Childhood’s End vs The Ganymede Takeover: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Human-alien encounters, Extraterrestrial beings, Science Fiction, Fiction
Childhood’s End
Childhood's End is a 1953 science fiction novel by British author Arthur C. Clarke. The story follows the peaceful alien invasion of Earth by the mysterious Overlords, whose arrival ends all war, helps form a world…
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The Ganymede Takeover
The Ganymede Takeover is a 1967 science fiction novel by American writers Philip K. Dick and Ray Nelson. It is an alien invasion novel, and similar to Dick's earlier solo novel The Game-Players of Titan. Dick later…
The verdict
- Readers rate Childhood’s End highest: Childhood’s End 3.8 · The Ganymede Takeover 3.3.
- The Ganymede Takeover has the widest readership — 869 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Childhood’s End | The Ganymede Takeover | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 3.3 (869) |
| Hardcover | — | 3.5 (8) |
Reception
| Childhood’s End | The Ganymede Takeover | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 31 | 869 |
| Editions | 81 | 9 |
| Citations | — | 2 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 839 |
| Reading it now | — | 10 |
| Written reviews | — | 88 |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 717 |
| Pages | 225 | 192 |