Revisiting Arthur C. Clarke’s Breakout Novel ‘Childhood’s End’ on the Eve of Its Adaptation

By Alison Herman December 11, 2015 1- Flavorwire

On the face of it, Childhood’s End is an odd choice of source material. Stanley Kubrick expressed interest in it before moving on, rather successfully, to another Arthur C. Clarke story; Universal held the rights for a while, but the project never went anywhere. 
Now, Syfy has turned Clarke’s 1953 novel into a three-night miniseries, premiering Monday night and headlined by prestige cable alumni Charles Dance (Game of Thrones), Yael Stone (Orange Is the New Black), and Julian McMahon (Nip/Tuck). Yet it’s difficult to imagine how Clarke’s earliest classic will translate to the screen.
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