Faster access than browser!
119 relations: Abraham Polonsky, Alias Smith and Jones, Alien invasion, Analog Science Fiction and Fact, Anthony Boucher, Apartheid, Arthur C. Clarke, Arthur C. Clarke bibliography, Astrophysics, Atlanta, Audible (store), Audiobook, AudioFile (magazine), Ballantine Books, Barlowe's Guide to Extraterrestrials, BBC Radio, BBC Radio 4, Bernard Shir-Cliff, Brian Aldiss, British Interplanetary Society, Bullfighting, C. S. Lewis, Cambridge University Press, Charles Dance, Chesley Bonestell, Chicago Tribune, Childhood's End (miniseries), Civil rights movement (1896–1954), Clairvoyance, David Wingrove, Del Rey Books, Demon, DePauw University, Ebony (magazine), Encounter in the Dawn, Expedition to Earth, Famous Fantastic Mysteries, First contact (science fiction), Fordham University Press, Galaxy Science Fiction, George H. W. Bush, Golden Age, Golden Age of Science Fiction, Groff Conklin, H. G. Wells, Hardcover, Hollywood blacklist, Howard E. Koch, Hugo Award for Best Novel, Indirect rule, ..., Inspec, International Astronautical Federation, Internet Speculative Fiction Database, J. Francis McComas, James Blish, Jo Walton, John W. Campbell, John Wiley & Sons, Key Largo, Kimberly Peirce, King's College London, Light-year, List of Apollo missions, Los Angeles Times, Militarisation of space, Narration, Neal Adams, New Worlds (magazine), New York City Hall, Nuclear weapon, Oceanography, Olaf Stapledon, Ouija, P. Schuyler Miller, Paperback, Parapsychology, Penn State University Press, Pocono Mountains, Prelude to Space, Psychokinesis, Richard M. Powers, Richie Havens, Robert J. Sawyer, Salisbury University, Science fiction, Science Fiction Studies, Secretary-General of the United Nations, South Africa, Soviet Union, Space Exploration Initiative, Space Odyssey, Space Race, Special relativity, Stanley Kubrick, Syfy, Tales from the White Hart, Tampa Bay, The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke, The Cosmic Rape, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, The Mightiest Machine, The New York Times, The Sentinel (anthology), The Sentinel (short story), The Songs of Distant Earth, Time dilation, Tor Books, Tsunami, United States, Universal Pictures, University of Calgary, University of California Press, Utopia, Victor Gollancz Ltd, Wildside Press, William DuBois (writer), Workman Publishing Company, World Future Society, 2001: A Space Odyssey (film). Expand index (69 more) »
Abraham Polonsky
Abraham Lincoln Polonsky (December 5, 1910 – October 26, 1999) was an American film director, screenwriter, essayist and novelist.
New!!: Childhood's End and Abraham Polonsky · See more »
Alias Smith and Jones
Alias Smith and Jones is an American Western series that originally aired on ABC from January 1971 to January 1973.
New!!: Childhood's End and Alias Smith and Jones · See more »
Alien invasion
The alien invasion or space invasion is a usual part of science fiction stories and film, in which extraterrestrials invade the Earth either to exterminate and supplant human life, enslave it under an intense state, harvest people for food, steal the planet's resources, or destroy the planet altogether.
New!!: Childhood's End and Alien invasion · See more »
Analog Science Fiction and Fact
Analog Science Fiction and Fact is an American science-fiction magazine published under various titles since 1930.
New!!: Childhood's End and Analog Science Fiction and Fact · See more »
Anthony Boucher
Anthony Boucher (born William Anthony Parker White; August 21, 1911 – April 29, 1968) was an American crime and fantastic fiction editor and author of mystery novels and short stories and radio drama scripts in those fields.
New!!: Childhood's End and Anthony Boucher · See more »
Apartheid
Apartheid started in 1948 in theUnion of South Africa |year_start.
New!!: Childhood's End and Apartheid · See more »
Arthur C. Clarke
Sir Arthur Charles Clarke (16 December 1917 – 19 March 2008) was a British science fiction writer, science writer and futurist, inventor, undersea explorer, and television series host.
New!!: Childhood's End and Arthur C. Clarke · See more »
Arthur C. Clarke bibliography
The following is a list of works by Arthur C. Clarke.
New!!: Childhood's End and Arthur C. Clarke bibliography · See more »
Astrophysics
Astrophysics is the branch of astronomy that employs the principles of physics and chemistry "to ascertain the nature of the astronomical objects, rather than their positions or motions in space".
New!!: Childhood's End and Astrophysics · See more »
Atlanta
Atlanta is the capital city and most populous municipality of the state of Georgia in the United States.
New!!: Childhood's End and Atlanta · See more »
Audible (store)
Audible is a seller and producer of spoken audio entertainment, information, and educational programming on the Internet.
New!!: Childhood's End and Audible (store) · See more »
Audiobook
An audiobook (or talking book) is a recording of a text being read.
New!!: Childhood's End and Audiobook · See more »
AudioFile (magazine)
AudioFile is a print and online magazine whose mission is to review "unabridged and abridged audiobooks, original audio programs, commentary, and dramatizations in the spoken-word format.
New!!: Childhood's End and AudioFile (magazine) · See more »
Ballantine Books
Ballantine Books is a major book publisher located in the United States, founded in 1952 by Ian Ballantine with his wife, Betty Ballantine.
New!!: Childhood's End and Ballantine Books · See more »
Barlowe's Guide to Extraterrestrials
Barlowe's Guide to Extraterrestrials (1979; second edition 1987) is a science fiction book by artist Wayne Barlowe, with Ian Summers and Beth Meacham (who provided the text).
New!!: Childhood's End and Barlowe's Guide to Extraterrestrials · See more »
BBC Radio
BBC Radio is an operational business division and service of the British Broadcasting Corporation (which has operated in the United Kingdom under the terms of a Royal Charter since 1927).
New!!: Childhood's End and BBC Radio · See more »
BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4 is a radio station owned and operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes including news, drama, comedy, science and history.
New!!: Childhood's End and BBC Radio 4 · See more »
Bernard Shir-Cliff
Bernard W. Shir-Cliff, an editor for Ballantine Books, Contemporary Books, Warner Books and other publishers, also translated books and later became a well-known literary agent.
New!!: Childhood's End and Bernard Shir-Cliff · See more »
Brian Aldiss
Brian Wilson Aldiss, OBE (18 August 1925 – 19 August 2017) was an English writer and anthologies editor, best known for science fiction novels and short stories.
New!!: Childhood's End and Brian Aldiss · See more »
British Interplanetary Society
The British Interplanetary Society (BIS), founded in Liverpool in 1933 by Philip E. Cleator, is the oldest space advocacy organisation in the world.
New!!: Childhood's End and British Interplanetary Society · See more »
Bullfighting
Bullfighting is a physical contest that involves humans and animals attempting to publicly subdue, immobilise, or kill a bull, usually according to a set of rules, guidelines, or cultural expectations.
New!!: Childhood's End and Bullfighting · See more »
C. S. Lewis
Clive Staples Lewis (29 November 1898 – 22 November 1963) was a British novelist, poet, academic, medievalist, literary critic, essayist, lay theologian, broadcaster, lecturer, and Christian apologist.
New!!: Childhood's End and C. S. Lewis · See more »
Cambridge University Press
Cambridge University Press (CUP) is the publishing business of the University of Cambridge.
New!!: Childhood's End and Cambridge University Press · See more »
Charles Dance
Walter Charles Dance, OBE (born 10 October 1946) is an English actor, screenwriter, and film director.
New!!: Childhood's End and Charles Dance · See more »
Chesley Bonestell
Chesley Knight Bonestell, Jr. (January 1, 1888 – June 11, 1986) was an American painter, designer and illustrator.
New!!: Childhood's End and Chesley Bonestell · See more »
Chicago Tribune
The Chicago Tribune is a daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, United States, owned by Tronc, Inc., formerly Tribune Publishing.
New!!: Childhood's End and Chicago Tribune · See more »
Childhood's End (miniseries)
Childhood's End is an American television miniseries based on the novel of the same name, by Arthur C. Clarke, and developed by Matthew Graham.
New!!: Childhood's End and Childhood's End (miniseries) · See more »
Civil rights movement (1896–1954)
The African-American civil rights movement (1896–1954) was a long, primarily nonviolent series of events to bring full civil rights and equality under the law to all Americans.
New!!: Childhood's End and Civil rights movement (1896–1954) · See more »
Clairvoyance
Clairvoyance (from French clair meaning "clear" and voyance meaning "vision") is the alleged ability to gain information about an object, person, location, or physical event through extrasensory perception.
New!!: Childhood's End and Clairvoyance · See more »
David Wingrove
David Wingrove (born September 1954) is a British science fiction writer.
New!!: Childhood's End and David Wingrove · See more »
Del Rey Books
Del Rey Books is a branch of Ballantine Books, which is owned by Random House and, in turn, by Penguin Random House.
New!!: Childhood's End and Del Rey Books · See more »
Demon
A demon (from Koine Greek δαιμόνιον daimónion) is a supernatural and often malevolent being prevalent in religion, occultism, literature, fiction, mythology and folklore.
New!!: Childhood's End and Demon · See more »
DePauw University
DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana, is a private liberal arts college with an enrollment of approximately 2,300 students.
New!!: Childhood's End and DePauw University · See more »
Ebony (magazine)
Ebony is a monthly magazine for the African-American market.
New!!: Childhood's End and Ebony (magazine) · See more »
Encounter in the Dawn
"Encounter in the Dawn" (also known as "Expedition to Earth") is a short story by Arthur C. Clarke published in 1953 in the magazine Amazing Stories.
New!!: Childhood's End and Encounter in the Dawn · See more »
Expedition to Earth
Expedition to Earth is a collection of science fiction short stories by Arthur C. Clarke.
New!!: Childhood's End and Expedition to Earth · See more »
Famous Fantastic Mysteries
Famous Fantastic Mysteries was an American science fiction and fantasy pulp magazine published from 1939 to 1953.
New!!: Childhood's End and Famous Fantastic Mysteries · See more »
First contact (science fiction)
First contact is a common science fiction theme about the first meeting between humans and extraterrestrial life, or of any sentient race's first encounter with another one, given they are from different planets or natural satellites.
New!!: Childhood's End and First contact (science fiction) · See more »
Fordham University Press
The Fordham University Press is a publishing house, a division of Fordham University, that publishes primarily in the humanities and the social sciences.
New!!: Childhood's End and Fordham University Press · See more »
Galaxy Science Fiction
Galaxy Science Fiction was an American digest-size science fiction magazine, published from 1950 to 1980.
New!!: Childhood's End and Galaxy Science Fiction · See more »
George H. W. Bush
George Herbert Walker Bush (born June 12, 1924) is an American politician who served as the 41st President of the United States from 1989 to 1993.
New!!: Childhood's End and George H. W. Bush · See more »
Golden Age
The term Golden Age comes from Greek mythology, particularly the Works and Days of Hesiod, and is part of the description of temporal decline of the state of peoples through five Ages, Gold being the first and the one during which the Golden Race of humanity (chrýseon génos) lived.
New!!: Childhood's End and Golden Age · See more »
Golden Age of Science Fiction
The first Golden Age of Science Fiction—often recognized in the United States as the period from 1938 to 1946—was an era during which the science fiction genre gained wide public attention and many classic science fiction stories were published.
New!!: Childhood's End and Golden Age of Science Fiction · See more »
Groff Conklin
Edward Groff Conklin (September 6, 1904 – July 19, 1968) was an American science fiction anthologist.
New!!: Childhood's End and Groff Conklin · See more »
H. G. Wells
Herbert George Wells.
New!!: Childhood's End and H. G. Wells · See more »
Hardcover
A hardcover or hardback (also known as hardbound, and sometimes as case-bound) book is one bound with rigid protective covers (typically of Binder's board or heavy paperboard covered with buckram or other cloth, heavy paper, or occasionally leather).
New!!: Childhood's End and Hardcover · See more »
Hollywood blacklist
The Hollywood blacklist - as the broader entertainment industry blacklist is generally known - was the practice of denying employment to screenwriters, actors, directors, musicians, and other American entertainment professionals during the mid-20th century because they were accused of having Communist ties or sympathies.
New!!: Childhood's End and Hollywood blacklist · See more »
Howard E. Koch
Howard E. Koch (December 12, 1901 – August 17, 1995) was an American playwright and screenwriter who was blacklisted by the Hollywood movie studio bosses in the 1950s.
New!!: Childhood's End and Howard E. Koch · See more »
Hugo Award for Best Novel
The Hugo Award for Best Novel is one of the Hugo Awards given each year for science fiction or fantasy stories published in English or translated into English during the previous calendar year.
New!!: Childhood's End and Hugo Award for Best Novel · See more »
Indirect rule
Indirect rule is a system of government used by the British and French to control parts of their colonial empires, particularly in Africa and Asia, through pre-existing local power structures.
New!!: Childhood's End and Indirect rule · See more »
Inspec
Inspec is a major indexing database of scientific and technical literature, published by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), and formerly by the Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE), one of the IET's forerunners.
New!!: Childhood's End and Inspec · See more »
International Astronautical Federation
The International Astronautical Federation (IAF) (Fédération internationale d'astronautique) is an international space advocacy organisation based in Paris, and founded in 1951 as a non-governmental organization to establish a dialogue between scientists around the world and to lay the information for international space cooperation.
New!!: Childhood's End and International Astronautical Federation · See more »
Internet Speculative Fiction Database
The Internet Speculative Fiction Database (ISFDB) is a database of bibliographic information on genres considered speculative fiction, including science fiction and related genres such as fantasy fiction and horror fiction.
New!!: Childhood's End and Internet Speculative Fiction Database · See more »
J. Francis McComas
Jesse Francis McComas (June 9, 1911 – April 19, 1978) was an American science fiction editor.
New!!: Childhood's End and J. Francis McComas · See more »
James Blish
James Benjamin Blish (–) was an American science fiction and fantasy writer.
New!!: Childhood's End and James Blish · See more »
Jo Walton
Jo Walton (born December 1, 1964) is a Welsh-Canadian fantasy and science fiction writer and poet.
New!!: Childhood's End and Jo Walton · See more »
John W. Campbell
John Wood Campbell Jr. (June 8, 1910 – July 11, 1971) was an American science fiction writer and editor.
New!!: Childhood's End and John W. Campbell · See more »
John Wiley & Sons
John Wiley & Sons, Inc., also referred to as Wiley, is a global publishing company that specializes in academic publishing.
New!!: Childhood's End and John Wiley & Sons · See more »
Key Largo
Key Largo (Cayo Largo) is an island in the upper Florida Keys archipelago and is the largest section of the Keys, at long.
New!!: Childhood's End and Key Largo · See more »
Kimberly Peirce
Kimberly Ane Peirce (born September 8, 1967) is an American feature film director, best known for her debut feature film, Boys Don't Cry (1999).
New!!: Childhood's End and Kimberly Peirce · See more »
King's College London
King's College London (informally King's or KCL) is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom, and a founding constituent college of the federal University of London.
New!!: Childhood's End and King's College London · See more »
Light-year
The light-year is a unit of length used to express astronomical distances and measures about 9.5 trillion kilometres or 5.9 trillion miles.
New!!: Childhood's End and Light-year · See more »
List of Apollo missions
The Apollo program, also known as Project Apollo, was the third United States human spaceflight program carried out by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which accomplished landing the first humans on the Moon from 1969 to 1972.
New!!: Childhood's End and List of Apollo missions · See more »
Los Angeles Times
The Los Angeles Times is a daily newspaper which has been published in Los Angeles, California since 1881.
New!!: Childhood's End and Los Angeles Times · See more »
Militarisation of space
The militarisation of space is the placement and development of weaponry and military technology in outer space.
New!!: Childhood's End and Militarisation of space · See more »
Narration
Narration is the use of a written or spoken commentary to convey a story to an audience.
New!!: Childhood's End and Narration · See more »
Neal Adams
Neal Adams (born June 15, 1941) is an American comic book and commercial artist known for helping to create some of the definitive modern imagery of the DC Comics characters Batman and Green Arrow; as the co-founder of the graphic design studio Continuity Associates; and as a creators-rights advocate who helped secure a pension and recognition for Superman creators Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster.
New!!: Childhood's End and Neal Adams · See more »
New Worlds (magazine)
New Worlds was a British science fiction magazine that began in 1936 as a fanzine called Novae Terrae.
New!!: Childhood's End and New Worlds (magazine) · See more »
New York City Hall
New York City Hall, the seat of New York City government, is located at the center of City Hall Park in the Civic Center area of Lower Manhattan, between Broadway, Park Row, and Chambers Street.
New!!: Childhood's End and New York City Hall · See more »
Nuclear weapon
A nuclear weapon is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions, either fission (fission bomb) or from a combination of fission and fusion reactions (thermonuclear bomb).
New!!: Childhood's End and Nuclear weapon · See more »
Oceanography
Oceanography (compound of the Greek words ὠκεανός meaning "ocean" and γράφω meaning "write"), also known as oceanology, is the study of the physical and biological aspects of the ocean.
New!!: Childhood's End and Oceanography · See more »
Olaf Stapledon
William Olaf Stapledon (10 May 1886 – 6 September 1950) – known as Olaf Stapledon – was a British philosopher and author of science fiction.
New!!: Childhood's End and Olaf Stapledon · See more »
Ouija
The ouija, also known as a spirit board or talking board, is a flat board marked with the letters of the alphabet, the numbers 0–9, the words "yes", "no", "hello" (occasionally), and "goodbye", along with various symbols and graphics.
New!!: Childhood's End and Ouija · See more »
P. Schuyler Miller
Peter Schuyler Miller (February 21, 1912 – October 13, 1974) was an American science fiction writer and critic.
New!!: Childhood's End and P. Schuyler Miller · See more »
Paperback
A paperback is a type of book characterized by a thick paper or paperboard cover, and often held together with glue rather than stitches or staples.
New!!: Childhood's End and Paperback · See more »
Parapsychology
Parapsychology is the study of paranormal and psychic phenomena which include telepathy, precognition, clairvoyance, psychokinesis, near-death experiences, reincarnation, apparitional experiences, and other paranormal claims.
New!!: Childhood's End and Parapsychology · See more »
Penn State University Press
Penn State University Press, also called The Pennsylvania State University Press, was established in 1956 and is a non-profit publisher of scholarly books and journals.
New!!: Childhood's End and Penn State University Press · See more »
Pocono Mountains
The Pocono Mountains, commonly referred to as the Poconos, are a geographical, geological, and cultural region in Northeastern Pennsylvania, United States.
New!!: Childhood's End and Pocono Mountains · See more »
Prelude to Space
Prelude to Space is a science fiction novel written by British author Arthur C. Clarke in 1947.
New!!: Childhood's End and Prelude to Space · See more »
Psychokinesis
Psychokinesis (from Greek ψυχή "mind" and κίνησις "movement"), or telekinesis (from τηλε- "far off" and κίνηση "movement"), is an alleged psychic ability allowing a person to influence a physical system without physical interaction. Psychokinesis experiments have historically been criticized for lack of proper controls and repeatability. There is no convincing evidence that psychokinesis is a real phenomenon, and the topic is generally regarded as pseudoscience.
New!!: Childhood's End and Psychokinesis · See more »
Richard M. Powers
Richard M. Powers (February 24, 1921 – March 9, 1996) was an American science fiction illustrator.
New!!: Childhood's End and Richard M. Powers · See more »
Richie Havens
Richard Pierce "Richie" Havens (January 21, 1941 – April 22, 2013) was an American singer-songwriter and guitarist.
New!!: Childhood's End and Richie Havens · See more »
Robert J. Sawyer
Robert James Sawyer (born April 29, 1960) is a Canadian science fiction writer.
New!!: Childhood's End and Robert J. Sawyer · See more »
Salisbury University
Salisbury University (often referred to as 'SU' or the 'Bury') is a public university located in the city of Salisbury in Wicomico County, Maryland, roughly 30 miles west of Ocean City, Maryland, and approximately 115 miles southeast of Baltimore, Maryland and Washington, DC.
New!!: Childhood's End and Salisbury University · See more »
Science fiction
Science fiction (often shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction, typically dealing with imaginative concepts such as advanced science and technology, spaceflight, time travel, and extraterrestrial life.
New!!: Childhood's End and Science fiction · See more »
Science Fiction Studies
Science Fiction Studies (SFS) is an academic journal founded in 1973 by R. D. Mullen.
New!!: Childhood's End and Science Fiction Studies · See more »
Secretary-General of the United Nations
The Secretary-General of the United Nations (UNSG or just SG) is the head of the United Nations Secretariat, one of the six principal organs of the United Nations.
New!!: Childhood's End and Secretary-General of the United Nations · See more »
South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa.
New!!: Childhood's End and South Africa · See more »
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union, officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was a socialist state in Eurasia that existed from 1922 to 1991.
New!!: Childhood's End and Soviet Union · See more »
Space Exploration Initiative
The Space Exploration Initiative was a 1989–1993 space public policy initiative of the George H. W. Bush administration.
New!!: Childhood's End and Space Exploration Initiative · See more »
Space Odyssey
The Space Odyssey series is a series of science fiction novels by the writer Arthur C. Clarke.
New!!: Childhood's End and Space Odyssey · See more »
Space Race
The Space Race refers to the 20th-century competition between two Cold War rivals, the Soviet Union (USSR) and the United States (US), for dominance in spaceflight capability.
New!!: Childhood's End and Space Race · See more »
Special relativity
In physics, special relativity (SR, also known as the special theory of relativity or STR) is the generally accepted and experimentally well-confirmed physical theory regarding the relationship between space and time.
New!!: Childhood's End and Special relativity · See more »
Stanley Kubrick
Stanley Kubrick (July 26, 1928 – March 7, 1999) was an American film director, screenwriter, and producer.
New!!: Childhood's End and Stanley Kubrick · See more »
Syfy
Syfy (formerly Sci-Fi Channel and Sci Fi) is an American basic cable and satellite television channel that is owned by the NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment Group division of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast.
New!!: Childhood's End and Syfy · See more »
Tales from the White Hart
Tales from the White Hart is a collection of short stories by science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke, in the "club tales" style.
New!!: Childhood's End and Tales from the White Hart · See more »
Tampa Bay
Tampa Bay is a large natural harbor and shallow estuary connected to the Gulf of Mexico on the west central coast of Florida, comprising Hillsborough Bay, McKay Bay, Old Tampa Bay, Middle Tampa Bay, and Lower Tampa Bay.
New!!: Childhood's End and Tampa Bay · See more »
The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke
The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke, first published in 2001, is a collection of almost all science fiction stories written by Arthur C. Clarke: it includes 114 in all arranged in order of publication, "Travel by Wire!" in 1937 through to "Improving the Neighbourhood" in 1999.
New!!: Childhood's End and The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke · See more »
The Cosmic Rape
The Cosmic Rape is a science fiction novel by American writer Theodore Sturgeon, originally published as an original paperback in August 1958.
New!!: Childhood's End and The Cosmic Rape · See more »
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (usually referred to as F&SF) is a U.S. fantasy and science fiction magazine first published in 1949 by Fantasy House, a subsidiary of Lawrence Spivak's Mercury Press.
New!!: Childhood's End and The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction · See more »
The Mightiest Machine
The Mightiest Machine is a science fiction novel by American writer John W. Campbell, Jr. The novel was originally serialized in 5 parts in Astounding Stories magazine from December 1934 to April 1935, and was published in book form in 1947 by The Hadley Publishing Co. in an edition of 1,200 copies.
New!!: Childhood's End and The Mightiest Machine · See more »
The New York Times
The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.
New!!: Childhood's End and The New York Times · See more »
The Sentinel (anthology)
The Sentinel is a collection of science fiction short stories by Arthur C. Clarke originally published in 1983.
New!!: Childhood's End and The Sentinel (anthology) · See more »
The Sentinel (short story)
"The Sentinel" is a short story by British author Arthur C. Clarke, written in 1948 and first published in 1951 as "Sentinel of Eternity", which was used as a starting point for the novel and film ''2001: A Space Odyssey'', where it was modified and fused with other ideas.
New!!: Childhood's End and The Sentinel (short story) · See more »
The Songs of Distant Earth
The Songs of Distant Earth is a 1986 science fiction novel by British writer Arthur C. Clarke, based upon his 1958 short story of the same title.
New!!: Childhood's End and The Songs of Distant Earth · See more »
Time dilation
According to the theory of relativity, time dilation is a difference in the elapsed time measured by two observers, either due to a velocity difference relative to each other, or by being differently situated relative to a gravitational field.
New!!: Childhood's End and Time dilation · See more »
Tor Books
Tor Books is the primary imprint of Tom Doherty Associates, a publishing company based in New York City.
New!!: Childhood's End and Tor Books · See more »
Tsunami
A tsunami (from 津波, "harbour wave"; English pronunciation) or tidal wave, also known as a seismic sea wave, is a series of waves in a water body caused by the displacement of a large volume of water, generally in an ocean or a large lake.
New!!: Childhood's End and Tsunami · See more »
United States
The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.
New!!: Childhood's End and United States · See more »
Universal Pictures
Universal Pictures (also known as Universal Studios) is an American film studio owned by Comcast through the Universal Filmed Entertainment Group division of its wholly owned subsidiary NBCUniversal.
New!!: Childhood's End and Universal Pictures · See more »
University of Calgary
The University of Calgary (U of C or UCalgary) is a public research university located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
New!!: Childhood's End and University of Calgary · See more »
University of California Press
University of California Press, otherwise known as UC Press, is a publishing house associated with the University of California that engages in academic publishing.
New!!: Childhood's End and University of California Press · See more »
Utopia
A utopia is an imagined community or society that possesses highly desirable or nearly perfect qualities for its citizens.
New!!: Childhood's End and Utopia · See more »
Victor Gollancz Ltd
Victor Gollancz Ltd was a major British book publishing house of the twentieth century.
New!!: Childhood's End and Victor Gollancz Ltd · See more »
Wildside Press
Wildside Press is an independent publishing company in Cabin John, Maryland, United States.
New!!: Childhood's End and Wildside Press · See more »
William DuBois (writer)
William DuBois (November 29, 1903 – March 16, 1997) was an American playwright, novelist and longtime editor of The New York Times Book Review.
New!!: Childhood's End and William DuBois (writer) · See more »
Workman Publishing Company
Workman Publishing Company is an independent publisher of trade books and calendars, known primarily for non-fiction books along with calendars.
New!!: Childhood's End and Workman Publishing Company · See more »
World Future Society
The World Future Society (WFS), founded in 1966, is recognized as the largest, most influential, and longest-running community of futurists and future thinkers in the world.
New!!: Childhood's End and World Future Society · See more »
2001: A Space Odyssey (film)
2001: A Space Odyssey is a 1968 epic science fiction film produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick.
New!!: Childhood's End and 2001: A Space Odyssey (film) · See more »
Redirects here:
Childhoods End, Guardian Angel (short story), Karellen, Ngs 549672, Overlord (alien race), Overlord (species), Overlords (species), Rikki Stormgren.
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Childhood's_End
