I just finished Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke for the first time and am a little blown by what I just read, because . . . . . . YOU GUYSSSS!!!!!! I think Arthur C. Clarke might have been a legit occultist!!! In the least, he was at least well-versed in esoteric scholarship, with a hint of Gnostic flavor. But, you know what? I cannot talk about this without spoiling the main content of the book, so if you don't want the ending spoiled then read no further. If you're good

Don DeLillo is an author I have had brief moments of contact with in my reading career. His National Book Award winner White Noise was a tome I had always kept my eye on and attempted to read once before. It was one of those reading scenarios where it's not that you particularly don't like the book, it just wasn't the right time in your life to read it, absorb it. As much as I love to read, I am not the fastest reader. So, when I pick a book out of my stack it has to be a yar