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Rendezvous With Rama

By: Ballantine Books

Type: Novel - Softcover

Product Line: Science Fiction Novels (Ballantine Books)

Last Stocked on 5/3/2020

Product Info

Title
Rendezvous With Rama
Publisher
Category
Sub-category
Author
Arthur C. Clarke
Publish Year
1974
Pages
276
Dimensions
4.5x7x.5"
NKG Part #
2147577517
Type
Novel - Softcover

Description

A huge, mysterious, cylindrical object appears in space, swooping in toward the sun. The citizens of the solar system send a ship to investigate before the enigmatic craft, called Rama, disappears. The astronauts given the task of exploring the hollow cylindrical ship are able to decipher some, but definitely not all, of the extraterrestrial vehicle's puzzles. From the ubiquitous trilateral symmetry of its structures to its cylindrical sea and machine-island, Rama's secrets are strange evidence of an advanced civilization. But who, and where, are the Ramans, and what do they want with humans? Perhaps the answer lies with the busily working biots, or the sealed-off buildings, or the inaccessible "southern" half of the enormous cylinder. Rama's unsolved mysteries are tantalizing indeed.