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Title: The Garden of Rama by Gentry Lee, Arthur Charles Clarke ISBN: 0-613-28849-1 Publisher: Bt Bound Pub. Date: September, 1992 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.90 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.08 (64 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: Rama what ?
Comment: Allow me to be a little retrospective . The first book was a gem. Not often are there books which concentrate purely on the technological side and get away with little or no character development . The second was pleasing only towards the end although I found the need to explain life stories of characters profoundly irritating and often irrelevant . Who cares if Francesca is a slut ? I was hoping for a redemption of sorts in this third book but nope , didn't find it . If this book were set in an urban 20th century environment , it would be a mid-day soap opera with sex and drugs thrown in . As a science fiction novel , it somehow manages to discard most science . Maybe it was Lee's influence , maybe I just lost patience with the black and white characters . This book could have done with better characterisation , less politics , less pointless sex , less Shakespearen quotes and finally , a helluva lot more science fiction . Ultimately I was disappointed since I started reading this series with much enthusiasm and ended up flicking chapters just to see who would cark it next.
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.
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Title: Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke ISBN: 0553287893 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 November, 1990 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: 3001 The Final Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke ISBN: 0345423496 Publisher: Del Rey Pub. Date: 28 January, 1998 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke ISBN: 0345347951 Publisher: Del Rey Pub. Date: 12 May, 1987 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: 2061: Odyssey Three by Arthur C. Clarke ISBN: 0345358791 Publisher: Del Rey Pub. Date: 13 April, 1989 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Songs of Distant Earth by Arthur C. Clarke ISBN: 0345322401 Publisher: Del Rey Pub. Date: 12 April, 1987 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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