Rendezvous with Rama
by Arthur C. Clarke and Arthur C. Clarke
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"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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Fiction, Future in literature, Hugo Award Winner, Nebula award winner, Rama (Imaginary space vehicle), Science fiction, award:hugo_award=1974, award:hugo_award=novel, Interplanetary voyages, Reading Level-Grade 9, Reading Level-Grade 11, Reading Level-Grade 10, Reading Level-Grade 12, Fiction, science fiction, general, Large type books, award:nebula_award=novelTimes
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Rendezvous with Rama
November 1, 1990, Spectra
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October 12, 1977, Del Rey
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Rendezvous with Rama
1973, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
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Written in 1973, a massive 50 kilometre long alien cylinder begins to pass through the solar system provoking a hurried effort to intercept it. The closest available ship rushes to rendezvous so as to have a quick study before it gets too close to the sun. Able to enter via an airlock on one end of the ship, the crew explores the huge world found inside, a world full of wonder and mystery. As usual, the science is spot on. This is the best novel of Clarke's since 2001 and Childhood's End and is a truly grand adventure full of puzzles and ideas that lead you asking more questions than are answered. Enough questions in fact to lead to numerous inferior sequels, but enough answers to leave you satisfied. Don't pass up this gem of hard science fiction.
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