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Rendezvous with Rama

By: Arthur C. Clarke
Narrated by: Peter Ganim, Robert J. Sawyer - introduction
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At first, only a few things are known about the celestial object that astronomers dub Rama. It is huge, weighing more than ten trillion tons. And it is hurtling through the solar system at inconceivable speed. Then a space probe confirms the unthinkable: Rama is no natural object. It is, incredibly, an interstellar spacecraft.

Space explorers and planet-bound scientists alike prepare for mankind's first encounter with alien intelligence. It will kindle their wildest dreams...and fan their darkest fears. For no one knows who the Ramans are or why they have come. And now the moment of rendezvous awaits - just behind a Raman airlock door.

BONUS AUDIO: Includes an exclusive introduction by Hugo Award-winning author Robert J. Sawyer, who explains why Rendezvous with Rama will make the listener "feel both humbled and exhilarated at the same time".

©1973 Arthur C. Clarke (P)2008 Audible, Inc. First Contact Hard Science Fiction Science Fiction
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Critics' reviews

Hugo Award, Best Novel, 1974
Nebula Award, Best Novel, 1973
John W. Campbell Memorial Award, Best Novel, 1974


"A frighteningly logical, believable, and grimly prophetic tale...Clarke is a master." (Los Angeles Times)
"A first-rate tour de force." (The New York Times)
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versteh nicht ganz wieso niemand moniert das dieses Juwel nicht auf deutsch erscheint? was seid ihr denn für Typen? in Englisch ist das ganze doch viel schwieriger und bringt niemals den hörgenuss für native deutsch Hörer . wann darf man denn mit der deutsche Version rechnen liebe Audibles?

wieso nicht auf deutsch

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endlich habe ich das Hörbuch konsumiert. Space ohne cock&bull, brilliant erzählt. Der unaufgeregte Sprecher bringt die wissenschaftlich beobachtende Athmoshpäre perfekt rüber. Nichts für Leute, die klassische Suspense erwarten. Perfekt für mich.

brilliant

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Narrator reads in a very monotonous voice except when reading something a character says. Sounds weird at first but you get used to it. Apart from that, the story is just marvelous. Every bit is adding more to the mystery and you're just sitting there painting pictures in your head (or on paper) of what that world the author describes could look like. In my head i adapted the story to the Studio Ghibli art style and it was just so wonderful! I've heard bad things about the sequels (the story ends with a somewhat of a cliffhanger/satisfying ending) since they were written by someone else later on, but this book was just so interesting that I need to hear the rest (which is geo-locked on Audible thx for nothing) before the Denis Villeneuve movie adaptation releases in a couple of years from now. His movie adaptation of DUNE 1 was so incredible, I'm beyond excited for Rama. This is one of my all time favourites now

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I'm not reading/listening to the sequels by Gentry Lee. This book works best as a standalone with a cliffhanger. The sequels resets everything Rendezvous With Rama sets up and brings more Ramas into the story and suddenly mankind is the center of the universe and Ramans aren't as amazing anymore.

Breathtaking Adventure

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Now, thats a classical piece of SF literature, but the speaker sounds like some odd text to speech software.
Hopefully this book might be re-read in a more vivid way.

Great story, bad speaker

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Sprecher konnte besser sein. Macht seltsame Atempausen und Betonung während der Erzählung die nicht passen.

Geniale Geschichte, seltsamer Sprecher.

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