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Rama II (Turtleback)

by Arthur Charles Clarke (Author), Gentry Lee (Author)

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Publisher: Demco Media (October 2000)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0606192832
ISBN-13: 978-0606192835
Product Dimensions: 17.1 x 10.8 x 3.2 cm
Shipping Weight: 295 g

Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (112 customer reviews)

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In 1973, Clarke's Rendezvous with Rama won the Hugo, Nebula and Campbell awards. This new novel is the second in a trilogy about the mystifying world-ships and their flybys of our solar system. Unfortunately, the focus is no longer on alien mysteries, but on the petty concerns of an unlikely assortment of cosmonauts. The 12 specialists chosen to explore a second Raman craft passing through human space 70 years after the first are more involved with adultery, religion and media contracts than they are with scientific advancement. Not only are their actions unrealistic, but the chapter titles telegraph what comes next. The excitement of discovery that was present in the first book is altogether missing from this soap opera plot.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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Decades have passed since Commander Norton and his crew met with the enormous alien ship dubbed Rama and declared it an intelligent robot with no interest in the creatures of our solar system. But now another ship has been sighted near Earth, and this time, humanity will discover startling--perhaps deadly--differences. --This text refers to the Mass Market Paperback edition.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Sadly, Absolute Trash, May 20 2004

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This review is from: Rama II (Mass Market Paperback)

Exploring the original Rama was an quietly stunning experience of wonder; the dark, cold, sterile environment; watching as the alien world awoke. The Ramans completely ignored our explorers, considering them merely trash to be swept away by their bots. The central sea was mysterious and fascinating when frozen, it was mysterious and fascinating when the lights came on and the sea began to melt, the unexplored metal buildings were fascinating, the bots were fascinating. The exploration of Rama was stark, quiet, and beautiful.

Now, take these wonderful things, remove them from the story, add some obnoxious characters whom you will hate, study every aspect of the obnoxious characters in painful detail, and call it a sequel.

The contrast between this and the original leaves me at a loss for words. Terribly disappointing.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Rama 2 is garbage, April 9 2004

By	Richard Cavell (Melbourne, Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rama II (Mass Market Paperback)

This book is *not* written by Arthur C Clarke, it was written by Gentry Lee alone. The promotion of the book as an ACC book is highly misleading.

Gentry Lee belongs on the slushpile. His writing is full of magic and fantasy rather than science fiction. This book contains lengthy, irrelevant asides. The SF component is trivial; the book is basically a large character study.

It is astonishing how bad this book is by comparison to the excellent, simple narrative "Rendezvous with Rama"

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3.0 out of 5 stars So-so, Mar 7 2004

By	bean-fiend (Portland, OR) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rama II (Mass Market Paperback)

I was a huge fan of the original "Rendezvous with Rama". It presented the reader with an incredible scenario and allowed him/her to simply explore it along with the characters- not getting bogged down in cliched details or unrealistically large personalities. At all times it felt like anything could happen, and it was one of the rare instances in which I literally couldn't put the book down.
This book, and the two that follow it, are almost completely opposite of the original in every way. This is a story all about the characters- more so than their mission. I was still interested in returning to the world of Rama and possibly discovering more, and this book didn't disappoint in that regard. However, there were so many cliches and naked plot-devices that it really detracted from my enjoyment. I was especially disdainful of the somewhat hokey "mysticism" with regard to the character of Nicole des-Jardins. That part seemed far more in the realm of fantasy than serious science-fiction.
However, I have read the succeeding books, which I thoroughly enjoyed (though not as much as the original), and "Rama II" is a required read before delving into the third and fourth installments. One must bear in mind that the three sequels are, basically, a separate series from the first book.

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1.0 out of 5 stars It Is A Dirty Rotten Shame
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4.0 out of 5 stars Really, It's Pretty Good...
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Published on Dec 28 2003 by charley63

1.0 out of 5 stars Read book 1, but not the rest
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