Rendezvous with Rama

Name: Rendezvous with Rama
Price: 7.99 USD
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Rating: 4.5 (16183 reviews)
Author: Arthur C. Clarke

by Arthur C. Clarke

Mystery Thriller Science Fiction

4.5 (16,183)

4.5 stars from 16,183 reviews. One of the highest rated Mystery Thriller books we track.

292 pages~4.9 hr readPublished by Del ReyPublished 1977-10-01

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Perfect for you if...

You love hard sci-fi that respects your intelligence and focuses on the physics and engineering of exploration rather than action setpieces.
You're drawn to mysteries where the answers matter less than the quality of the questions being asked.
You appreciate tightly plotted narratives with precise, economical prose that trusts readers to fill in emotional gaps.

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You need character development and emotional arcs to stay invested in a story.
You prefer aliens as antagonists with clear motivations rather than profound unknowns.
You want narrative closure and answers to every question posed by the plot.

About this book

An enormous cylindrical object enters Earth's solar system on a collision course with the sun. A team of astronauts is sent to explore the mysterious craft, which is named Rama. Inside, they discover an interior stretching over fifty kilometers, a cylindrical sea, mysterious buildings, and strange machine-animal hybrids called "biots." However, they find no alien presence aboard the ship. The astronauts uncover evidence of a civilization far more advanced than humanity's, yet the location and identity of the Ramans remains unknown. The novel won the Hugo Award, the Nebula Award, the Jupiter Award, and the British Science Fiction Award.

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Currently around #19K in the Kindle store — a steady mid-list seller.

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Currently 4.5★ from 16,183 reviews

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