Clarke was always a bit ahead of the game.ĭid I mention the nifty pullout illustration? roughly cylindrical, spinning erratically, and passing closer to our Sun than the orbit of Mercury:Īrthur C. You'd be forgiving for having a sense of deja vus at this point, since in 2017 astronomers, for the first time, discovered an asteroid coming in from outside our solar system. Rendezvous With Rama begins when astronomers discover an asteroid that turns out to be from outside the solar system it's roughly cylindrical, spinning, and moving at a pretty good clip as it prepares to pass closer to our Sun than the orbit of Mercury. Although this time it took me a few days to read, what with adult responsibilities and all. Still, sometimes things aren't as good as you remembered, so thirty years later I once again picked up Rendezvous With Rama, this time with some trepidation. I finished the book in the wee hours of the next morning. Clarke, for a little reading time before sleep. One particular evening I started a ten year old novel by Arthur C. Many years ago I had a bedtime ritual: Prop myself up on some pillows and read a chapter or two of a book, while eating a Nutty Bar.
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