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Re-reading this was sort of like visiting an old friend again. I first read this back in the early 80s and then it was very futuristic and "out there." As a much older woman, it was more quaint than I remembered. Of course, it was written in the 70s, so there's that. Arthur C. Clarke is my favorite SF author of all time, so I'd like anything he wrote during his lifetime, but this one raised some eyebrows in the adult person I am now.

I hadn't realized how enormously sexist it was when I read it as a teen, but it really is. As in hugely, but in that benevolently paternalistic sort of way that has no meanness in it. It's simply a book of the times and given that there are some women characters in it that have space professions, it was probably pretty darn progressive. It takes nothing from the story and I enjoyed it this time.

Of note: For those looking at this and thinking, "Oh great. Another series," it's really not. This is the only Rama book that was written by Clarke really. The rest were Gentry Lee. I've read them, but they aren't the same. I read this as a young person as a stand alone and even today it would be quite fine to read as a standalone.


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Rendezvous With Rama Arthur C Clarke 9781857231588 Books Reviews

This is a classic! I had never read it before now--shame on me of course. I love science fiction, and I think that 2001 is one of the great movies of all time, but somehow I never got around to reading Rama. I now know what I was missing.

I won't go into the details of the plot very much. A massive object is spotted approaching Earth in the early 22nd century. Originally thought to be an asteroid, it turns out to be a massive space ship which the humans name Rama. An Earth exploration ship is dispatched to investigate, while the scientific and political authorities of the solar system try to figure out what it is and why it is here. The exploration of the ship is wonderfully described, and full of human ingenuity, until the ship exits the solar system without stopping. But in the end, Rama remains almost as much a mystery as it was when it arrived. It is like a jigsaw puzzle, where you have some of the pieces but not enough to get a clear idea of the whole picture, only a fuzzy sense of some parts of it. This is enormously difficult writing and Clarke pulls it off magnificently! I can't recommend reading it more highly!
Actually I thought I had read this book before as the title seemed familiar but not special. Oh boy! it was a book I had not read and what a surprise, now it's an unforgettable story to me. It's full of adventure, humanity and science in an uncanny envelope. I thought it was going to be predictable but its magic proved to last until its end. This story is a box of surprises opening almost non-stop. The tiny bit perhaps that I didn't like so much was the light suggestion of a sequel, that gave me the temptation to consider it a four stars classification but that would be unfair.

It has the taste of the best science fiction of end of XIX century, that used to explore the unknown in a world we thought already discovered and conquered.
Sometimes the details dwarfed the story, perhaps, but Arthur C. Clark's work proves brilliant. A decorated and venerable Classic Sci-Fi writer. I believe the author may not still be with us, but I can't be sure right now. His work won many prestigious writing and Science Fiction genre awards. If you can find it, his story "The City and the Stars" far outshines some of his other works, though they are also good.

I have the story "Rendezvous With Rama" and several other good works in a several-works volume, which is where I was unexpectedly taken with his imaginative, humanly fulfilling and action AND character driven story I mentioned above. It was like finding a hidden gem.

As for Rendezvous With Rama, I enjoyed the "jaunt" across a strange alien artifact of astonishing technology, possibly some alien "escape pod" that was to pass through Sol's solar system, which included one space-faring civilization, Earth's, and then to vanish as suddenly as it appeared, headed on some strange mission already planned for it, how many ages ago, no own knows. What could it have been, what did it mean, and who WERE these folks, also, WHERE were they? Characters, details, imagination, scientific approach by Clarke's cast, with his own calculations, and his creations - nice work.
I very much enjoy the author’s style of explaining events trough hard science. Of course I can only assume he is accurate as I’m no scientist myself. I’ve only read (and seen) 2001 before reading this one and if you liked the film or the book you are likely to enjoy this one too.

There’s something to note about the author’s style which is at the same time his greatest strength, but for some less sci-fi inclined could be problematic. Everything and everyone in the storie is subject to a rigid framework of something. For example, if not laws of physics then military rank. There are no characters that act in surprising ways, because all characters are able to use a scientific mind to make decisions in any situation they face. There are no elaborate relationships between characters, because their military rank or role in the team dictates their relationship to everyone else. If you want deep characters you need to look elsewhere. If you want to read an intellectually intriguing story about life in space, this is your book.

Clarke’s stories are surprisingly easy to read and keep at least myself glued to the story like few other authors can. Whether you are a scifi enthusiast or just scifi curious, I’d give this author’s books a try.
Re-reading this was sort of like visiting an old friend again. I first read this back in the early 80s and then it was very futuristic and "out there." As a much older woman, it was more quaint than I remembered. Of course, it was written in the 70s, so there's that. Arthur C. Clarke is my favorite SF author of all time, so I'd like anything he wrote during his lifetime, but this one raised some eyebrows in the adult person I am now.

I hadn't realized how enormously sexist it was when I read it as a teen, but it really is. As in hugely, but in that benevolently paternalistic sort of way that has no meanness in it. It's simply a book of the times and given that there are some women characters in it that have space professions, it was probably pretty darn progressive. It takes nothing from the story and I enjoyed it this time.

Of note For those looking at this and thinking, "Oh great. Another series," it's really not. This is the only Rama book that was written by Clarke really. The rest were Gentry Lee. I've read them, but they aren't the same. I read this as a young person as a stand alone and even today it would be quite fine to read as a standalone.