false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1189697542m/1881735.jpg 112537 52 At first, only a few things are known about the celestial object that astronomers dub Rama. It is huge, weighing more than ten trillion tons. And it is hurtling through the solar system at inconceivable speed. Then a space probe confirms the unthinkable: Rama is no natural object. It is, incredible, an interstellar spacecraft. Space explorers and planet-bound scientists alike prepare for mankind's first encounter with alien intelligence. It will kindle their wildest dreams... and fan their darkest fears. For no one knows who the Ramans are or why they have come. And now the moment of rendezvous awaits—just behind a Raman airlock door. 1882772 book 1973 Rendezvous with Rama total:4192|5:1181|4:1684|3:1077|2:211|1:39| 4192 16333 5144 261 4 4 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Mar 20 12:26:44 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 20 12:36:50 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 2 false false Fri Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2000 Wed Mar 26 17:34:57 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 21 10:51:37 -0700 2009 Rendezvous with Rama is one of those strange cases (which seem to happen to me a lot), where I remember more about my life while I was reading a book than the about the book itself.

I remember liking it, and I have vague recollections of the Raman robot beings and the weirdness of Rama's ...more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun Mar 16 10:18:32 -0700 2008 Tue Mar 18 06:35:53 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2004 Thu Jan 17 08:54:51 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 17 08:54:51 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 1 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun Mar 18 15:08:41 -0700 2007 Sun Mar 18 15:11:06 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1987 Fri Jan 02 12:06:05 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 02 12:06:05 -0800 2009 Instead, simply glory in one of the cleverest conceits you will ever read - an encounter with an alien civilisation in which the aliens are abse...more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1988 Tue Jun 24 08:08:11 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 24 08:16:24 -0700 2008 the seminal work of science fiction when it comes to sheer "what-if".

Clarke uses the vehicle (me...more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1986 Fri May 16 21:43:24 -0700 2008 Fri May 16 21:56:41 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Fri Apr 06 15:37:41 -0700 2007 Fri Apr 06 15:41:31 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Apr 11 06:39:47 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 11 06:40:28 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sun Feb 08 01:19:43 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 08 20:41:35 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Sun Sep 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 14 04:29:03 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 14 04:30:51 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue May 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 10 10:53:43 -0700 2009 Sun May 10 11:03:57 -0700 2009 Rendezvous with Rama epitomizes one of the primary joys of reading hard sci-fi: exploring a completely fascinating, ...more...]]> 5 1 false true Wed Sep 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 15 16:02:43 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 16 16:14:46 -0700 2009 Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke. In its pages lies the fantastic story of a gigantic cylindrical spaceship miles across and the odyssey of the crew of the spaceship Ende...more...]]> 3 1 false false Fri Sep 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 09 12:02:50 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 11 14:01:14 -0700 2009
Rendezvous with Rama is well-written and entertaini...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Oct 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 08 14:49:48 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 08 15:16:45 -0700 2009 2 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat May 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue May 19 06:51:07 -0700 2009 Sat May 23 06:23:13 -0700 2009
So I put off reading this for years. I read 2001 about 12 years ago, but my memories of it are tainted by the movie (I'm probably one of two peo...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Feb 09 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 25 21:46:09 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 16 23:32:13 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Sep 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 30 15:32:03 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 22 05:23:32 -0700 2009
"Rendezvous with Rama" is one of the most well known and critically acclaimed Clarke's novels, and rightfully so...more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Jul 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 14:16:09 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 31 05:54:35 -0700 2009 The City and the Stars during early high school when I wasn't making my mind up to read books all the way through. This book seemed to be getting of to a rather slow start with not particularly mem...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1881735