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Line 1: {{work}} ''[['''Rendezvous With Rama]]''''' is a [[Science Fiction]] novel by [[Arthur C. Clarke ~~(Creator)~~]], in which a giant asteroid comes shooting through the Solar System, circa 2131 AD. By the time it's realized that the visitor is actually a hollow artificial cylinder, only one human spaceship can even briefly reach the object and explore it before it slingshots around the Sun and returns to the depths of space. Captain William Norton and the crew of the ''Endeavour'' discover that the structure, dubbed Rama after [[Author Appeal\|one of the major Hindu gods]] ([[Truth in Television\|the Roman and Greek naming reserves having long been exhausted]]), is actually an entire miniature world stuffed with ever-more-amazing technology, which Clarke spends the bulk of the narrative [[Scenery Porn\|detailing]]. The novel garnered much acclaim and won both the Hugo and Nebula Awards. Although ''Rendezvous'' ends with a large [[Sequel Hook]], Clarke never seriously intended to write a follow-up, and many people agree that he shouldn't have. In fact, the three belated sequels were not written by Clarke, but by a friend of his, Gentry Lee, with Clarke merely providing ideas and support. While ''Rendezvous with Rama'' was pretty high on the [[Mohs Scale of Science Fiction Hardness]], the sequels fell squarely on the soft side. The science is largely overshadowed by commercial conspiracies, [[Humans Are ~~Bastards~~the Real Monsters\|government corruption]], scientists having sex, and Lee's [[Author Tract\|views on religion]]. It also changes the nature of the setting to some degree, ratcheting it [[Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism\|significantly farther to the cynical side]] and turning up the [[Used Future]] level. [[Your Mileage May Vary]], naturally. The books in the series are: * ''Rendezvous with Rama'' by [[Arthur C. Clarke ~~(Creator)~~]] * ''Rama II'' by <s>[[Arthur C. Clarke ~~(Creator)]]~~ and</s> [[Gentry Lee]] * ''The Garden of Rama'' by <s>[[Arthur C. Clarke ~~(Creator)]]~~ and</s> Gentry Lee * ''Rama Revealed'' by <s>[[Arthur C. Clarke ~~(Creator)]]~~ and</s> Gentry Lee A movie version of the first novel has been languishing in [[Development Hell]] for decades. {{tropelist}} ~~=== "Rendezvous with Rama" includes these tropes: ===~~ * [[Alien Geometries]]: There's a sense of this, the interior of Rama using cylindrical coordinates. 'Up' and 'down' are towards and away from its rotation axis. Gravity reducing to zero at the hub doesn't help. * [[Big Dumb Object]]: Rama Line 22: * [[Insignificant Little Blue Planet]]: The Ramans prove to have absolutely no interest in Earth, or any other planet in the solar system. * [[Lost Technology]]: [[In Space]]! * [[OTOne 3True Threesome]]: Mercer, Calvert and their unnamed wife back on Earth. * [[Reactionless Drive]] * [[Sequel Hook]]: {{spoiler\|"The Ramans do everything in threes."}}. Line 31: {{reflist}} {{Nebula Award for Best Novel}} [[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:Nebula Award]] [[Category:Seiun Award]] [[Category:Hugo Award]] [[Category:Science Fiction Literature]] [[Category:~~Rendezvous~~English ~~With Rama~~Literature]] [[Category:Works by Arthur C. Clarke]]