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The tagged book opens with the dramatic destruction of the major Italian cities on 9-11 2077 from a meteorite. This catastrophic event, & scientific advancement, leads to a watch organization for future events. Eventually an object of interest, traveling at unusually high speed, is flagged & spaceship Endeavor is sent to intercept & investigate. What they find is a massive ship that is described as more of a world & by the end (CONT)

“The columns were not transparent from every angle or under all illuminations. As one walked around them, objects would suddenly flash into view, apparently embedded in their depths like flies in amber, & would then disappear again. There were dozens of them, all different. They looked absolutely real & solid, yet many seemed to occupy the identical volume of space.“

Clarke's 2001 is one of my favorite SF books of all time. I think it's even better than the movie, which is saying a lot bc I love Kubrick. This is my second Clarke read & a word that keeps popping up is perihelion: the point of a planet, asteroid, or comet at which it is closest to the sun
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Side note: Villeneuve hinted at an adaptation, but typing the definition, I'm reminded of the excellent D. Boyle movie “Sunshine“

Underrated?? Really?? Its one of Arthur C. Clark's best known novels, and usually mentioned, along with 2001 and Childhood's End, when discussing Clarke's writing. Rendezvous with Rama isn't one of my favorite Clarke novels, but I don't think its underrated. That said, if anyone can do right by the book, its Denis Villeneuve.

60/150 Maybe it's not fair, since my last two books were 5 🌟 reads, but this was pretty meh. I don't mind hard science science fiction, and I've enjoy several of Clarke's books, but I felt this lacked the sense of awe and wonder you would expect from the exploration of an alien spaceship. Also, I thought the ending left too much unanswered. 3 ⭐⭐⭐

This book is an exercise in imagination. It's like sitting in an art class and listening to a teacher trying to inspire you before painting a picture. Everything is described but nothing is really concrete. It's a report for exploring an alien space craft and it's only for you to imagine what it was really like from the report. Hard sci-fi, no characters, messy pacing. Check out ep 40 of the Mind Duck Books podcast: http://bit.ly/3M5ZcbF

If you want a simple sci fi where a sciencey thing happens and people explore that idea, this is definitely one of those.

Simple and elegant science fiction. It‘s only significant drawback is it‘s association with a series of second rate coauthored sequels.

I am posting one book per day from my extensive to-be-read collection. No description or reason for wanting to read the book. Some are old and some will be new. Don't judge me - I have a lot of books.
Day 141

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📖 Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C Clarke
✍️ Mary Roach
🍿 Raiders of the Lost Ark
🥁 Rammstein
🎶 Rock and Roll (Led Zeppelin)

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The Rama books have stayed with me and stand the test of time. So many questions in them!

#SetInOuterSpace #BiblioMAYnia

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Excellent for both hardcore SF fans as well as SF dabblers. Does not presume anything past high school memory of science (physics).

Great author demonstrating an undeniable capacity for imagination as well as a capacity to share the fruits of his imagination with a general, non-specialized audience:

1. Loved the Rama series.
2. Atari. We loved Pitfall. And we also had the infamous E.T. game. Also Tetris.
3. Duran Duran. Tears For Fears. A-ha. The Cure. R.E.M..Depeche Mode. Cyndi Lauper. Culture Club.
4. The Breakfast Club. E.T.. Gremlins. Short Circuit. Lots of schlocky horror movies.

Two classic #setinspace books, great mysteries too. I must read the third and fourth book in the series to find out what was going on! #Marchinbooks

@Gezemice Didn‘t you just pick this read for your classics challenge. It‘s on sale today if you need to pick it up.👍

Finished the first of the books about Rama. Having now finished it, I very much enjoyed this book, but it has left me with more questions than answers! Need to quickly continue with the other Rama books to see if it answers the many questions it has left up in the air. #ScienceFiction

Time for some classic Science Fiction. On the commute today I started Rendezvous for Rama. Many years ago I read the second book in this mini series, but had never read how it all started. I felt it was time to rectify that! Interesting so far.

If you have a Audible account, this is a good deal on a great book (cannot comment on the narrator)

Finally reading outside again with Kafka!

Special note for audiobook: the narrator is *really* easy to fall asleep to. He's perfectly good, just not exciting.

There was a forward that talked about Clarke not being big on character development. Yep. The people are most def just there to walk you through the big sweeping questions of the book. Which were really interesting! But... not *exciting*.

With those caveats, this is a great piece of SF.

i want to go to there 😳

In 2130, what at first seems to be a comet comes into our galaxy, but then starts acting demonstrably not like a comet. And it turns out to be our First Encounter. With an alien race that doesn't seem to be, um, there.
This was a good one, folks. Seat-edgy but without being too stressful, the characters are great, including Rama itself, and I really like Clarke's way of writing. Recommended, if you like this sort of thing.
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I‘m not a big science fiction reader. In fact, I don‘t read it at all. But, I had to choose a book for the Popsugar Reading Challenge prompt “a science-fiction novel.” What to read? My hubby suggested this book, and he was spot-on.

If you‘re new to science fiction, I think this is a good first novel of the genre. It‘s highly readable, easy to wrap your head around, and doesn‘t contain a lot of scientific jargon that can be off-putting. 4/5⭐️