Assimilation Plot: Ever wondered where Neon Genesis Evangelion got the whole Instrumentality sequence from? Now you know!.Ultimately, that is the fate of all sentient races, except those that are "stuck" like the Overlords themselves. Ascend to a Higher Plane of Existence: The current generation of humans will be the last one - and with them, human civilization will cease to exist as all their children born from that moment on were no longer human and will then mind-meld and ascend into a higher form of consciousness that transcends material bodies.
It's explained that the idea of the red devil is actually a sort of reverse species memory.
Angelic Aliens: Inverted with the red devil look of the aliens. Ancient Astronauts: The myths aren't from memory, but precognitive visions of the demonic-looking aliens. Alternative Number System: It is mentioned in passing that the Overlords count in base 14 (their hands have five fingers and two thumbs). The second and third parts are original, about what happens after. Adaptation Expansion: The first part of the novel is basically a slightly-altered retelling of Clarke's short story "Guardian Angel". Hideaki Anno mentioned the book as one of the major inspirations for his seminal anime show, Neon Genesis Evangelion.įor tropes from the Syfy miniseries, click here. Shout Outs to it in fiction are not uncommon, ranging from some in Stargate SG-1 and Xenogears to the cover of Led Zeppelin's Houses of the Holy, the Pink Floyd song "Childhood's End" on Obscured by Clouds and the Genesis song "Watcher Of The Skies". Yeah, you can't read much more than that without the entire plot being given away.Īs suggested by the title, the main theme of the book is the end of humanity's "childhood" into a new era. Humanity enters a golden age, before spoilery events happen. After stopping the Cold War and establishing a world government, they start to maintain peace on Earth, but refuse to show any images of themselves for fifty years. The plot concerns the Benevolent Alien Invasion of an alien race called the Overlords. Clarke, originally published in 1953 (but based off of a 1950 short story of his). Childhood's End is a Science Fiction novel by Arthur C.
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