Rendezvous With Rama

Overview:

• Title: Rendezvous With Rama
• Author: Arthur C. Clarke
• Year: 1973
• Type: Novel
• Series: Rama

Synopsis:

When a large alien spaceship enters the solar system, an asteroid-mapping ship is sent to investigate. The giant (apparently lifeless) ship, dubbed Rama, is a world unto itself, containing features the humans can only speculate about. When Rama starts coming to life, things start to get very interesting.

Awards:

• 1973. Rendezvous With Rama British Science Fiction, SF Novel (Win)
• 1974. Rendezvous With Rama John W. Campbell Memorial, John W. Campbell Memorial Award (Win)
• 1974. Rendezvous With Rama Hugo, Best Novel (Win)
• 1975. Rendezvous With Rama Locus Poll, All-Time Best Novel (Nomination)
• 1987. Rendezvous With Rama Locus Poll, All-Time Best SF Novel (Nomination)
• 1974. Rendezvous With Rama Locus Poll, Best SF Novel (Win)
• 1973. Rendezvous With Rama Nebula, Novel (Win)
• 1998. Rendezvous With Rama Locus Poll, All-Time Best SF Novel before 1990 (Nomination)

Editions/Publications:

• 1973. Rendezvous With Rama (1973, Arthur C. Clarke Victor Gollancz, ISBN-10: 057501587X, £2.00, 256 pages, Hardcover, Novel)
• 1973. Rendezvous With Rama (1973, Arthur C. Clarke Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, ISBN-10: 0151768358, $6.95, 303 pages, Hardcover, Novel)
• 1973. Rendezvous With Rama (October 1973, Arthur C. Clarke Harcourt Brace Jovanovich / SFBC, Catalog ID: #5888, 214 pages, Hardcover, Novel)
• 1974. Rendezvous With Rama (1974, Arthur C. Clarke Pan, Paperback, Novel)
• 1974. Rendezvous with Rama (September 1974, Arthur C. Clarke Ballantine, ISBN-10: 0345241754, $1.75, 276 pages, Paperback, Novel)
• 1978. Four Great SF Novels (1978, Arthur C. Clarke Gollancz, Hardcover, Omnibus)
• 1978. Rendezvous With Rama (1978, Arthur C. Clarke Pan, ISBN-10: 0330240242, £0.80, 252 pages, Paperback, Novel)
• 1984. Rendezvous with Rama (1984, Arthur C. Clarke Ballantine Del Rey, ISBN-10: 034531560X, $2.95, 274 pages, Paperback, Novel)
• 1987. 2001: A Space Odyssey/The City and the Stars/The Deep Range/A Fall of Moondust/Rendezvous With Rama (1987, Arthur C. Clarke Octopus/Heinemann, ISBN-10: 090571282X, $11.98, 747 pages, Hardcover, Omnibus)
• 1988. Rendezvous with Rama (1988, Arthur C. Clarke Ballantine Del Rey, ISBN-10: 0345350561, $3.50, 274 pages, Paperback, Novel)
• 1988. Rendezvous with Rama (1988, Arthur C. Clarke VGSF - an imprint of Victor Gollancz Ltd, ISBN-10: 0575041951, £2.95, 256 pages, Paperback, Novel)
• 1988. Rendezvous With Rama (1988, Arthur C. Clarke Ballantine Del Rey, ISBN-10: 0345350561, $3.50, 274 pages, Paperback, Novel)
• 1990. Rendezvous With Rama (1990, Arthur C. Clarke Bantam Spectra, ISBN-10: 0553287893, $4.95, 243 pages, Paperback, Novel)
• 1991. Rendezvous with Rama (1991, Arthur C. Clarke Orbit, ISBN-10: 0708849458, L3.99, 252 pages, Paperback, Novel)
• 1993. Rendezvous with Rama (1993, Arthur C. Clarke Easton Press, 303 pages, Hardcover, Novel)
• 1997. Rendezvous With Rama (1997, Arthur C. Clarke Orbit, ISBN-10: 1857231589, £5.99, 252 pages, Paperback, Novel)

Genres/Themes:

• Alien Artifact (1 book)
• First Contact (1 book)
• Mega-starship (1 book)
• Near Future (1 book)
• Science Fiction (1 book)
• Sub-light Speed (1 book)

Resources:

• Wikipedia article on Rendezvous With Rama