Rendezvous with Rama

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Rendezvous with Rama is a classic hard science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke that explores humanity’s encounter with a mysterious alien starship entering the Solar System.

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instanceOf hard science fiction novel ⓘ
science fiction novel ⓘ
author Arthur C. Clarke ⓘ
awardReceived British Science Fiction Association Award for Best Novel ⓘ
Hugo Award for Best Novel ⓘ
John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel ⓘ
Jupiter Award for Best Novel ⓘ
Nebula Award for Best Novel ⓘ
linked to: Nebula Award
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
depicts mysterious alien starship ⓘ
exploresTheme cosmic insignificance of humanity ⓘ
human curiosity ⓘ
limits of human understanding ⓘ
non-anthropocentric alien life ⓘ
featuresConcept alien engineering ⓘ
artificial gravity via rotation ⓘ
cylindrical megastructure ⓘ
space exploration by human crews ⓘ
firstPublicationFormat novel ⓘ
followedBy Rama II ⓘ
genre hard science fiction ⓘ
science fiction ⓘ
hasAdaptationPlanned film adaptation (various unproduced projects) ⓘ
hasCharacter Endeavour crew ⓘ
Mercury colonists ⓘ
hasMainCharacter Commander Bill Norton ⓘ
hasSequel Rama II ⓘ
Rama Revealed ⓘ
The Garden of Rama ⓘ
includedIn lists of classic science fiction novels ⓘ
influenced later hard science fiction about megastructures ⓘ
isbn 9780575016356 ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement Golden Age of Science Fiction ⓘ
mainSubject exploration of alien spacecraft ⓘ
first contact with extraterrestrial intelligence ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person narration ⓘ
notableFor minimal direct depiction of aliens ⓘ
open-ended, ambiguous conclusion ⓘ
rigorous scientific plausibility ⓘ
partOfSeries Rama series ⓘ
publicationDate 1973 ⓘ
publisher Victor Gollancz Ltd ⓘ
setIn Solar System ⓘ
setInTime 22nd century ⓘ
titleCharacter Rama ⓘ

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Arthur C. Clarke → notableWork → Rendezvous with Rama ⓘ
A Fall of Moondust → authorOtherWork → Rendezvous with Rama ⓘ
Gentry Lee → notableWork → The Garden of Rama ⓘ
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Rama II → precededBy → Rendezvous with Rama ⓘ
Rama II → isSequelTo → Rendezvous with Rama ⓘ
Rama Revealed → basedOnWork → Rendezvous with Rama (universe) ⓘ
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Rama series → hasPart → Rendezvous with Rama ⓘ
Commander Bill Norton → fictionalUniverse → Rendezvous with Rama ⓘ
Commander Bill Norton → appearsIn → Rendezvous with Rama ⓘ
Commander Bill Norton → firstAppearance → Rendezvous with Rama (1973) ⓘ
linked to: Rendezvous with Rama