SUMMARY: At first, only a few things are known about the celestial object that astronomers dub Rama. It is huge, weighing more than ten trillion tons. And it is hurtling through the solar system at inconceivable speed. Then a space probe confirms the unthinkable: Rama is no natural object. It is,
Rendezvous with Rama
β Scribed by Clarke, Arthur C.
- Book ID
- 110227350
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 156 KB
- Series
- Masterworks of Science Fiction 65
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781423394983
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β¦ Synopsis
SUMMARY:
At first, only a few things are known about the celestial object that astronomers dub Rama. It is huge, weighing more than ten trillion tons. And it is hurtling through the solar system at inconceivable speed. Then a space probe confirms the unthinkable: Rama is no natural object. It is, incredibly, an interstellar spacecraft.Space explorers and planet-bound scientists alike prepare for mankindβs first encounter with alien intelligence. It will kindle their wildest dreams...and fan their darkest fears. For no one knows who the Ramans are or why they have come. And now the moment of rendezvous awaits - just behind a Raman airlock door.Includes an exclusive introduction by Hugo Award-winning author Robert J. Sawyer
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SUMMARY: At first, only a few things are known about the celestial object that astronomers dub Rama. It is huge, weighing more than ten trillion tons. And it is hurtling through the solar system at inconceivable speed. Then a space probe confirms the unthinkable: Rama is no natural object. It is,