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Quality
At its best his work achieves the quality of a sort of sf tone poem both celebrating mans pluck in the face of the void and bem... Read More
He is a excellent author and it is so easy to engage with the characters they are believable
And the bit about oscillating boobs in zerogee was pervy and gross—i lost respect for the author at that he having just relegat... Read More
I must say if id read this when i came out i might have been dissatisfied with the ending
Shipping
In general the ship crew have good hearts and work together
There is enough suspense accompanying the ships exploration to hold the readers attention to the end
And so does the action inside the vessel
Competitiveness
I loved the originality of the rama world
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- This product had a total of 5,554 reviews as of our last analysis date on Nov 29 2022.
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This feels like one of those books where i waver between four and five by mood alone
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There is always a slight worry—at least for me there is—that classic novels will not hold up to the scrutiny of a contemporary gaze
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Its true that the character work is nothing to write home about but that simply wasnt clarkes focus
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There are no real lulls here as the crew of the endeavour explores a brand new world
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Einstein didnt like the idea of ftl travel but very few space travel science fiction stories manage to be interesting without it
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New foreword by ken liu is pretty asinine
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The plot of the novel is simple a massive alien object – a huge cylinder – is hurtling through our solar system and a crew is sent to intercept and explore the object now named rama
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In essence that’s the entire plot of the book character work is minimal plotting takes a backseat to exploration and there’s a focus on the mystery of this world over any sort of explanation or exposition
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