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Title: Garden of Rama by Arthur C. Clarke, Gentry Lee ISBN: 0-553-29817-8 Publisher: Spectra Books Pub. Date: 01 October, 1992 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.08 (64 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: exception to everyone else
Comment: I guess I am the exception to the rule, as I absolutely loved all 4 of the Rama books. I was so caught up in what had happened and would happen with Nicole and her family that I could hardly wait 'til the next book in the series was published! To let you know how much I was affected by the series: at the end of Rama Revealed, I was moved to tears at the death of Nicole and the realization that this was IT. But, I have to admit that I was a bit disappointed in what was and was not reavealed.
Rating: 2
Summary: Continuing the downward spiral
Comment: Ever so gently this series is starting to drift. GET BACK ON FOCUS!!! Much of the writing was about mundane people doing mundane things, petty conflicts, a lot of wondering and wandering and not much continuity. Once again, as he has done in the past over and over, Clarke comes up with a superlative idea but his literary talents - or lack thereof - are not up to the task. Only rarely does he succeed with character development and this is not an uncommon occurrence among scifi writers.
I found myself staring into space several times and even peeking ahead. The best parts were all the creatures in the Garden. It is an axiom that the really memorable science fiction stories do not center on the unworldly aspect but on unforgettable people - Contact, Stranger in a Strange Land, Dune. This series could have been really remarkable but it has been dithered away. What a waste of time and energy.
Rating: 2
Summary: What a disappointment!!!
Comment: What a let-down!!!
This is an unbelivably poor, hashed-together, novel with a few points of interest (hence 2 stars, instead of 1) but mostly pathetic and unbelivable. The first section of the book, containing extracts of "journal entries" from Nicole's journal (it's obvious now that Nicole is going to be the main character from here on out) which serve to send forward the plot about 13 years (and entangle the characters in some cloyingly obvious sexual "misunderstandings"). The remainder of the book is a description of the "colony" from Earth chosen to inhabit Rama, and the disastrous choices made by nearly everyone -- from the politicians on Earth, to most of the colonists.
To paraphrase B.B. King, "The Thrill of Rama is Gone". I'll give "Rama Revealed" a chance, just because so many loose ends are left hanging.
A real disappointment.
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Title: Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke ISBN: 0553287893 Publisher: Spectra Books Pub. Date: 01 December, 1990 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: 2061: Odyssey Three by Arthur C. Clarke ISBN: 0345358791 Publisher: Del Rey Books Pub. Date: 01 January, 1991 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: 3001: The Final Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke ISBN: 0345423496 Publisher: Del Rey Books Pub. Date: 01 February, 1998 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke, Ballantine Books ISBN: 0345347951 Publisher: Del Rey Books Pub. Date: 01 June, 1987 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Songs of Distant Earth by Arthur C. Clarke ISBN: 0345322401 Publisher: Del Rey Books Pub. Date: 01 January, 1991 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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