Rendezvous with Rama

Arthur C. Clarke

Average Rating 8/10 (1 Review)

Rama - a metallic cylinder approaching the sun at a tremendous velocity.

Rama - First product of an alien civilisation to be encountered by man.

Rama - a world of technological marvels and artificial ecology.

What is its purpose in this year 2131? Who is inside it? And why?

The only book to have scooped all the major SF awards.

'Quite masterly.'

The Times

'Arthur C Clarke is one of the truly prophetic figures of the space age.'

New Yorker

'One of the best novels Clarke has written…packed with suspense and mystery.'

Sunday Times

Review by Paul (300601) Rating (8/10)

Review by Paul
Rating 8/10
I have been a fan of Arthur C Clarke for a few years and he usually manages to surprise with some of the things that he foresees (He wrote about mobile phones years before they were let loose on the public).

In Rendezvous he speculates about what would happen if an obviously alien creation was found to be travelling on a course that would take it through our solar system. The book is based in the year 2131 when mankind has got a regular space exploration programme and has colonised several of the planets.

A hastily arranged exploration party is sent to investigate Rama and finds that it is devoid of life (or is it) but I won't say too much otherwise there's no point reading it.

All I will say is that it raises more questions than it answers, but to quote the last line in the book 'The Ramans do everything in threes'

I really enjoyed the book and found it to be thought provoking at times.
Paul (30th June 2001)