition also contains The Child Is Father of the Man: Tips and Techniques for Wise Parenting
Reprint edition from Del Rey (June 1, 1987); titled "Childhood's End"
9780345347954 | details & prices | 212 pages | 4.00 × 7.00 × 0.50 in. | 0.24 lbs | List price $7.99
About: The author questions the survival of mankind in this science fiction tale about Overlords from outer space who dominate the world
from Ballantine Books (March 1, 1981); titled "Childhood's End"
9780345294678 | details & prices | List price $5.95
About: Overlords from outer space dominate the world, eliminating its evils before they destroy it
CD/Spoken Word
Book cover for 9781510024359
 
With Arthur C. Clarke | from Gardners Books (March 17, 2016); titled "Childhood's End"
9781510024359 | details & prices | 7 pages | List price $31.60
This edition also contains Childhood's End
Cassette/Spoken Word
Book cover for 9780394299945 Book cover for 9780871881083
 
The price comparison is for this edition
from Random House (May 1, 1988); titled "Childhood's End"
9780394299945 | details & prices | List price $14.95
About: Without warning, giant silver ships from deep space appear in the skies above every major city on Earth.
from Warner Audio Pub (March 1, 1988); titled "Childhood's End"
9780871881083 | details & prices | List price $14.95
About: The Overlords appeared suddenly over every city—intellectually, technologically, and militarily superior to humankind.
Reinforced
Book cover for 9780606004633
 
With Arthur C. Clarke | from Demco Media (June 1, 1987); titled "Childhood's End"
9780606004633 | details & prices | 4.25 × 7.25 × 0.75 in. | 0.40 lbs | List price $15.65
About: The author questions the survival of mankind in this science fiction tale about Overlords from outer space who dominate the world
Prebinding
Book cover for 9781439557167
 
With Arthur C. Clarke | Reissue edition from Paw Prints (October 4, 2008); titled "Childhood's End"
9781439557167 | details & prices | List price $15.99
This edition also contains Childhood's End

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