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Description edit
Decades have passed since Commander Norton and his crew met with the enormous alien ship dubbed Rama and declared it an intelligent robot with no interest in the creatures of our solar system. But now another ship has been sighted near Earth, and this time, humanity will discover... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Nicole des Jardins: The principal female character. Member of the expedition to Rama. In charge of the tripulation's health
- Richard Wakefield: Member of the expedition to Rama. He's the most inteligent of them all.
- Francesca Sabatini: Journalist member of the expedition. She has no scruples at all.
- Michael O'toole: Another member of the Rama crew. He is catholic and with an enormous faith.
- Valeriy Borzov: Captain of the Rama expedition
- Janos Tabori: Member of the Rama crew.
- Dr. David Brown: Member of the Rama expedition
- Dr. Takagishi: Member of the Rama expedition
- Reggie Wilson: Member of the Rama expedition
- Otto Heilmann: Member of the Rama expedition
- Genevieve: Nicole's daughter
- Hiro Yamanaka: Member of the Rama expedition
- Henry: Genevieve's father. He's the king of Gales
- Irina Turgenyev: Russian member of the Rama expedition
- Norton: The captain of the first Rama expedition
- Roberto: Francesca's cousin and childhood's friend
Quotes edit
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“Each of us is the sum of all we have ever experienced. Only the very young have a clean state. The rest of us must live forever with everything we have ever been.”
Nicole des Jardins -
“Intuition or mathematics?Do we use models to help us find the truth? or do we know the truth first and then develop the mathematics to explain it?”
Nicole des Jardins -
“There was no way, after fifteen minutes of thinking about Mr. Einstein that suicide was still a viable option.”
Richard Wakefield
First Sentence edit
The great radar pulse generator Excalibur, powered by nuclear explosions, had been out of service for almost half a century.
Table of Contents edit
1. Rama Returns
2. Test and Training
3. Crew Conference
4. The Great Chaos
5. After the Crash
6. La Signora Sabatini
7. Public Relations
8. Biometry
9. Diastolic Irregularity
10. The Cosmonaut and the Pope
11. St. Michael of Siena
12. Ramans and Romans
13. Happy New Year
14. Good-bye Henry
15. Encounter
16. Rama Rama Burning Bright
17. Death of a Soldier
18. Postmortem
19. Rite of Passage
20. Blessed Slumber
21. Pandora's Cube
22. Dawn
23. Nightfall
24. Sounds in the Darkness
25. A Friend in Need
26. Second Sortie
27. To Catch a Biot
28. Exrapolation
29. The Hunt
30. Postmortem II
31. Orvieto Prodigy
32. New York Explorer
33. Missing Person
34. Strange Companions
35. Into the Pit
36. Impact Course
37. Marooned
38. Visitors
39. Waters of Wisdom
40. Alien Invitation
41. A Friend Indeed
42. Two Explorers
43. Exobiological Psychology
44. Another Lair
45. Nikki
46. The Better Part of Valor
47. Progressive Matrices
48. Welcome Earthlings
49. Interaction
50. Hope Springs Eternal
51. Escape Harness
52. Flight 302
53. Trinity
54. Once a Hero
55. The Voice of Michael
56. An Answered Prayer
57. Three's Company
58. Hobson's Choice
59. Dream of Destiny
60. Return to Rama
61. Endangered Spacecraft
62. The Final Hour
Series & Lists edit
This is book 2 of 6 in Rama. (standard series)
Preceded by Rendezvous with Rama, and followed by The Garden of Rama.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Arthur C. Clarke (Author)
- Gentry Lee (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
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Publication Date: 1989
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Page Count: 466
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Publication Date: 1989
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Page Count: 466
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- Dewey: 823.914
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