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Summary: One of the best books that I have ever read.
Review: In the Rama series, each book seems to get richer and more intriguing than the last, and this book more than fulfills the reader's expectations as the conclusion of the series. I must say that each book in this series is one of the best books (sci-fi or otherwise), that I have ever read. I finished the series one week ago, and I still "miss" the characters whom I saw grow old in the series...They are truly among the most three-dimensional characters I have ever "met" in any novel. I found myself laughing and crying with these characters as their lives unfolded in the series. Arthur C. Clarke provides such an intriguing look at the universe, that the reader may never look at life, space or God the same way again. I highly recommend it to anyone...especially those who think that science fiction has no depth or soul.
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Summary: Rendevous with Rama didn't need a sequel!!
Review: Rendevous with Rama was a classic novel all by itself...i stay up all night to read it....i think the series got progressively worse...the characterization in Rama II was quite far-fetched...Nicole des Jardins had a baby for the King, was an Olympic gold medalist plus a brilliant doctor..how much can one woman do...i won't even bother talking about the last two parts of the series..i only read them because i'd gotten halfway and felt obligated to go to the bitter end.
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Summary: Clarke should write only series of three books, not four!
Review: The book is rather good, althought it is quite a long series(4 books). The first "Rendezvous with Rama" is Excellent!. The second "Rama II" is really very good, the third "The Gardens of Rama" is quite boring, and the fourth is almost an obligation to read after you've reached this point, but Clarke amends what he's done in the third book. He (and almost all other SF writers) should write only THREE books each series. The first open questions, the second debates them and the third he can solve mysteries and dream. Same with the 2001, 2010 and 2061 series. The 3001 book is horrible. Read "Childhood's End", for me the best book Clarke ever wrote.
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Summary: A dissapointing ending to a magnificent series
Review: Once I started with Rendezvous with Rama I simply could not stop. I stayed awake all night reading these magnificent books. I cried when humanity destroyed the (*****) and I rejoyced when Richard saved the last remaining (***). The series was a roller coaster ride of emotions for me. Arthur C Clarke aptly illistrates just how evil humanity can be and yet how compassionate we can be also. The Rama Series would be the best series I have ever read and I give the series a 10 out of 10 overall. However I think the meaning of life portrayed in the ending was a major let down considering the great potential the series held out as it unfolded.
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Summary: A conclusion that if it were to really happen, this would...
Review: This is a very good conclusion in my opinion. If this were to really happen, this conclusion would definitely be a realistic ending. This book does not do what most others do, and magically for some unknown reason save all the main characters, but flows with the real world, and reminding the readers that the people are not imortal, and always saved, but succestible (sp) to the real world. Foreshadowing told that Katie would not be like the others, and probably take on the job of prostitution. The octospiders were quite different than what i would have expected, which shows how good a writer Arthur C. Clarke is. It is not predictable, unless Clarke wants you to know. The ending was...strange, but a nice way to end the series. A few things are left a mystery, but then again, life is full of mysteries.....
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Summary: A masterpiece. One of Clarke's finest works.
Review: In my opinion, this is probably one of the best, if not the best series he has ever written. It produces a stunning conclusion to the long
journey that began with Rama 2. Nicole Des Jardens Wakefield, the main caracter of the story,
has been produced very vividly in the minds of
the readers. It also brings forth the mysterious
octospiders. I would recommend this book to
anyone who has read at least Rama 2 and The
Garden of Rama.
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Summary: Liked it...
Review: This book was a good end to a sseries that (might have)been too long. Ending it with a book in which the octospiders play a major role was what saved this quartet. But anyone who needs to ask the question "Has Arthur C. Clarke lost all his talent?" is seriously deluded. Clarke once again justifies his title as the greatest living sci-fi writer.
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Summary: The sequel is perfect.
Review: The sequel is perfect...Clarke makes us think about our exact place in the universe and just how small we really are. It makes us wonder about God and his maginificent creation and how is going about taking care of it... A TEN!!!
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Summary: Don't read Rama II and Rama III, or this.
Review: The only reason I don't rate this lower than one is that the review javascipt won't let me. My advice, read "Rendezvous with Rama", then skip to the conversation between wossername and the alien in book four. (But don't buy it, read it in a library, it should only take a minute or two, and you might find something nice to read while you are in there. Like a good SF novel.) As an example of how not to write SF, "Rama Revealed" is just about average. As SF, it is pitiful.
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Summary: Rama Revealed: Dissappointing
Review: This book was very poor. The science fiction elements were nearly non-existant, leaving a plot that was straight out of some cheezy .99 cent novel. The conclusion was pathetic, and ruined much of the Rama experience. My advice, if you've suffered through II & III, you might as well read this. Otherwise, don't.
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