Years after the appearance in the solar system of the immense, deserted spaceship, Rama, a second craft arrived, destined to become home for a group of human colonists. But now the colony has become a brutal dictatorship, terrorizing its own inhabitants.

Nicole Wakefield, condemned to death for treason, has escaped to New York. There she is reunited with her husband, but pursuit is not far behind and they are forced to flee to the subterranean corridors of New York inhabited by the menacing octospiders.

So begins the greatest adventure of the Rama cycle, a story of massive scope and extraordinary revelations.

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640 pages
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English
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Orbit
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17 Jan. 2000
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11.1 x 4 x 17.8 cm
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1857232526
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978-1857232523
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Publisher : Orbit; New e. edition (17 Jan. 2000)
Language : English
Paperback : 640 pages
ISBN-10 : 1857232526
ISBN-13 : 978-1857232523
Dimensions : 11.1 x 4 x 17.8 cm

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Arthur C. Clarke is awesomely informed about physics and astronomy, and blessed with one of the most astounding imaginations ever encountered in print (NEW YORK TIMES)

For many readers Arthur C. Clarke is the very personification of science fiction (THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SCIENCE FICTION)

Arthur C. Clarke is one of the truly prophetic figures of the space age ... The colossus of science fiction (NEW YORKER)

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The superb climax to the story that began with RENDEZVOUS WITH RAMA.

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Dr Dombo

Fifthy shades of Rama

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 20 May 2017

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Okay then - against my own better judgement I have taken one for the team (and you!) and finished the Rama quadrilogy. Unfortunately, this one is as poor as the two previous instalments. It even mentions "g0lden sh0wer" and includes a rather rude rant by someone with defecationary problems. Do yourself a favour and read the first book (again) and don't bother with any of the three sequels.

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Out with a whimper, sadly

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 30 October 2013

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This is a great example of a book that was carrying so much, good and bad, with so much potential, such great possibilities, but regrettably crumbled under that load. I will say firstly that it is by no means terrible and whatever flaws it has it at least makes an effort unlike the complete mess that was Rama 2.

The first half of the book carries on directly from Garden of Rama and is very good, even excellent in parts. Like Garden it is reasonably well written and avoids the worst pitfalls of the series so far. In fact it manages to make a few amends for story elements that should have gotten better treatment in the previous books. Up to this point I was really quite impressed with the direction the story went, even if I didn't quite agree with it. Once again it does drag on too much in many places but it is mostly readable.

So, all that's left is to neatly wrap everything up with a satisfying conclusion. But, you'll know by the last chapters and pages that's not coming. You'll realise with increasing dread, having put so much into the series, that it's beginning to resemble Rama 2 again, with pages and pages of dialog and explanations but no feeling of progress. It grinds to a halt, it fizzles out, it gets bogged down....

I wanted to rate this 3 stars, maybe even 4, as the majority of it is really okay and quite good. But I can't get over the ending. It doesn't ruin it, because there's nothing to ruin. It's the sort of thing that has you wondering if there was a mistake made that spliced in part of a totally different book by accident. Or maybe there's a missing chapter that *really* explains everything.

The Rama series, with all it's highs and lows, deserved much better than this.

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Andrew J. Gilchrist

Should have stopped after the first one

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 25 April 2019

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And I should have listened to the other reviews! Read the first book, it is a classic Clarke masterpiece that has stood the test of time. The three sequels take some great ideas and then spend far too long delivering them with some unbelievably trite plot lines and stereotyped characters. The final destination is quite frankly weak and not worthy of the original book.

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A final conclusion to this excellent series.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 28 March 2018

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Trying to put this down as I am not looking forward to coming to the conclusion of this excellent saga.

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L. R. Mepsted

I Understand!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 30 May 2017

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Here in the last book we find out to a pretty satisfactory level what the book and the universe is all about! The lead character rightly refers to the number 42 as is only fair being as Douglas did have a go at it first but I feel Arthur and Gentry give us a slightly more comprehensive and sophisticated answer in the end. Loved it!

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The Alchemist

Condition not as expected.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 27 July 2018

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My first venture into buying a second-hand book online. I can't honestly remember how the condition was described, but I find it to be worn and grubby. Hey-Ho, can't really complain for the price I suppose.

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Groo

My favourite Sci-fi series, and an excellent book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 14 December 2012

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My book arrived looking brand new, showroom condition. I was very pleased with the delivery time and the condition, for £4.79 it was a bargain.

As for the book itself, it's the fourth in a series of books unifying outstanding imagination and believable science. I love the whole Rama series, I really hope Morgan Freeman succeeds in turning it into a well-considered serial movie!

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robert

Stick to the first two of the series

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 20 November 2017

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The first rama book is excellent, the second is ok. This one starts to drag on a bit, it gets too caught up in the personal lives of the characters and their families and looses the plot, excitement and sense of discovery which the first two convey so well.

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