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Childhood's end

by Arthur C. Clarke

When a peaceful alien invasion establishes a global utopia, humanity enters a golden age. However, the sudden evolution of children into a transcendent collective mind signals the dawn of a new evolutionary stage and the end of humanity as it is known.

Accession 35418 ISBN — Publisher Ballantine Books (Firm)
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