A near fine copy. Rendezvous with Rama is a first-contact narrative describing humanity’s response to the perhaps inexplicable intrusion into our Solar System of a vast interstellar craft, whose mission is unknown and perhaps unknowable, though no monkey-brain human being in 2131 is willing to countenance that thought. Based on the novel by Arthur C. Clarke. For more than 100,000 years Rama … By the year 2130, the solar system has been colonized, with humans living on planets ranging from Mercury to the moons of Neptune. Pictorial wrappers. Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C Clarke 1 Spaceguard 2 Intruder 3 Rama and Sita 4 Rendezvous 5 First EVA 6 Committee 7 Two Wives 8 Through the Hub 9 Reconnaissance 10 Descent into Darkness 11 Men, Women and Monkeys . The Ramans are alien to us in every sense of the word. But whereas the normal "day" for an asteroid was several hours, Rama's was only four minutes. Rendezvous with Rama Adventure, Mystery, Sci-Fi. Rendezvous With Rama by Arthur C. Clarke was the 1973 Nebula Award winner and 1974 Hugo Award winner for best novel. Added to Watchlist. A team of astronauts is sent on a mission to explore a giant interstellar spaceship hurtling toward the sun. Unknowable. We soon call the great visitor Rama. There was a very small variation-hard to detect, but quite unmistakable, and extremely regular. Rendezvous with Rama is a Science Fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke, in which a giant asteroid comes shooting through the Solar System, circa 2131 AD.By the time it's realized that the visitor is actually a hollow artificial cylinder, only one human spaceship can even briefly reach the object and explore it before it slingshots around the Sun and returns to the depths of space. Rendezvous With Rama Preface by Anonymous I was introduced to Rendezvous With Rama by my father, who had accumulated a substantial collection of science-fiction novels and short-stories in his younger days. Endeavour manages to rendezvous with Rama one month after the space ship first comes to Earth’s attention, when the giant alien spacecraft already is within Venus’ orbit. Contributions by James White, Theodore Sturgeon, Harlan Ellison, and others. Rendezvous With Rama. Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke, Aug 12, 1974, Ballantine Books edition, Like all the other asteroids, Raina was indeed spinning. As they pass through our galaxy, they take as much notice of us as we would an insect on the side of the road. ; Octavo. Rendezvous with Rama works best as a stand-alone book. If such a thing had happened once, it must surely have happened many times in this galaxy of a hundred billion suns. Winner of the Campbell, Hugo, Jupiter, and Nebula awards upon its release in 1973, Rendezvous with Rama is widely regarded as one of the cornerstones of Grand Master Arthur C. Clarke’s work. Cover art by Brian Boyle. First Edition. Add to Watchlist. 204 likes. 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