Sujet : Re: [Tears] Childhoods End by Arthur C. Clarke
De : psperson (at) *nospam* old.netcom.invalid (Paul S Person)
Groupes : rec.arts.sf.writtenDate : 15. Nov 2024, 17:24:53
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On Fri, 15 Nov 2024 08:45:57 -0000 (UTC), Charles Packer
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On 3 Nov 2024 13:17:57 -0000, James Nicoll wrote:
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Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke
For what purpose have the enigmatic Overlords taken control of Earth?
https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/hush-dont-cry
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Are there any other examples of overlordship in SF? Defined as
humankind placed under involuntary governance by either
extraterrestrials or a special class of other humans, for either
benign or malign reasons.
Among others, Silverberg's /The Alien Years/.
Warning: the aliens come, Our Heroes react, things get interesting and
then ... it just ends. This is why I found it in Half Price Books for
$7.58 (nice thick hardcover, purchased in 1999) and disposed of it a
decade later. (For books, I either sold it back to Half Price Books,
donated it to a library, or put it in a drop-off box for someone else
to decide what to with it. I only recycle books that have literally
fallen apart.)
But it /was/ a good read while it lasted.
-- "Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,Who evil spoke of everyone but God,Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"