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Rendezvous with Rama
: After a disasterous asteroid destroys a large city in the not so distant future,the human race vows never to have another disaster ever again.After roughly 2 centuries of setting bouys to track asteroids this tracking process has become routine.One rather odd asteroid named RAMA attracts attention because of the odd tragectory and cylindrical shape of RAMA.A camera probe is dispatched to take a closer look and what it sees shocks the world..RAMA is definately not an asteroid.To add to the mystery,what happens when humans find the strange "world in a bottle" to have no occupants
This was a fine novel about a massive cylindrical object which is on a fixed orbit through or solar system. When the Earth crew lands upon it and then enters it, it has a viable biosystem inside. Trees, rivers, weather, etc. What is it? Where is the alien crew? What is its purpose? All these questions provide suspense as the Earth crew has to solve pieces of the puzzle scientifically. This is an excellent starting point for new fans and a certain must-buy for old fans.
I read this book 10 years ago and I loved it. Rama II in 1992 and I've just read the 3rd & 4th books in the series. The one thing I was continually confused about was the topography of the Interior of the Rama craft. Was any one else or am I the only one continually getting lost in the Octospiders lair and trying to puzzle out the Avians domain?
Is Dr Tagashaki's book of Maps on the interior coming out before 2130 ?
And DID Nicole really have to die ? I get her point though.
...kind of makes you wonder...WHY DIDNT THEY MAKE THIS TO A MOVIE!!!
I'm a HUGE Clarke fan, and I must say he has done a very good job with Rama. It's a quick read, because while you read it you feel less like reading, and more like living the story. It also brings up a lot of questions near the end, so anticipate having to think a little after you put it down. A MUST read for any fan of Science-Fiction
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