The Garden of Rama
Published on 12. February 2019
530 pages
978-0-7953-2545-8 (ISBN)
Description
The third novel in the Rama series from the legendary "colossus of science fiction" and creator of
2001: A Space Odyssey (
The New Yorker).
Continuing from the end of Rama II, three astronauts-Nicole, Richard, and Michael-remain trapped in a labyrinthine alien spaceship bound for deep space. Creating the best semblance of a life they can, Nicole bears five children and they spend the next twelve years raising them aboard the ship. Eventually, they arrive at the Node, a Raman facility orbiting Sirius whose purpose is to study representatives from all of the galaxy's species.
Told that they must re-establish contact with Earth and arrange for two thousand more humans to return with them in another voyage, the astronauts worry what trouble they might be entering into. After all, their children have never known other people. Their fears are realized when they learn part of their new crew from Earth includes a group of violent convicts.
As the spacecraft hurtles toward a rendezvous with a Raman base, the astronauts brace themselves to finally meet their enigmatic captors face to face-and hope to learn the true purpose behind the mysterious craft.
"When this book is good, it is really good." -SFreviews.net
Continuing from the end of Rama II, three astronauts-Nicole, Richard, and Michael-remain trapped in a labyrinthine alien spaceship bound for deep space. Creating the best semblance of a life they can, Nicole bears five children and they spend the next twelve years raising them aboard the ship. Eventually, they arrive at the Node, a Raman facility orbiting Sirius whose purpose is to study representatives from all of the galaxy's species.
Told that they must re-establish contact with Earth and arrange for two thousand more humans to return with them in another voyage, the astronauts worry what trouble they might be entering into. After all, their children have never known other people. Their fears are realized when they learn part of their new crew from Earth includes a group of violent convicts.
As the spacecraft hurtles toward a rendezvous with a Raman base, the astronauts brace themselves to finally meet their enigmatic captors face to face-and hope to learn the true purpose behind the mysterious craft.
"When this book is good, it is really good." -SFreviews.net
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Arthur C. Clarke | Gentry Lee
The Garden of Rama
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Persons
One of the most influential science fiction writers of the twentieth and twenty-first century, Arthur C. Clarke is the author of over one hundred novels, novellas, and short story collections that laid the groundwork for the science fiction genre. Combining scientific knowledge and visionary literary aptitude, Clarke's work explored the implications of major scientific discoveries in astonishingly inventive and mystical settings. Clarke's short stories and novels have won numerous Hugo and Nebula Awards, have been translated into more than thirty languages, and have sold millions of copies worldwide. Several of his books, including
2001: A Space Odyssey and
2010: Odyssey II, have been adapted into films that still stand as classic examples of the genre. Without a doubt, Arthur C. Clarke's is one of the most important voices in contemporary science fiction literature.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Nicole's Journal
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- 11
- 12
- 13
- At the Node
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- Rendezvous at Mars
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- 11
- 12
- Epithalamion
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- The Trial
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
