Rendezvous with Rama
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Key facts
- Author
- Arthur C. Clarke
- Cover artist
- Bruce Pennington
- Language
- English
- Series
- Rama series
- Genre
- Science fiction
- Publisher
- Gollancz
- Publication date
- June 1973
- Publication place
- United Kingdom
- Media type
- Print (hardback & paperback)
- Pages
- 256, 69,048 words
- Awards
- Hugo Award for Best Novel , Locus Award for Best Novel , Nebula Award for Best Novel , John W. Campbell Memorial Award
- Isbn
- 0-575-01587-X
- Followed by
- Rama II
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- literary work
- Author
- Arthur C. Clarke
- Genre
- science fiction
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Followed by
- Rama II
- Main subject
- impact event
- Image
- Rama16wiki.jpg
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- publication date
- 1973-06-00
- title
- 宇宙のランデヴー
- language of work or name
- English language
- inception
- 1973-00-00
- inspired by
- generation ship
- form of creative work
- novel
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Encyclopedic overview
Rendezvous with Rama is a 1973 science fiction novel by British writer Arthur C. Clarke. Set in the 2130s, the story involves a 50-by-20-kilometre (31-by-12-mile) cylindrical alien starship that enters the Solar System. The story is told from the point of view of a group of human explorers who intercept the ship in an attempt to unlock its mysteries. The novel won the Hugo, Locus, and Nebula awards upon its release, and is regarded as one of the cornerstones in Clarke's bibliography. The concept was later extended with several sequels, written by Clarke and Gentry Lee.
Plot
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