Rendezvous with Rama

Mass Market Paperback, 243 pages

English language

Published Aug. 13, 1990 by Bantam Books.

ISBN:: 978-0-553-28789-9
Goodreads:: 774928

(2 reviews)

"At first, only a few things are known about the celestial object that astronomers dub Rama. It is huge. It weighs more than ten trillion tons. And it is hurtling through the solar system as inconceivable speed. Then a space probe confirms the unthinkable: Rama is no natural object. It is, incredibly, an interstellar spacecraft. Space explorers and planet-bound scientists alike prepare for man's first encounter with alien intelligence." P. [4] of cover.

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Leia reviewed Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke (Rama, #1)

There is a reason it is still known

5 stars

Very little sci fi is still talked about decades later. And often, that which is, how the author was a huge asshole/sexist/etc. is a part of that conversation.

I haven't heard any of that about Arthur C. Clarke. And the book is still solid both in it's sci fi and its politics. If anything, it's more optimistic than more modern fair.

I really enjoyed it, albeit that it took a bit to get though.

Jens Finkhäuser reviewed Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke (Rama, #1)

I'd rate it 50/50...

3 stars

... that is, it's 50% description of a docking maneuver, and 50% setup for an exciting book.

I guess that makes it one of those books you should read once, but I didn't manage to enjoy it much.

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Science fiction