Rama II
Published on 12. January 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
496 pages
978-0-575-07722-5 (ISBN)
Description
The sequel to the only SF novel to sweep all SF awards and one of the bestsellers of all time
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.
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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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Orion Publishing Co
Dimensions
Height: 177 mm
Width: 111 mm
Thickness: 31 mm
Weight
312 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-575-07722-5 (9780575077225)
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Arthur C. Clarke was born in Minehead in 1917. During the Second World War he served as a radar instructor for the RAF, rising to the rank of flight-lieutenant. After the war, he entered King's college, London taking, in 1948, his Bsc in physics and mathematics with first class honours.One of the most respected of all science-fiction writers, he has won Kalinga Prize, the Aviation Space-Writers Prize and the Westinghouse Science Writing Prize. He also shared an Oscar nomination with Stanley Kubrick for the screenplay of 2001: A Space Odyssey, which was based on his story, The Sentinel. He has lived in Sri Lanka since 1956.