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Rendezvous With Rama, by Arthur C. Clarke
Considered to be one of the pillars of Science Fiction writing, Rama
takes us through the first encounter by humanity with an alien craft
on its way through our solar system. What is especially interesting are
some decisions by the author about who does or does not populate the craft
for our brave explorers to encounter.
I found the pacing to be brisk and the exploration angle to be appealing, though
there was a pretty decided lack of action throughout. It also felt like Clarke
was very very determined to write 'hard sci-fi' and included constant measurement
details and basic math to describe the giant size of the alien artifact. I have to imagine that
he carefully worked out all of his figures, though in the course of reading it and
admittedly not doing the math, some of his measurements seems contradictory at times.
This would truly be a shame! If I have the urge to revisit this book in the future
I may take the time to sketch out his descriptions and see if they are consistent
and make mathematical sense.
Anyway, a solid genre entry and in many way starting new tropes in the field
for exploration and 'otherness' of alien artifacts. Some good inventions, especially in the last few
pages, which help to make it an overall interesting read.
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