I absolutely loved this book and the entire series. I read it as an early teen, like, a million years ago! It has easily been 20 years since I opened the cover of any of them, sad to say! When I saw your review of this great book, which doubled as my intro to your channel (20 Oct 24), I was quite excited. LOVED that you mention Fountains of Paradise; another great story. Personally, though, I hold Songs From Distant Earth as my favorite as his.
Thank you so much for the comment and welcome to my little sci-fi shed. Clarke has got to be my favourite of the big 3, so many books I (we) could mention here I'm sure. Songs from distant earth was awesome as well, gees, it's must be close to 30 years since I last read that one. Thanks again for the comment.
love rendezvous with rama, have also read rama 2 and garden of rama, not as bad as the reviews would have you believe, some interesting ideas in both, you've made me want to read the last rama book, rama revealled! will probably read it next week!
@richardbrown8966 Thanks Richard, I agree, the sequels are still worth the read I should have mentioned. That's the other sequel that didn't come to mind when I was shooting the video, thanks for bringing it up.
I've read both The Martian and Artemis by Andy Weir and I thought Artemis to be similar in ways to The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress. So if Andy Weir has never read Arthur C. Clarke, I strongly suspect he has read Robert Heinlein. But I suspect he has read Clarke as well.
i read RWR back in the day and just recently Rama II and lost my mojo for the third, thinking it overlong. all the slinking around in corridors and halls seemed like a video game to me. i think i finished it, but probably skimmed to the end. Rama II was stronger IMO. the concept was good and the mystery carried me along, as you say, but i've had enough. i'm currently reading 'Exhalation' by Ted Chiang. a collection of shorts i reckon you would enjoy. very well written, lots of accolades. i just finished Simmons' Flashback, which was good, as usual, but i was glad to be done with his dystopia. nice placement for RWR, did him proud.
I share your enthusiasm for Rendezvous with Rama. Clarke doing what he did so well. If one likes Rendezvous.., then I'd also recommend Eon by Greg Bear. A similar concept in terms of a large object appearing in space, and it appears to be built for some civilization not-seen. But a different story otherwise. Good stuff. Thanks.
I absolutely loved this book and the entire series. I read it as an early teen, like, a million years ago! It has easily been 20 years since I opened the cover of any of them, sad to say! When I saw your review of this great book, which doubled as my intro to your channel (20 Oct 24), I was quite excited. LOVED that you mention Fountains of Paradise; another great story. Personally, though, I hold Songs From Distant Earth as my favorite as his.
Thank you so much for the comment and welcome to my little sci-fi shed. Clarke has got to be my favourite of the big 3, so many books I (we) could mention here I'm sure. Songs from distant earth was awesome as well, gees, it's must be close to 30 years since I last read that one. Thanks again for the comment.
love rendezvous with rama, have also read rama 2 and garden of rama, not as bad as the reviews would have you believe, some interesting ideas in both, you've made me want to read the last rama book, rama revealled! will probably read it next week!
@richardbrown8966 Thanks Richard, I agree, the sequels are still worth the read I should have mentioned. That's the other sequel that didn't come to mind when I was shooting the video, thanks for bringing it up.
Read the book in high school back in the late 70s. I know I read the sequels but not sure if I read Rama Revealed.
I would recommend "Make Room, Make Room" by Harry Harrison and "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
@@stephenlitten1789 two absolute classics. 💯 agree
I think this may have to be my next Clarke after I read 3001. I wonder if Andy Weir has read much Clarke - as you say, very similar vibes
Hiya Nev, I can't remember reading anything about Weir and Clarke, but I wouldn't be surprised. I'm looking forward to your views on it. Cheers
I've read both The Martian and Artemis by Andy Weir and I thought Artemis to be similar in ways to The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress. So if Andy Weir has never read Arthur C. Clarke, I strongly suspect he has read Robert Heinlein.
But I suspect he has read Clarke as well.
Loved the First Edition.
Hated the sequels.
Can't wait to see it on IMAX.
It would be great to watch for sure. I also read the sequels and don't think they quite had the same impact. Cheers for the comment.
i read RWR back in the day and just recently Rama II and lost my mojo for the third, thinking it overlong. all the slinking around in corridors and halls seemed like a video game to me. i think i finished it, but probably skimmed to the end. Rama II was stronger IMO.
the concept was good and the mystery carried me along, as you say, but i've had enough.
i'm currently reading 'Exhalation' by Ted Chiang. a collection of shorts i reckon you would enjoy. very well written, lots of accolades.
i just finished Simmons' Flashback, which was good, as usual, but i was glad to be done with his dystopia.
nice placement for RWR, did him proud.
I don't think I've read exhalation, I'll have to keep an eye on it, BTW, was it you that recommended Radix?
@@thesci-fished no. never read it.
I share your enthusiasm for Rendezvous with Rama. Clarke doing what he did so well. If one likes Rendezvous.., then I'd also recommend Eon by Greg Bear. A similar concept in terms of a large object appearing in space, and it appears to be built for some civilization not-seen. But a different story otherwise. Good stuff. Thanks.
Thank you, Eon was great, I should reread that one of these days and share my thoughts with you all.