Children of Tomorrow

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Children of Tomorrow
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First edition
Author A. E. van Vogt
Cover artist John Schoenherr
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Genre Science fiction
Publisher Ace Books
Publication date
1970
Media typePrint (Paperback)
Pages254 pp
ISBN 0-450-04598-6

Children of Tomorrow is a 1970 science fiction novel by Canadian-American author A. E. van Vogt.

Plot summary

Commander John Lane returns from a ten-year mission in space to find that the teenagers of Spaceport City have organized themselves into "outfits", well disciplined, non-violent little gangs with their own customs and argot, and that the parent's role in teen upbringing has become minimal. His 16-year-old daughter Susan belongs to the Red Cat Outfit, whose newest member Bud is actually a spy for the alien fleet that has secretly followed John Lane as he returned to Earth.


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