Rama Revealed

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Rama Revealed Viral Book Read the first book in this series and don t waste your time with the rest This fourth in the series was a slog from beginning to end with lots of lame dialogue poin

Rama Revealed Viral Book Read the first book in this series and don't waste your time with the rest. This fourth in the series was a slog from beginning to end, with lots of lame dialogue, pointless detail that never goes anywhere, and a disappointing ending.I wish I'd just left it at Rendezvous with Rama, which is vintage Arthur C. Clarke. (That book is worth 20 of these sequels!) Lesson Learned: Never trust a book with more than one author.. Rama Revealed 1993 is a science fiction novel by Arthur C Clarke and Gentry Lee It is the last of three sequels to Clarke s Rendezvous with Rama by these authors The book picks up the story immediately after the end of The Garden of Rama The book follows the story of Nicole Wakefield and her escape from imprisonment left at the cliffhanger of the previous book.. The best Book Rama Revealed The direction of the fourth installment changed again. I'm pretty torn between 3 and 4 stars, but it's closer to the upper rating, so I think I'll settle for 4 stars. All else - spoiler alert. (view spoiler)[I'm highly unsure what to think of this series. My heart broke during the last book, but not because of some outstanding SF qualities of the story, but rather the particular story of one character - Nicole des Jardins, a woman who has had to leave children behind on other planets and space ships, has had to watch a daughter commit suicide as well as the love of her life die a painful death whilst being assassinated, and has slept for many years of her life in a special trance, waking up 12 or 16 years older, having to eventually face the frail, dying body of an 80 year old woman, being told that she only has 10 days left to live... Out of all the characters of the book, of which some annoyed me and some didn't arouse any particular emotion, I think Nicole was pretty damn well written. As a woman, I can definitely identify with her fears and pains, and just imagining what her heart had to go trough was difficult, as a reader. Out of all the episodes, especially with the moment she lost Richard I had the hardest time. And then, through to the end of the book, whilst she was reminiscing about her life, I kept thinking that I myself am getting older and dying by the second, and I must admit I felt uneasy ... which is not something that happens on the usual. The fourth installment was at times very annoying. Even though it's SF, it seemed to lose itself in so much unnecessary detail about the octospiders' lives and their digestive tracks (just to mention one section of the book that absolutely bored me to death). I can fully appreciate the imagination of a writer who is so involved in his story that he has developed graphs for the biology of a non-existent alien species, but maybe cutting it short from time to time would've been a better idea, because instead of helping with sensory build up until the action reached the climax, I found myself desperately wanting to skip said pages and just move on. Sure, at the times the story is stretched reeaaaaaaally thin in order to accommodate more action and more characters and definitely more emotional drama, but almost never does it seem truly out of the reach of the reader's imagination. At least not my imagination. Alas, there's no clearly drawn boundary to what a reader can accept in terms of fiction, so if the author is capable of playing with it, bending it after his will - then maybe that's a very good author. One thing that I really like was that the love story between Nicole and Richard didn't reach the cheesy point anywhere over four books. In her last hours of life, she says that she had talked with Richard before of what they'd do before they die, and there were two possible answers: make love to each other, or learn something new and experience the thrill of discovery one last time. I think that's a beautiful idea. The last pages of the book are harrowing, honestly. Nicole was dying and I was dying with her. I rarely feel that sad with regards to something that is not real, but in this case I felt the need to tell someone that I love them, to remind someone that I'll always be there for them. Out of all the books, I consider this ending passage to be the best writing Clarke did in this series.(hide spoiler)]After all that I've written in the spoiler section, it's clear to me that I'll give a solid 4 star rating for the entire series and a strong recommendation to all SF lovers and other readers out there to tackle it. It's worth it.
Rama Revealed Clarke, Arthur Before picking up Rama revealed, I finished Rendezvous with Rama I skipped the middle two books in the Rama series based on the negative reviews I think that was a wise decision I didn t feel any sense of discontinuity and was able to follow the plot completely. Rama Revealed The Ultimate Encounter Gentry Lee, Arthur Rama Revealed marks the fourth and final volume of the popular sf series begun with Rendezvous with Rama After a long interstellar voyage, an alien spacecraft and Rama Revealed Rama, by Arthur C Clarke Oct , Rama Revealed is a science fiction novel by Arthur C Clarke and Gentry Lee It is the last of three sequels to Clarke s Rendezvous with Rama by these authors The book picks up the story immediately after the end of The Garden of Rama. Rama Revealed by Arthur C Clarke About Rama Revealed On its mysterious voyage through interstellar space, a massive alien starship carries its human passengers to the end of a generations long odyssey But the great experiment designed by the Ramans has failed, and Rama III has become a battleground. Rama Revealed Rama Series by Arthur C Clarke, Gentry Overview On its mysterious voyage through interstellar space, a massive alien starship carries its human passengers to the end of a generations long odyssey But the great experiment designed by the Ramans has failed, and Rama III has become a battleground. RAMA REVEALED Kirkus Reviews Feb , RAMA REVEALED by Arthur C Clarke Gentry Lee RELEASE DATE Feb , Rendezvous with Rama didn t need sequels, but we got them anyway. Rocket League Fortnite Challenges For Lama Rama Event Revealed Sep , Rocket League has just about gone free to play, which is news in itself, but they re starting off the next chapter of their game with a bang Along with Legacy Status coming to existing players, Rocket League is also getting a Fortnite crossover event RELATED Rocket League Legacy Status Coming As It Goes FP The Rocket League x Fortnite Lama Rama Event will last just over a

  1. Arthur C Clarke was one of the most important and influential figures in 20th century science fiction He spent the first half of his life in England, where he served in World War Two as a radar operator, before emigrating to Ceylon in 1956 He is best known for the novel and movie 2001 A Space Odyssey, which he co created with the assistance of Stanley Kubrick.Clarke was a graduate of King s College, London where he obtained First Class Honours in Physics and Mathematics He is past Chairman of the British Interplanetary Society, a member of the Academy of Astronautics, the Royal Astronomical Society, and many other scientific organizations.Author of over fifty books, his numerous awards include the 1961 Kalinga Prize, the AAAS Westinghouse science writing prize, the Bradford Washburn Award, and the John W Campbell Award for his novel Rendezvous With Rama Clarke also won the Nebula Award of the Science Fiction Writers of America in 1972, 1974 and 1979, the Hugo Award of the World Science Fiction Convention in 1974 and 1980, and in 1986 became Grand Master of the Science Fiction Writers of America He was awarded the CBE in 1989.

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  1. Read the first book in this series and don t waste your time with the rest This fourth in the series was a slog from beginning to end, with lots of lame dialogue, pointless detail that never goes anywhere, and a disappointing ending.I wish I d just left it at Rendezvous with Rama, which is vintage Arthur C Clarke That book is worth 20 of these sequels Lesson Learned Never trust a book with than one author.

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  2. The direction of the fourth installment changed again I m pretty torn between 3 and 4 stars, but it s closer to the upper rating, so I think I ll settle for 4 stars All else spoiler alert view spoiler I m highly unsure what to think of this series My heart broke during the last book, but not because of some outstanding SF qualities of the story, but rather the particular story of one character Nicole des Jardins, a woman who has had to leave children behind on other planets and space ships, has [...]

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  3. Along with garden of rama, this conclusion to the story , rama revealed is definetly my all time favorite science fiction saga ever Even despite some uninteresting soap opera stuff at the begining, the finall 200 pages of this conclusion are the most satisfying conclusion i ever read to a space saga ever.This book ended and nicole des jardins stuck in my mind for months on end Everytime i think of good scifi i remember the ending of this story.Not only garden of rama and this conclusion rama rev [...]

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  4. Eh The first book of the series was nice, short and sweet and left me wanting The second book Rama II had some really interesting characters and settings return return However, Gardens of Rama and this book both felt long and fell short of expectations There were some interesting parts, but it felt like it was rushed and not edited heavily enough There also were a number of loose threads that just never really felt explained Was the orange Avian a clone Did the octospiders already collect them [...]

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  5. I feel this and the other Rama books series except the first one are like fan fiction Although fan fiction is not necessarily a bad thing, in the case of this series it went quite wrong I did not liked any of the original Rama follow up novel I cannot think of any of them than a simple sci fi pop novel trying to capitalize on a earlier big sales hit They keep the same types of schematically characters and infantile conflicts It simply did not managed to win my sympathy, neither with the final [...]

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  6. Review applies to Rama II, Rama Returns , Rama Revealed , but NOT Rendezvous With Rama In brief, longer review to follow FUCKING AWFUL Do not read Terrible shame, the collaboration with Gentry What A Pitiful Hack Writer Lee has really dragged the original Rama down.

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  7. So, four years after my first attempt, I ve finally finished the Rama series This book, the fourth and final one in the quadrilogy, is not the worst of the batch But then being better than the unmitigated drivel that was The Garden of Rama is not a particularly trying task.Despite my misgivings that all the important things about Rama had been revealed in this book s predecessor, we do in fact find out who created Rama and its related infrastructure, and why It s an answer that I feel should be [...]

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  8. Rama Revealed is the disappointing conclusion to a disappointing series.According to Wiki Rendezvous With Rama was written in 1972 and Clarke had no intention of writing a sequel Lee attempted to turn the Rama series into a character driven story following the adventures of Nicole des Jardins Wakefield, who becomes the main character in Rama II, The Garden of Rama and Rama Revealed When asked, Arthur C Clarke said that Gentry Lee did the writing while he was a source of ideas This could very we [...]

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  9. The series started out with such a fascinating premise but it all ended with sex, violence, corruption and misunderstandings I guess that s the message of the series humans will always screw up Eden Bummer

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  10. Extremely disappointed in basically all the sequels I read Return to Rama a few weeks ago, and should have stopped there I would have been fine with the unresolved ending of the book if the others didn t exist, it s really a perfect, succinctly written sparse perfect mystery that really should never have even attempted to be resolved These last two books are terrible, I never liked the characters, agree with some reviewer who said that Nicole just started to bore me after so long The thing that [...]

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  11. This book felt mostly like it was just working towards an inevitability It did serve to provide some closure to the series, and perhaps importantly gave us some precious insight into the alien cultures, but it doesn t have the driving mystery of the first or the strong character interactions of the second and third.I m not sure what it is about hard science fiction series that makes them peter out the longer they go on, but it s certainly something Longer series have difficulty keeping me enter [...]

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  12. Ugh I should have put this series down after book 2HO, Clarke s biggest flaw is his tendency to spend way too much time describing alien minutia that are not interesting or important Also, the main character has really worn out her welcome I m just tired of her Not a good sign when you re hoping the hero gets pulled out an airlock so the story can just end faster I don t know why I finished it Maybe I was hoping for some interesting overarching idea of the alien Ramans , but it was silly stuff a [...]

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  13. I recommend reading the first installment of the tetralogy as highly as I recommend stopping right there Though I can t say I regret finishing the series, it was indeed a painful experience to see the wonderful concept introduced by Rendezvous stretch into a flimsy and disengaging tale which drags on far than its dramatic substance can afford to For me the main weakness of the second to fourth books was the authors obsessive engagement with characters as opposed to Rendezvous somewhat sober, ha [...]

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  14. Worth it to the end Awe inspiring, rich with multifaceted scientific speculation, imbued with all the fine ingredients of great literature.Give yourself time to end this book Avoid distractions The last chapters are best taken in while alone, with a nice cup of tea, and a box of kleenex.

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  15. I liked this end to this series better than the book before it There is some interesting stuff about the structure of an alien society in here built on speculation about the future of genetic engineering The part where Rama is revealed is pretty nifty and philosophical, too Thankfully, there were much fewer flashbacks, but the book series could have used stronger secondary characters.

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  16. I wonder what it would have been like for the original fans of this series, waiting two or so years for the next instalment to be released I had the luxury of binge reading it It felt as if it had been written all at once The narrative continues seamlessly throughout the three volumes There is a definite difference in tone and style between Clarke s original and these three Gentry Lee penned sequels.There were some decent moments and ideas there, but these were overshadowed by many frustrations [...]

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  17. Rama Revealed is the last book in this series and it couldn t have come sooner Only my loyalty to Arthur C, Clarke carried me this far It really wasn t worth it but for classic science fiction I suppose I had to do it The first novel, Rendezvous with Rama , is excellent A space craft comes zooming into the solar system, answering the question Are we alone but adds an additional question, Does anyone care In typical Clarke fashion, the author takes us through what might happen if we only had a fe [...]

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  18. The series finale was enjoyable than that last two in the series just because most of the background exposition has already been done although some was repeated here and this story centered on the events and interactions of the passengers of the Rama ship When things started going sour for the passengers I found myself thinking, no way, people wouldn t act that way but upon further reflection, yes they probably would.I won t spoil the story, but there are some heartbreaking moments, some glori [...]

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  19. Although the series as a whole was quite rewarding I found this closer to be a bit disappointing Although we do finally get an answer to the Rama mystery the explanation is religious hand waving that I would not have expected from Clarke Maybe it is Lee s doing The continued detailed descriptions of the new species is interesting since a whole new society is discovered by the readers and the Wakefields and company experience it The tired treatment of the human colonists gets dry Still worth rea [...]

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  20. The fourth and final book of the Rama series This book continues to follow the colony that was established in the Raman spacecraft as it heads towards its final destination In this book, even new species and adventures are encountered This book finally gives the explanation of the Raman spacecraft and the purpose of its missions I don t really want to give much away, but this is a great ending to one of the greatest science fiction stories ever told Once again there are so many messages to take [...]

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  21. i have been working my way through the series very slowly and finally got through this last volume it is quite long and covers a lot of ground Starting with the Wakefield family after arriving at the node, we see the return of Rama to Earth and a subsequent journey back to the stars We observe new colony of humans fall prey to the worst of human nature and learn about the Avians and Octospiders, and eventually, about Ramas purpose.The book was largely depressing, highlighting the problems in p [...]

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  22. Parts dragged, but the overall scope was just awesome I was somewhat confused, but I have not read the first 3 books, so I hope when I go back to them it will make sense.

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  23. Storyline 2 5Characters 2 5Writing Style 2 5World 2 5Finished Done Complete All over No Rama It is satisfying to complete a series, but this book made completion a trial view spoiler I can better explain what this book contributed by looking at the whole series Rama I had wonder As you were reading it, and as it finished, you knew there were great mysteries and answers just out of reach and you wanted to know Apparently due to some quick reading Clarke originally intended to let Rama end there [...]

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  24. A central theme in the Rama novels is that human sexuality drives all facets of our lives our predilection to imperialism, excess, paranoia, and self destruction being prime examples The grand morality play that ensues strikes me as valid, but also tiresome and less fun than the original Rendezvous With Rama The above being said, I love a great deal about this final installment in the series Some of the revelatory material is similar to that found in 3001 It s thought provoking but far from Eart [...]

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  25. Outstanding ending to a beautiful quadrilogy that should be one of the epitome works of SF It s hard not to miss the Rama Universe once the books are finished The daring task of creating alien life forms that are not humanoid and do not automatically use verbal language as humans do, is in itself, a reason for praising this series.This book alone tackles the origins of the Universe questions, along with the traditional philosophical queries that follow, such as Who are we Why are we here What ar [...]

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  26. This is by far the best written of the books in this series The writing in Rama II is not the best, even though I love that book I can admit that But with every book in the series there after the writing gets smoother, with less of the semi meaningless distractions into minuet details of historical figures I really don t know if this is from Gentry Lee improving as a writer or if this is from Arthur C Clarke doing of the writing, but either way it s a good thing.I enjoyed the way that these las [...]

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  27. It took about 1500 pages from the previous books, but in the last 1 3 of this book, everything came together In comparison the previous 3 books are dry, especially the 1st book The main character doesn t even show up until the 2nd book These first three books have some wonder, some curiousity, but it s largely exploratory In many ways its not clear what is happening The first signs of conflict appear in the 3rd book but human conflict is seen as an aside, intruding on the purity of the science f [...]

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  28. This is the final book in the Rama series.We do get a lot of answers, but on a deeper level, this book was about so much .We learn a lot about the octospiders and their civilization They have a lot of beliefs about using biology to improve their lives instead of electronics Because of this, they don t consider life to be something sacred Instead, they consider each life to be something that contributes to the common good.The most fascinating thing about them is that they don t allow free will af [...]

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  29. A mysterious giant cylinder is found in space, falling inwards on a trajectory which will take it through the solar system It is dubbed Rama An expedition is sent to probe it s contents.Along with 2001, Rendezvous with Rama is the defining work of Arthur C Clarke The book is full of his trademark sense of wonder, and Clarke manages to convey awe at alien things like few others can The first book is a solo effort Clarke then teamed up with Gentry Lee to write a sequel trilogy The whole series con [...]

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  30. I must be a masochist, having read The Garden of Rama and found it scraped the absolute bottom of the book barrel This is actually slightly better I didn t cringe so often and was not obliged to skip large passages of sentimental wittering and badly written sex scenes.But the great Rama revelation is utter rubbish and the end is just a tarted up version of the final part of 2001, with too much explanation and no class whatsoever.That s the trouble with Gentry Lee, overall no class And Arthur, yo [...]

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