The Rama Series (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Arthur C. Clarke, Gentry Lee
- First Published: 1973
- Type of Work: Novels
- Type of Plot: Science fiction—alien civilization
- Time of Work: About 2130-2220
- Setting: Earth’s solar system and a Raman base in deep space
- Genres: Long fiction, Science fiction
- Subjects: Extraterrestrial life, Future, Other worlds, Space ships, stations, or vehicles
- Locales: Solar system
The Plot
Considered Arthur C. Clarke’s best novel since his classic Childhood’s End (1953), Rendezvous with Rama tells a story with the familiar science-fiction theme of humans’ first encounter with a visitor from the depths of space and time. Gentry Lee, a chief engineer on Project Galileo and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Viking mission to Mars who worked with Carl Sagan on the television series Cosmos, collaborated with Clarke on the sequels Rama II, The Garden of Rama, and Rama Revealed.
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