Then you can start reading kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer no kindle device required. At first, only a few things are known about the celestial object that astronomers dub rama. I read this book several times years back, but simply bought and read the kindle variation lately. Sawyer, who explains why rendezvous with rama will make the listener feel both humbled and exhilarated at the same time.
A space odyssey among many, many others, rendezvous with rama is considered by many one of his finest works and a contemporary classic in the genre of hard sciencefiction. Everything you need to know about rendezvous with rama movie. Clarke 19172008 wrote the novel and coauthored the screenplay for 2001. A projection of clarkes ego rather than a struggle. This is a beautifully rendered tease for a movie i used to dream would be made a reality. Hi everyone, heres a pseudo movie trailer about the famous novel by arthur c. If you like rendezvous with rama you might like similar books childhoods end, ringworld, the gods themselves, i, robot, the city and the stars. David fincher has long wanted to make a film of arthur c.
Clarke overview astronauts explore an alien spacecraft hurtling toward the sun in this hugo and nebula awardwinning novela stonecold classic of hard scifi the guardian. Rendezvous with rama rwr is my first clarke book and i choose it from the kindle owners library based on the highest rating for his books. Rendezvous with rama by arthur charles clarke alibris. Rendezvous with rama and millions of other books are available for instant.
A space odessey, rendezvous with rama is widely regarded as one of clarkes best works, and is often cited as a quintessential example of hard science fiction. And it is hurtling through the solar system at an inconceivable speed. Rendezvous with rama project gutenberg selfpublishing. Human colonies have sprung up on the moon, mars, mercury, ganymede the largest satellite of jupiter, titan the largest. Morgan freeman would play the commander of the endeavor, the deepspace maintenance ship used to rendezvous with the alien craft. This short film chronicles the first humans that encounter an alien spacecraft that has entered our solar system. Mar 01, 2019 another favorite book is going to be a movie arthur c. This movie trailer was directed by philip mahoney and visual artist aaron ross. The citizens of the solar system send a ship to investigate before the enigmatic craft, called rama, disappears. Rendezvous with rama is clarkes second most famous book. This story is told from the perspective of a group of human explorers, who. Rendezvous with rama stranger views a science fiction blog. As of right now, the film adaptation of rendezvous with rama has been put on hold. Order in the next 18 hours 34 minutes and get it by thursday, september 05.
By the time its realized that the visitor is actually a hollow artificial cylinder, only one human spaceship can even briefly reach the object. Set in the 2s, the story involves a 50by20kilometre 31 by 12 mi cylindrical alien starship that enters the solar system. The story is told from the point of view of a group of human explorers who intercept the ship in an attempt to unlock its. Clarkes typical dazzling writing and propensity for sensible detail is shown throughout rendezvous with rama. The novel underlines the difficulties encountered by the explorers as they try to adapt to an. The story is told from the point of view of a group of human explorers who intercept the ship in an attempt to unlock its mysteries.
The rendezvous with rama fan made movie trailer has premiered. The garden of rama is a 1991 novel by gentry lee and arthur c. May 23, 2010 the rendezvous with rama fan made movie trailer has premiered. It just needs a fair budget and the right director. Good hard science fiction for the physics and math junkiesit is the year 2153. It was written in 1973 but lives in the long shadow of 1968s 2001. Unfortunately it does not approach the scifi glory that is 2001. Rendezvous with rama is a hard science fiction novel by arthur c. Clarke first published in by arthur c clarke language. In rendezvous with rama, a hard sciencefiction classic by arthur c. Director david fincher and actor morgan freeman have been trying to develop the film since early 2000s.
Rendezvous with rama earned clarke both a hugo award and a nebula award. Clarke, in which a giant asteroid comes shooting through the solar system, circa 21 ad. A huge, mysterious, cylindrical object appears in space, swooping in toward the sun. There is no villain well, not exactly, and a lot of the book is spent with not much happening. Rendezvous with rama takes that fear too much to heart and ends up reeling too far in the other direction. Clarkes novel won both the hugo and nebula awards upon its release, and coming hard on the heels of 2001. It would make an awesome, intriguing and aweinspiring scifi film, like 2001. In starcross, a black hole miner comes across an anomaly that turns out to be a massive alien spacecraft. Watch philip mahoneys fan made trailer for rendezvous with rama. Apr 15, 2018 rendezvous with rama a bbc radio scifi drama. In the hands of fincher, this promises to be an absolutely amazing scifi picture, one that will live up to fans of clarkes novel as well as audiences who dont know who the hell he is. Who stars in it morgan freeman ted 2, the hitmans wifes bodyguard. The story is told from the point of view of a group of human explorers who intercept the ship in an attempt.
It was the muchheralded return to novelwriting by arthur c. Rendezvous with rama is a science fiction novel by british writer arthur c. Even before that, in 1982 the classic text adventure company infocom made a text adventure called starcross that is clearly inspired by the novel. Odessey, rendezvous with rama is widely regarded as one of clarkes best works. Clarke, 1975, ballantine edition, rendezvous with rama 1975 edition open library. To summarise the plot, and alien object christened rama enters the solar system and mankind dispatches the spaceship endeavour to investigate. He wrote the following novels in the rama series along with established author gentry lee.
Pigman, your uploads are like visiting a 5 floor used book store that great. Suddenly, from the depths of deep space, comes an artifact called rama. Rendezvous with rama is a science fiction novel by arthur c. Clarke, rendezvous with rama, which i think i have better. Rendezvous with rama rama series book 1 enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to download the free kindle app. Rendezvous with rama a bbc radio scifi drama youtube. A ship is sent to explore the mysterious craftwhich the denizens of the solar system name rama and what they find is intriguing evidence of a civilization far more advanced than ours. About 4 days ago, i finished rereading a favorite book that id read many years ago.
Set in the 2s, the story involves a 50kilometre 31 mi cylindrical alien starship that enters the solar system. Rendezvous with rama is go dec 06, 2018 chad sternberger movie news 0 hollywood director david finchers next film to be arthur c. Astronauts explore an alien spacecraft hurtling toward the sun in this hugo and nebula awardwinning novela stonecold classic. For those of you that have read the rama series or in the least the first book, rendezvous with rama this is a stunning piece of visualization. Clarkes wonderful novel, rendezvous with rama, hasnt been made into a movie yet. Clarke, gentry lee and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Includes an exclusive introduction by hugo awardwinning author robert j. The reason, however, that rendezvous with rama is so revered is because it contains the most compelling mystery of any sciencefiction novel ever. Clarke recounts the mission of the spaceship endeavour and its staff as it completes an exploratory mission on an alien space vessel traveling though the solar system. The novel was awarded both the prestigious hugo and nebula awards for science fiction and fantasy, as well as the british science fiction association award in 1973. Ijch another favorite book is going to be a movie arthur. Morgan freeman would play the commander of the endeavor, the deepspace.
I know that he is quite famous for 2001 a space odyssey. This book, composed by the master of scifi, arthur c. Dec 23, 2017 rendezvous with rama caused a bit of a stir with its publication in 1973. He has been knighted by queen elizabeth ii, and he is the only sciencefiction writer to be nominated for the nobel peace prize.
The book does not give you all the answers which serves to build tension, and gives the plot an air of mystery, making it more interesting and open to interpretations. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones. Nov 12, 2014 in rendezvous with rama, a hard sciencefiction classic by arthur c. Heinlein is the book that kicked me off in science fiction undertakings, and has stayed one of my best five most loved military scifi enterprise stories for quite a long time. Clarke collection book 17 kindle edition by clarke, arthur. At that time, i decided to write about it, but never seemed to get around. Buy a cheap copy of rendezvous with rama book by arthur c. Rendezvous with rama publishers summary bonus audio. Rendezvous with rama the movie promises to be a hard science fiction film filled with tension, action, thrills and above all else, a profound sense of wonder. An enormous cylindrical object appears in earths solar system, hurtling toward the sun. An alltime science fiction classic, rendezvous with rama is also one of clarkes best novelsit won the campbell, hugo, jupiter, and nebula awards.
Rendezvous with rama book description new edition of this science fiction novel the only ever to win all the major science. Rendezvous with rama book cover picture from science fiction. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws. First published in 1972, rendezvous with rama is set in the 22nd century, and the story involves a cylindrical thirtymilelong alien starship that passes through earths solar system. Rama is a vast alien spacecraft that enters the solar system, a perfect cylinder. Now we have this amazing fan made trailer to hold us over, and give us a glimpse at what a rendezvous with rama movie might look like. Rendezvous with rama has inspired other media beyond books and movies. Whats stopped this film from being made so far is the. Set in the 2s, the story involves a 50kilometre 31 mile cylindrical alien starship that enters the solar system. Aug 12, 2011 open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. Rendezvous with rama is a book with, maybe, the least amount of character development ive ever seen in a novel. Rama ii boek met gentry lee 1989 the garden of rama met gentry lee 1991.
Several video game adaptations of the book were made in 1983 and 1996. Clarke 19172008, one of the most influential figures in twentiethcentury science fiction, wrote over fifty novels and cocreated the movie 2001. While rendezvous with rama was pretty high on the mohs scale of science fiction hardness, the sequels fell squarely on the soft side, focusing mostly on societal conflicts amongst humans trapped aboard the vessel, which is a mutispecies zoo. Rendezvous with rama fan made movie trailer filmbook. This story is told from the perspective of a group of human explorers, who intercept the ship in an attempt to unlock its mysteries. Toby longworths narration is good and makes rendezvous with rama. Rendezvous with rama is the first novel in the series. Humans now inhabit the moon, mars, mercury, and the moons of jupiter, saturn, and neptune. The rama series is a collection of science fiction novels by the award winning author arthur c clarke and began with the accliamed novel rendezvous with rama which involved a fiftykilometrelong cylindrical alien starship entering earths orbit. Rendezvous with rama, rama ii, the garden of rama, and rama revealed, and follows on from where rama ii left off. Nov 30, 2012 rendezvous with rama is clarkes second most famous book. They find an interior stretching over 50 kilometers. Another favorite book is going to be a movie arthur c.
I vaguely remember the movie and im not sure if the novel interests me since it was written to complement the movie and not before it. Human colonies have sprung up on the moon, mars, mercury, ganymede the largest satellite of jupiter, titan the largest satellite of saturn, and triton the largest satellite of neptune. Characters are only given cursory backstories and no meat whatsoever. May 17, 2017 rendezvous with rama is a book with, maybe, the least amount of character development ive ever seen in a novel. Clarke rendezvous with rama is a science fiction novel by british writer arthur c. Rendezvous with rama 1973 is the first in a series of science fiction novels by british author sir arthur c.
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