Rendezvous With Rama
Registered by lane1088 of Indian Trail, North Carolina USA on 7/13/2014
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
4 journalers for this copy...
This was a great story with an interesting twist on how we examine a strange object in space. The characters were well developed and so normal with their expectations and dreams.
Might be keeping this one.
Came to me in Colorado travelling in the Sci Fi Bookbox
Going to let this one keep travelling!
Going to let this one keep travelling!
I'm claiming this book from lane1088's SF/Fantasy bookbox. It's another classic SF novel that I somehow missed reading, so now's my chance!
Later: I enjoyed the book very much, though I hadn't realized how the "close encounter" would turn out - definitely a surprise, and one that I found quite refreshing. [Spoiler: The idea that the aliens have no interest in, and possibly no awareness of, humankind at all, is something I found enjoyable after so many "aliens trying to infiltrate/conquer/mate with/eat humans" stories {grin}.]
I liked the little touches about changing lifestyles in this version of the future - the ship's captain has two wives and two sets of children on different planets, all of them aware of and happy with the arrangement, and two of the male crew members are in a happy three-way relationship with a woman.
But those and a few other character-related bits are pretty rare; for the most part the story focuses on the exploration of the immense cylinder/starship known as "Rama", with emphasis on how such a structure might work, from its rotation-induced gravity to the interesting and complex movements of air and water. The crew were all "can-do" types, with one of them proposing his own risky ultra-light-plane reconnaissance (with one of the more dramatic sequences ensuing when things go badly for him). Very effective "exploration" story, with a nice kicker at the end!
[There's a short TV Tropes page on the novel.]
Later: I enjoyed the book very much, though I hadn't realized how the "close encounter" would turn out - definitely a surprise, and one that I found quite refreshing. [Spoiler: The idea that the aliens have no interest in, and possibly no awareness of, humankind at all, is something I found enjoyable after so many "aliens trying to infiltrate/conquer/mate with/eat humans" stories {grin}.]
I liked the little touches about changing lifestyles in this version of the future - the ship's captain has two wives and two sets of children on different planets, all of them aware of and happy with the arrangement, and two of the male crew members are in a happy three-way relationship with a woman.
But those and a few other character-related bits are pretty rare; for the most part the story focuses on the exploration of the immense cylinder/starship known as "Rama", with emphasis on how such a structure might work, from its rotation-induced gravity to the interesting and complex movements of air and water. The crew were all "can-do" types, with one of them proposing his own risky ultra-light-plane reconnaissance (with one of the more dramatic sequences ensuing when things go badly for him). Very effective "exploration" story, with a nice kicker at the end!
[There's a short TV Tropes page on the novel.]
Journal Entry 5 by GoryDetails at Shell Station At Exit 4 in Nashua, New Hampshire USA on Thursday, March 12, 2015
Released 9 yrs ago (3/12/2015 UTC) at Shell Station At Exit 4 in Nashua, New Hampshire USA
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
I left this book, bagged against the wind and cold, at the Shell station at around 2; hope the finder enjoys it!
*** Released as part of the 2015 Oh the Places We Can Go challenge. ***
*** Released as part of the 2015 Keep Them Moving release challenge. ***
*** Released as part of the 2015 Oh the Places We Can Go challenge. ***
*** Released as part of the 2015 Keep Them Moving release challenge. ***