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Children of Tomorrow
First edition
AuthorA. E. van Vogt
Cover artistJohn Schoenherr
LanguageEnglish
GenreScience fiction novel
PublisherAce Books
Publication date
1970
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (Paperback)
Pages254 pp
ISBN0-450-04598-6

Children of Tomorrow is a 1970 science fiction novel by 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.