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Book Reviews of Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, Bk 1)

Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, Bk 1)
Rendezvous with Rama - Rama, Bk 1
Author: Arthur C. Clarke
PBS Market Price: $8.09 or $4.19+1 credit
ISBN-13: 9780553287899
ISBN-10: 0553287893
Publication Date: 12/1/1990
Pages: 288
Rating:
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
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4 stars, based on 160 ratings
Publisher: Spectra
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
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14 Book Reviews submitted by our Members...sorted by voted most helpful

bvilleborn avatar reviewed Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, Bk 1) on + 31 more book reviews
I love Arther C. Clarke. This is the starting point for the RAMA books he wrote with Gentry Lee. A good space mystery with a lot of "heady" sci-fi notions about alien encounters. Not a bad first book recommendation for someone who has never read Clarke's stuff.
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This is excellent classic sci-fi. It is the story of astronauts in the not too distant future rendezvousing with a mysterious cylindrical "spacecraft" dubbed "Rama" that had entered our solar system. The astronauts investigate the craft, discover how to enter it, and ... I won't spoil the rest. You'll have to read it yourself to find out what happens. Good stuff!
reviewed Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, Bk 1) on + 36 more book reviews
Definate classic. Good reading and feeds your imagination.
reviewed Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, Bk 1) on + 911 more book reviews
Arthur C. Clarke is always a winner.
Naiche avatar reviewed Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, Bk 1) on + 91 more book reviews
Awesome (in the original sense of the word) encounter with the relics of a space-faring race, in a not-too-distant future. Realistic portrayal of how humans might react to a superior technology, and how that technology might react to them. Exciting and mysterious.
dnhowarth avatar reviewed Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, Bk 1) on + 174 more book reviews
My personal favorite Clarke. Exciting, intriguing, detailed, adventuresome. A different twist for SF: we don't meet the aliens but rather explore their technology.
reviewed Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, Bk 1) on + 9 more book reviews
Pretty good book, Childhoods End and Rendezvous with Rama I felt was better.
Mikivanmom avatar reviewed Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, Bk 1) on + 38 more book reviews
this is part of a great sci-fi series... a great grab and pull you in story line!
reviewed Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, Bk 1) on
From my Arthur C. Clarke period of book reading. A decent read.
wallja99 avatar reviewed Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, Bk 1) on + 56 more book reviews
An unknown alien probe is found orbiting the sky and humans have settled Mercury, Luna, Mars, some asteroids, and some Jovian and Saturnian moons. Each group sends an Ambassador to the United Planets, which meets on Earth's moon, to discue more about the probe and who to send to open and go intio the probe.

A bit long winded but it was a good read.

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reviewed Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, Bk 1) on
One of my favorite books. I read this about 20 years ago and am revisiting the world now.
davejyd avatar reviewed Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, Bk 1) on
A good book
perryfran avatar reviewed Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, Bk 1) on + 1221 more book reviews
Excellent Clarke Sci-Fi!
reviewed Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, Bk 1) on + 7 more book reviews
Prequel to the other one I posted