Arthur C. Clarke story "Guardian Angel"
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"Guardian Angel" is Arthur C. Clarke’s original novella that introduced the core premise and alien visitors later expanded into his classic science fiction novel Childhood’s End.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Arthur C. Clarke story "Guardian Angel" canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
science fiction novella
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short story ⓘ |
| author | Arthur C. Clarke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
alien visitation
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benevolent overlords ⓘ human evolution ⓘ loss of human identity ⓘ transcendence ⓘ utopia and control ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| expandedInto | Childhood’s End NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | Rikki Stormgren NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresSpecies | Overlords ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Childhood’s End universe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1950 ⓘ |
| genre | science fiction ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | later depictions of benevolent alien overlords in science fiction ⓘ |
| hasLaterVersion | novel-length expansion in Childhood’s End ⓘ |
| hasLengthCategory |
novella
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short story ⓘ |
| hasPrimaryAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| hasSubjectMatter |
contact with superior extraterrestrial intelligence
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destiny of humankind ⓘ social engineering by aliens ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Guardian Angel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedWork | later revisions in Childhood’s End ⓘ |
| introducedInDecade | 1950s ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Golden Age science fiction NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
forming the basis of Childhood’s End
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originating the Overlords concept ⓘ |
| originalMedium | magazine publication ⓘ |
| partOfAuthorCareerPhase | early science fiction period of Arthur C. Clarke ⓘ |
| plotElement |
aliens guide humanity into a golden age
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aliens impose an end to war ⓘ aliens initially conceal their physical appearance ⓘ mysterious alien ships appear over Earth’s major cities ⓘ |
| setting | near-future Earth ⓘ |
| sharesAlienRaceWith | Childhood’s End NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sharesCharactersWith | Childhood’s End NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sharesPremiseWith | Childhood’s End NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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