Rendezvous with RAMA

Rendezvous with Rama Hội ngộ với RAMA

Rendezvous with Rama is a novel by Arthur C. Clarke first published in 1972. Set in the 22nd century, the story involves a thirty-mile-long cylindrical alien starship that passes through Earth's solar system. The story is told from the point of view of a group of human explorers, who intercept the ship in an attempt to unlock its mysteries.

Rescue Party (1946), the first published story of Clarke, also has a cylindrical alien spaceship with kilometer scale dimensions. Rendezvous could be an elaboration of that ship. Another of Clarke's short stories, Jupiter Five (1953), is very similar to this novel in style, as well as content.

This novel won both the Hugo and Nebula awards upon its release, and is widely regarded as one of the cornerstones in Clarke's bibliography. It is considered a science fiction classic, and is particularly seen as a key hard science fiction text.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rendezvous_with_Rama

CLARKE'S LAWS *

1: "When a distinguished but elderly scientist states
that something is possible, he is almost certainly right.
When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong."

2: "The only way to discover the limits of the
possible is to venture beyond them into the impossible."

3: "Any significantly advanced technology is
indistinguishable from magic."

4: "For every expert there is an equal and opposite expert"

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