About this title: In 2130, an alien spaceship, Rama, entered our solar system. The first product of an alien civilisation to be encountered by man, it revealed many wonders to mankind - but most of its mysteries remained unsolved ...Sixty-six years later, a second approaching spacecraft was detected; four years on, the Ramans are definitely returning. But this time, Earth is ready. And maybe now, with the arrival of Rama II, some of the questions posed by Rama will at last be answered.
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Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Spectra Books
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780553286588ISBN:0553286587
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Light edge and corner wear. No marks. Tight, square book. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 512 p. Rama Books. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Spectra Books
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780553286588ISBN:0553286587
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Nice soft cover, lightly read, light creases on spine, very slight shelf wear to cover. 512 p.; 1.19" x 6.88" x 4.16". read more
Description: Good. Spine is well creased. Covers show wear at the edges and corners. Good Grade C average reading copy. Binding is Mass Market Paperback. Used books may have price stickers. Most orders ship on the next business day. read more
Description: Good. Spine has some creases. Covers show wear at the edges and corners. Good Grade B reading copy. Binding is Mass Market Paperback. Pages tanning. Used books may have price stickers. Most orders ship on the next business day. read more
"A worthwhile book if you enjoyed "Rendezvous with Rama". First, the bad, and there's a fair bit: Rama II is not as good as Rendezvous with Rama, the society is bland, the technological speculation isn't as exciting and the mysteries don't appear until the decidedly more interesting last third (or half, or thereabouts) of the book. When the mysteries do come however, they are just as amazing as in the first book, maybe even more so as the first part of the book, while boring, did a great deal to introduce the deep, multi-dimensional characters.
If you've read "Rendezvous with Rama" and liked it, stick with this book and read it through to the end, you won't regret it. If you didn't like it (heathen!) or just felt apathetic about it, Rama II will probably bore you."
"I found this sequel to Rendezvous with Rama to be good, but a bit too sensationalized and focused on the astronauts and their weird power plays. It reads like a business school case study about "managing in outerspace." What we all want to know about of course is the space ship known as Rama II. There are some wonderful descriptions, but I thought the text wandered too much and didn't have a reality feel to it. That's what I want, I guess, science fiction that doesn't feel fictional!"
"The mysterious spacecraft returns, a larger contingent of cosmonauts rendezvous with it, and thus more of the story line is focused on human intrigue. The first few chapters seem a tad laborious in that we spend a lot of time on Earth gathering contextual information. But once things unfold, it becomes clearer as to why so much detail was necessary.
In the end, the anatomization of Nicole des Jardins as a character was absolutely necessary. Her character is key to the rest of the series. Don't want to give away too much, but she is truly an ideal science fiction character due to her richly spiritual, intellectual, and athletic history. She is the reason I connected with the rest of the story."
"I am torn on this book. I want to give it a 5 star, because Clarke is still able to pull off the absolute wonder of exploring, the first 100 pages of this book are completly inane and character driven. Clarke is not a great character author, and I wish he would just realize this and stop writing them. He is a story guy and in the raw power of this story he once again amazes.
Also, I really am bother that all authors now have to have female lead characters.. I get it, women are empowered, but does EVERY book have to have a female lead now?"
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