Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, #1) (Alpha Books S.)

by Arthur C. Clarke

In the year 2130, a mysterious and apparently untenanted alien spaceship, Rama, enters our solar system. The first product of an alien civilisation to be encountered by man, it reveals a world of technological marvels and an unparalleled artificial ecology. But what is its purpose in 2131? Who is inside it? And why?

• ISBN10: 1857988957
• ISBN13: 9781857988956
• Publish Date: 1 January 2007 (first published December 1974)
• Publish Status: Cancelled
• Out of Print: 19 July 2004
• Publish Country: GB
• Imprint: Gollancz
• Edition: New edition
• Format: Paperback (A-Format (178x111 mm))
• Pages: 256
• Language: English

Reviews

[adamfortuna]

After loving Childhoods End, I wanted to check out more by Clark. Rama is different book than I imagined. In a future earth where we've settled the solar system, a large cylindrical spaceship decides to make its way to us. The book explores the interactions with this unknown ship.

It is the first in a four-book series, but it could also be thought of as the first half of a story. I felt somewhat incomplete with the way it ended, although it is as likely an ending as any.