 It was first published in 1953. Childhood's End is one of the novels that made Arthur C. Clarke's name. It's about first contact. It's one of Arthur C. Clarke's many first contact stories. A society of god-like aliens come to Earth in their giant spacecraft, and they inform us that they are going to bring a new golden age to humanity and eventually elevate us to a higher form of life. That's the short description without any spoilers. I thought that I had read this book years ago, but when I listened to the audiobook a year or two ago, I realized that I only read maybe half of it, or maybe the first third or so. Because the entire last half of the book was completely new to me, and it's weird. This book really ends weird. Not in a way that I would have expected for Arthur C. Clarke. So yeah, I recommend this book. This is typical for Arthur C. Clarke. The characters in this book are very stiff. His attempts at giving them character and backgrounds and having normal human conversations just really fall flat. The basic rule is that every character in every Arthur C. Clarke story is Arthur C. Clarke. There's an entire world of Arthur C. Clarke's. Everybody thinks and acts and talks just like Arthur C. Clarke. In fact, the human race as a whole responds to the alien's arrival in ways that I didn't find believable at all, because they're perfectly rational. The entire human race behaves exactly like Arthur C. Clarke would behave. It's still a great book though. So if you haven't read it already, read it now. Please remember to press that like button. It helps my videos get seen. And then subscribe so you can come back next time. I do science fiction book, TV, and movie reviews all the time, and please consider becoming a patron. There's a link in the description below.