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From the author of 2001: A Space Odyssey comes The Rama story: one of the true classics of science fiction.
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If you love space adventure stories such as Larry Niven's RINGWORLD or Arthur C. Clarke's 2001, this is the perfect collection. Rama is a huge cylindrical object, 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 mankind's 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.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
At last the Rama series is available on the Kindle, and what a bonus; an omnibus of all four main titles (Rendezvous With Rama, Rama II, Garden Of Rama, Rama Revealed) for less than £10.
I loved this series when I first read it in paperback many moons ago. I was vary intrigued by the whole Rama world and where its inhabitants were going to end up when their journey first started. I found it to be one of the most visualising book series I had ever read to with so many interesting characters and objects. I loved the Myrmicats. >.<
Great conversion to Kindle. No typos that I have noticed so far.
Here is a review of the first book of the series:
RENDEZVOUS WITH RAMA
This is an absolutely awesome story from the Master of the Sci-Fi genre. The storyline had me engrossed from the first page up to the last. There are so many unanswered questions with regards to Rama, its purpose and the wonders held within. I know these are answered in the subsequent books and I can't wait to get started on Rama II. I'm vary interested in finding out and also am staggered at how ACC thinks these things up.
True,real, engrossing Sci-Fi read.
For those of you considering getting the Kindle edition of the 4-part omnibus. It converts vary well to kindle. No proplems whatsoever.
I hope they make an omnibus edition of the 2001 series for the Kindle too.
I loved this series when I first read it in paperback many moons ago. I was vary intrigued by the whole Rama world and where its inhabitants were going to end up when their journey first started. I found it to be one of the most visualising book series I had ever read to with so many interesting characters and objects. I loved the Myrmicats. >.<
Great conversion to Kindle. No typos that I have noticed so far.
Here is a review of the first book of the series:
RENDEZVOUS WITH RAMA
This is an absolutely awesome story from the Master of the Sci-Fi genre. The storyline had me engrossed from the first page up to the last. There are so many unanswered questions with regards to Rama, its purpose and the wonders held within. I know these are answered in the subsequent books and I can't wait to get started on Rama II. I'm vary interested in finding out and also am staggered at how ACC thinks these things up.
True,real, engrossing Sci-Fi read.
For those of you considering getting the Kindle edition of the 4-part omnibus. It converts vary well to kindle. No proplems whatsoever.
I hope they make an omnibus edition of the 2001 series for the Kindle too.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Kindle Edition
The first is by far the best book and the collaboration of styles certainly makes a marked difference in the latter books. For instance, whereas the first book left an impression of the details of an alien landscape and a sense of awe at the mystery that unravelled, the co-authored books have an element of sexuality and religion within them which sets them a little uncomfortably apart. Having said that, and despite the differences in style, I was glad to see the rest of the series eventually unfold to give more details to this world. As a series they are well worth the read, despite what one reviewer here says.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
This is second time around for me, this time on the brilliant Kindle. ACC (and Gentry Lee) are right up there with my other favourite authors; Feist, Iain M Banks...
A few spelling mistakes in Rama. Brois [Boris]. Thank you Amazon for making the series available on Kindle!
UPDATE: After enjoying the Rama series a second time (this time on the Kindle) I am disappointed about the number of spelling mistakes, repeat paragraphs. Amazon need to sort this out when converting books. The fourth book is terrible for errors.
A few spelling mistakes in Rama. Brois [Boris]. Thank you Amazon for making the series available on Kindle!
UPDATE: After enjoying the Rama series a second time (this time on the Kindle) I am disappointed about the number of spelling mistakes, repeat paragraphs. Amazon need to sort this out when converting books. The fourth book is terrible for errors.
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Buy the first separately, pretend the others don't exist.
Rendezvous with Rama is one of my favourite books, both Sci-Fi and not. Having read the first some time ago and not realised there were "sequels" I felt compelled to read them. Read more
Published 18 days ago by Kit
Buy book one by Arthur C. Clarke
I have just finished this book and I must say that it is the worst book that I have ever read. The first 173 pages are Arthur C. Clarke at his best. Read more
Published 3 months ago by S.E.Savage
The written word
As a lifelong fan of Arthur C Clarke I looked forward to reading this omnibus edition. The story doesn't disappoint with the usual
digressions from pure Sci-Fi to geographical... Read more
digressions from pure Sci-Fi to geographical... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Triumph
Rama Omnibus review
It's a great book, and moreover, unique opportunity to have complete RAMA series at one place. One of the best Clarke's stories of all times. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Zoran Mladenovic
Wonderful chronical of human life within an alien environment
I read these books many years ago and was so pleased to see a Kindle version of this quadrilogy. Yes, certainly some parts are better than others but overall I am almost sad that... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Cl Warburton
Hard Going
The story line was bogged down with too much un-necessary padding.
I found that I had to skip many pages/chapters just to get back to the story. Read more
I found that I had to skip many pages/chapters just to get back to the story. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Ithandril
More a test of endurance than a work of literature
I have just finished the Rama omnibus and put it down with a sense of relief. I must confess that I only carried on reading the turgid nonsense because I felt I had to. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Mr. N. Pavett
The first book is stunning; the rest, less so.
The first Rama book is one of my favourite by Clarke. I found though, that this series went downhill once the collaboration with Gentry Lee begins. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Hyoscine
RAMA
5th book is missing, written by Gentry Lee. Without that book you will not understand some situations in 4th. By the way - is very good as well.
Published 6 months ago by Piotr W. Grebski
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