Rendezvous With Rama – Book review

June 1, 2012 | Filed under: Books | Posted by: Shashank

We are now at no. 14 and the list is getting more and more exciting. Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke is an amazing title by all accounts!

I sense that all my book reviews are getting very monotonous, I praise a book while telling you about the story and wrap it up by recommending the book to you. Fear not! This review will be no different! Although as we approach the top 10 my recommendations will get more and more fierce!

Arthur C. Clarke is one of the fathers of science fiction. This guy wrote magic. Him and a few others (most of them are on this list) recreated our worlds with such subtle changes and yet completely new directions! It is a novel experience to delve into these futuristic worlds, gaze into the authors mind and his vision for the future.

Now back to the book in question! Rendezvous with Rama is a story about an alien spaceship that enters the solar system and how a group of humans are sent to explore it’s depths. This book is hardcore science fiction. For more on the story now I will give the books description.

“Rama is a vast alien spacecraft which enters our Solar System. A perfect cylinder some fifty kilometres long, spinning rapidly, racing through space, Rama is a technological marvel, a mysterious and deeply enigmatic alien artifact. It is Mankind’s first visitor from the stars and must be investigated…”

So there you have it, an alien spaceship that steams into our solar system. Rendezvous with Rama deals beautifully with all the aspects of first time exploration. You can really feel your pulse throbbing as the explorers progress from one event to another. A new world to explore, it’s exciting every page. Never knowing what you will meet the next corner is truly fascinating. Then of course there is the skill of Arthur C. Clarke, he handles the whole situation very well, building up the tension, making sure the reader says hooked.

To say that I was pleased after reading this book is an understatement. It is special this book, I think this is the birthplace for many thriller movies but that is my opinion really since this was published way back in 1972! So if you do decide to read this book then I am sure you will NOT be disappointed! A MUST read!

Buy Rendezvous with Rama on discount and pay cash on delivery

Top 20 Science Fiction Books

You may also like to read:

Childhood’s End : Review
We are now at book No. 18 in my all time Sci-Fi Top 20 countdown! That's right people, Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke is No. 18. Arthur C. Clarke is one of the greatest science fiction writ...
2001: A space odyssey – Book Review
To many people, 2001: A space Odyssey was a great movie. To many people that movie is the definite beginning of the sci-fi movie genre. The first movie to spend a ton of money on building special s...
The Forever War : Book Review
This is book No. 16 on my Top 20 list of Science Fiction novels! I was a little skeptical before reading The Forever War. Partly because I had read Starship Troopers, which was on a similar subjec...
The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick, Volume I – Book Review
The first story of Dick's that I read was "Human Is." I was in high school, and I liked how the woman didn't report the alien who took over her husband's body, because the alien was more human than...
Doomsday Book : Review
This book is part of coming of age collection, not coming of age the way you might think. This book is one of the most recently published sci-fi books I have read, before this all I have done is re...
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress : Book Review
Starting from this post, every week I will do my countdown of the Top 20 science fiction books. This list is my own and I welcome people to share their thoughts on these books if any. The bo...
A Rendezvous with Sagarika Chakraborty
Sagarika Chakraborty She is young, highly qualified, and definitely has a bright future in her profession. But indeed special is the fact that she is socially responsible, and spares no effort to ...
I, Robot Book Review
We are at book No. 9 of the Top 20 sci-fi books! Book No. 9 is I, Robot by Isaac Asimov. I know most of you have seen I, Robot. Ok, here is a guilty admission. I saw the movie before I read the ...
Ringworld – Book Review
We are now at book No. 13 ( the lucky number!) on my list of Top 20 sci-fi books. I must admit here that science fiction is not the most popular genre when it comes to reading. I have many frien...
Because… Every raindrop is a hope book review
Because... Every raindrop is a hope There are some stories that narrate about courtship, then there are some that glorify friendship, and many more tales of college life, coming of age stories a...