I read the book as a teenager. I was a big fan of Clarke. It was the first I remember thinking as soon as I had finished, I wish I had never read this, had no memory of it, so I could enjoy it all over again. Thus I can say, one of my most favorite stories.
You forgot to mention the dream the Captain had at the end, regarding the fact that the Ramans seemed to do everything in threes, so more ships could be expected.
I had been reading all of the Clarke books since well before the movie "2001". Many years later, when he wrote the "Rama" books, I become eager to see movie versions of these stories, but knew that the movie special effects technology of the time could not do justice to the story. However, the movie "Avitar" has shown that special effects technology has improved to the point where "Rama" movies can successfully be created. I am now 80, but hope that I will live lon enough to see them.
While in college, I had a subscription to Analog science fiction magazine. Dune was first published in three issues that magazine, and I have a well preserved copy it. It was printed on acid free archival paper. I want to sell it to someone who would appreciate it. I didn't like the story because it's use of paranormal mental power were more fantasy than science. However, I did enjoy the dune movies.
RwR remains one of the best SF novels that hasn't yet been made as a motion picture. The CGI/special effects have matured enough now that the story is 'doable' at the level it richly deserves. With the right Producer (looks like Denis Villenueve is directing, so hopeful!)), this has the potential to be a modern masterpiece, a contemporary 2001:ASO. I desperately hope that the Hollywood System doesn't pervert this into just another 'Star vehicle' (heh) and or another Space Alien monster/horror movie...looks like Villenueve stays faithful to source material, so I'm already excited. 😉
Yeah, but what’s the actual story? Some astronauts intercept an alien space probe, somehow reactivate it … then what? I love ACC, but I can’t get into _Rama_ because it seems to be little more than a laborious description of the probe (which is hard to visualize since it’s all metric, and I’m FBOW on,y familiar with Imperial). What’s at stake? Who’s the protagonist? What are the themes? Maybe they’re there, but I can’t get into it enough to find out. I’m 12 minutes into this video, and it’s still just describing the probe.
@@xyshomavazax The full Rama's saga by Clarke consists in four books, with plenty of plots, themes, drama and awe: Rendedvous with Rama, Rama II, The Garden of Rama and Rama Revealed.
@@xyshomavazax You sound like Eli on Stargate Universe when confronted about the Jackson video and Rush tells him there was more than 1 video. RAMA was more than 1 book, the first is simply exploring the ship they're trapped on.
Good job with the synopsis and reading. Tough job with a book like this. But the music got kind of loud and distracting in places. It was hard to follow the story in a couple spots because of this. Consider less volume on that next time. But overall, nice job.
If you read the whole series, it's revealed that Rama was a...sample net God dropped into the Solar system to see what was there. We get to meet several other races collected by the Rama probes.
I’m so glad you’ve made these summaries and may them so entertaining. I wish I had more time to commit to reading these novels, I read quite a few when I was younger and had more time than things to do. This is even better than an audiobook because of the brevity and the clarity
Thank you so much! I loved Arthur C Clark's Sci Fi books. They were mostly "hard" sci fi, and his scientific knowledge and the mystery of space fascinated me. He was not so interested in the human characters in his stories. That's why I 've never been fond of the other Rama sequels, those he wrote with Gentry Lee. Please keep on doing these...
This is a great recap of the book. There were many parts I had forgotten from many years ago. Hits all the high points without wading through a cylindrical sea of one-dimensional characters. (I would not have been upset if Jimmy got disassembled by the crab. Or perhaps just removing his filings, and any possible metal pins in his leg from a childhood injury) The Science of Rama would make for an interesting series.
Tbh, I kinda didn’t mind the one dimensional characters, as the set piece was the real allure. I’m hoping they don’t make the movie *overly* character driven and drama heavy, looking for wonder and mystery not romance
@@Goodmorning592 You just know that the captain is going to be a black woman. and Jimmy will be a transgender sportsperson. All possibly involved in a love triangle within the crew. Oh and a gay lover back home, whose memories help them fight for survival on Rama.
Thank you! It brought back memories that were quite distant for me - reading the RAMA books. Another ACC book I remember reading at the time, was “The Green Hills of Earth.” Listening to your reading helped me untangle the two stories. Again - thanks.
I read Rama decades ago. I probably would have forgotten a lot of it, but I bought picture book of the Top 10 Sci-fi's. The pictures of Rama, Dune, Ringworld, et al keep me remembering. Nevertheless when I see the movie, it will be all new and enchanting. Hey that green crab is from my picture book. And that starfish with Manhattan and raft. Thanks for the memories Quinn. I enjoyed your reading.
I'm thinking the director will do Dune 3 first then move to Rama. So maybe in 5 years? It is a long wait, but I am excited that sci fi (and video game IPs) ae getting some serious treatment lately. From Foundation to Silo to Three Body Problem to Dune, it is a good time to be a TV/movie fan. in Video games, The Last of Us and Fallout are very well done. I look forward to Horizon and God of War adaptations.
Technically Morgan was the producer not the director. Sadly it was like no one wanted to hear him out on the project. I hope he is one of the producers.
I remember reading this as a teenager. In hindsight it feels very lovecraftian in places, as trained astronauts repeatedly stop and stare, like Victorian explorers at the Mountains of Madness, at things that (frankly) shouldn't be that surprising or mysterious. "Why is the other cliff so high?" really shouldn't have been more than a three minute mystery.
I went to lecture by Clarke before this book came out. He talked about living in Sri Lanka and how its foreigness helped inspire him how aliens would seem so unexpected. He still found new things there after living there extended time. I was lucky enough to see 2001 in its first release in 70mm, 6 channel sound on a big curved screen with audience of about 8 people. We knew nothing about the film other than it involved space travel. Immediately became one of my favorite films with the sheer wonder of it. After reading Rama, my big fear was how it could be ruined by being made into a film.
I also attended a lecture by Clarke before Rama was published, entitled “The Promise of Space” It was also a book, I gave him my paperback copy to sign. Rendezvous with Rama was the first hardback novel I ever purchased. I also worried that Rama would be ruined by an attempt to film it, but that was long before CGI had been invented let alone perfected. Perhaps now it could be done successfully.
I read the Rama series in high school like 15 years ago. I don't remember much. Something like a big tube spaceship don't astronauts stayed on and ride out and find out some strange stuff in space but i pretty much forget it all.
I read this years ago, I remember the story and concept being interesting, but with boring characters. This is a nice summary. The movie could be good if they focus on the ship, the discovery and the research. We certainly have the means to create Rama visually these days.
The Mote in God's Eye probably should be next on the cinema screen, fascinating read; the sociological perspective resembles us going to the stars currently.
Thanks for your take on this and the upload. It takes an effort to put these commentaries and edits together and it is appreciated. Perspective is needed with any older novel in the terms used and particularly racist or sexist elements. Times were different back in the day. Much like the Sci Fi novels and short stories of John Wyndham also, which I prefer as they are less about his knowledge of tech (like Clarke) and more about character, relationships and the story. Stephen King agrees on that point by the way - Wyndham a significant influence on his character-led story telling style. Many of these were written 1930s through 50s and so the language and time consideration require acceptance. Also, bear in mind that ACC worked with NASA at times and so there is an element of US propaganda and mis-information in his work. He was also a homosexual who moved to Sri Lanka to avoid scandal over his affairs with young men (some would say boys). He was used to getting his own way, had a high regard for himself and was also good at keeping secrets. Interesting to take this on board when considering his stories.
Very enjoyable! A few mispronounced words. I didn't make a list so I can only tell you the last one: ecliptic, not elliptic. Keep going, it's a great start!
I read and still have all the paperbacks. Most amazing stuff I ever read. As someone said I hope to see the movie because much of this is so hard to imagine and would be nice to see it explained!
Sounds like a movie adaptation would need a huge budget to properly bring this book and the visuals to life. I bet Scott free productions could do it after I seen their work on the show raised by wolves
Amazing. Thank you so much for this wonderful summary. I was looking for exactly this after learning there is a movie about this story coming out (but not for a few more years). I'm off to watch your other Rama videos. Thank you again. I thoroughly enjoyed this and you were funny too. I laughed at the ramen joke, and being hugged like a long lost brother bit. By the way, a funny thing happened to me while watching this at 28:02. I thought my browser glitched and when I minimized it I realized that background image of Mars just so happens to be the exact one I am using as a wallpaper on my computer. What are the chances! :p
made me think this was just the wild imagination of a man encountering a very appealing female riding an impressive car at the gas station. He thought their encounter was fated, he thought she had followed him down that long street. But in the end, she was just there to get some gas.
Finally! I hope for the best. I would love too a decent film or tv series about Larry Niven's Ringworld, (in IMDB page it seems to be one in development) , or The Mote In God's Eye also by Niven, and Pournelle, or Phillip Jose Farmer's Riverworld (It exists a TV movie, but it's ATROCIOUS)
I didn’t care too much for the Rama series. By far, my favourite Sir Arthur C. Clarke book is The City and The Stars, with perhaps Songs of Distant Earth coming in second.
I do hope this gets made into a movie someday, especially with today's special effects ++Spoilers++ With Rama everything comes in 3s, there's 3 ships total, 2 more ships on the way and 3 more books, it's been a long time since I read them but I remember being not exactly happy with how the last book plays out to be honest, the story changes genres and theme dramatically from wonderous voyage of space travel and discovery to something like commentary on discourse in society, cults, etc.
Love the Rama series... Totally got me into the Sci-Fi genre and made me a solid fan of Arthur C. Clarke. (Check out "Childhood's End" and "The City And The Stars" too!) I think Morgan Freeman owned the movie rights for a long time! Perhaps still does? I've waited for a film about Rama for decades. It can be done. I just hope it's done good and with love and care...
I loved "Rendezvous with Rama", it's one of the greatest science fiction novels of all time in my opinion. After I finished it, I immediately got the sequels; Rama II, The Garden of Rama and Rama Revealed, written by Gentry Lee and Arthur C. Clarke. Oh god, they were so bad. I could really feel how with each sequel, Clarke got less and less involved in the series and gradually handed it over to his much inferior co-author. Those books had the intellectual depth of a Michael Bay movie as well as the action and excitement of a Swedish film production. Rama II, the first sequel was already a kitschy and banal piece of pulp, filled with shallow and lazily written characters like the female antagonist, who was about as interesting as the most boring comic book villain and had no redeeming qualities. The next book was even worse, with a completely unbelievable premise about governments using prison inmates to colonize an alien spacecraft. I was unable to finish it because it was so bad. I just tossed it in a corner of my room and tried to forget it. After that, I didn't even touch the last book of the series, but I read a brief summary online and it's a piece of drek filled with incest. Read "Rendezvous with Rama", but ignore the sequels.
I read them all as they came out over the years, more disappointed with each. What you missed was a religious message at the end that was nowhere near Clarke. I've always wondered how Clarke agreed to that.
@@SiriusJMoonlight Clarke was always fascinated by BDOs ("Big Dumb Objects") and many of his stories featured one: there was the massive spaceship in "Rendezvous with Rama", the space stations of "Islands in the Sky", the space elevator in "The Fountains of Paradise", the monolith in "2001: A Space Odyssey" and so on. His main shtick was to take one such object, explore how it works and the implication of its existence. The human characters of his stories were basically robots created for the sole purpose of exploring the mystery of the BDO. So when he wrote "Rendezvous with Rama", I think he was just finished with the story. The spaceship had been sufficiently explained and there was simply nothing left for him to tell. His publisher probably offered him a ton of money to convince him to make a sequel, but they had to get Gentry Lee to do a lot of the actual writing. And he probably wasn't very motivated because those books would be sold under Clarke's name, with him just being the "co-author".
I've read the books. l'd love to see the films . Rendezvous with Rama would be an amazing film with the sequels too , fantastic.... Also Ringworld series would be a great set of films to see too
WEll, at least I found out what that one was all about. It's just as well I didn't take the tie to readit. I would have been disappointed The trip was better than the goal. as David Gerrold put it in an editorial in STARLOAG some 43 years agol There was no prize in the Cracker Jack box
@@jessepollard7132 What? Like point the nose of a shuttle down and accelerate? That's not what I mean, and you know it. When you increase speed along your orbital trajectory, you gain altitude. If you pointed away from the sun and accelerate, you would actually lose speed and fall closer in. This has been sorted for a while, stop arguing stupid things.
From a scientific perspective, Rama needs to be traveling at a speed faster than the solar system escape velocity. That would make rendezvous very difficult, if not impossible. Clarke, the inventor of the geosynchronous communication satellite, would have known that, but this did not prevent him from writing a very interesting and compelling story.
In the novel, Rama entered the solar system quite similarly to Oumuamua, which had a velocity close to the average of stellar movements of our neighbors. It's quite reasonable for a long range spacecraft on a mission to visit and place beacons on multiple asteroids (which Endeavor was) to have enough delta-V to rendezvous with it and also return home even if it was on an escape trajectory
i dont know why somebody doesnt turn rama into an anime. there is so much great artwork on rama, it will be easier to make and cheaper by a long shot, It wont take away from the book either seeing the depiction in an aime instead of a potential live action flop. Most live actions flop because the die hard fans need to compare the live action to the book or comics.
He abridged the first few pages regarding the meteor that nearly wiped out Italy and the necessity to build sentinel satellites to be an early warning system for any future meteor trespasses.
R.W.R. is too vast to be made into a single movie (think DUNE 1984!) Denis Villeneuve is a great choice as director, but I think it would work better as a series for TV.
I want to see this film more than anything!
I read the book as a teenager. I was a big fan of Clarke. It was the first I remember thinking as soon as I had finished, I wish I had never read this, had no memory of it, so I could enjoy it all over again. Thus I can say, one of my most favorite stories.
Yes. Me too. I read it but didn't really understand it.
@@lariddHe meant that he enjoyed the story so much, that he wished he could re-read it again for the first time.
Did you read the following two books?
One of the only directors who could do this book justice is Villeneuve. Anxious to see what he ends up doing.
You forgot to mention the dream the Captain had at the end, regarding the fact that the Ramans seemed to do everything in threes, so more ships could be expected.
Thank you. Read the book back in the mid -70s. Still remembered most details. Very enjoyable.
I had been reading all of the Clarke books since well before the movie "2001". Many years later, when he wrote the "Rama" books, I become eager to see movie versions of these stories, but knew that the movie special effects technology of the time could not do justice to the story. However, the movie "Avitar" has shown that special effects technology has improved to the point where "Rama" movies can successfully be created. I am now 80, but hope that I will live lon enough to see them.
The movie is coming, my friend! It's good motivation for you to stay healthy, exercise, and eat well :)
In the meantime, did you like his Dune movie?
While in college, I had a subscription to Analog science fiction magazine. Dune was first published in three issues that magazine, and I have a well preserved copy it. It was printed on acid free archival paper. I want to sell it to someone who would appreciate it. I didn't like the story because it's use of paranormal mental power were more fantasy than science. However, I did enjoy the dune movies.
The guy who did Dune is doing Rama so I hope you get to see it man!
I hope so too. We have the tech.
I read that novel YEARS ago. It was one of Clarke’s best. Thanks for the video!
I've never read rendezvous with Rama but now after this I'm compelled to
Excellent series on Rama! Much appeciated!
RwR remains one of the best SF novels that hasn't yet been made as a motion picture. The CGI/special effects have matured enough now that the story is 'doable' at the level it richly deserves. With the right Producer (looks like Denis Villenueve is directing, so hopeful!)), this has the potential to be a modern masterpiece, a contemporary 2001:ASO. I desperately hope that the Hollywood System doesn't pervert this into just another 'Star vehicle' (heh) and or another Space Alien monster/horror movie...looks like Villenueve stays faithful to source material, so I'm already excited. 😉
Yeah, but what’s the actual story? Some astronauts intercept an alien space probe, somehow reactivate it … then what? I love ACC, but I can’t get into _Rama_ because it seems to be little more than a laborious description of the probe (which is hard to visualize since it’s all metric, and I’m FBOW on,y familiar with Imperial). What’s at stake? Who’s the protagonist? What are the themes? Maybe they’re there, but I can’t get into it enough to find out. I’m 12 minutes into this video, and it’s still just describing the probe.
@@xyshomavazax The experience of awe, the wonder of why.
@@xyshomavazax The full Rama's saga by Clarke consists in four books, with plenty of plots, themes, drama and awe: Rendedvous with Rama, Rama II, The Garden of Rama and Rama Revealed.
@@xyshomavazaxthis is a four parter buddy 👍
@@xyshomavazax You sound like Eli on Stargate Universe when confronted about the Jackson video and Rush tells him there was more than 1 video. RAMA was more than 1 book, the first is simply exploring the ship they're trapped on.
Good job with the synopsis and reading. Tough job with a book like this. But the music got kind of loud and distracting in places. It was hard to follow the story in a couple spots because of this. Consider less volume on that next time. But overall, nice job.
One of the best hard sci-fi tales from its era. Thanks for the abridged version!
If you read the whole series, it's revealed that Rama was a...sample net God dropped into the Solar system to see what was there. We get to meet several other races collected by the Rama probes.
I’m so glad you’ve made these summaries and may them so entertaining. I wish I had more time to commit to reading these novels, I read quite a few when I was younger and had more time than things to do. This is even better than an audiobook because of the brevity and the clarity
Thank you so much! I loved Arthur C Clark's Sci Fi books. They were mostly "hard" sci fi, and his scientific knowledge and the mystery of space fascinated me. He was not so interested in the human characters in his stories. That's why I 've never been fond of the other Rama sequels, those he wrote with Gentry Lee. Please keep on doing these...
There is serious comedy with this one. I love the side notes, the pausing of story, the injecting of silky comments. 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Dude I just finished the audiobook this morning. So badass
that entire hour went by in a flash. great video.
This is a great recap of the book. There were many parts I had forgotten from many years ago. Hits all the high points without wading through a cylindrical sea of one-dimensional characters. (I would not have been upset if Jimmy got disassembled by the crab. Or perhaps just removing his filings, and any possible metal pins in his leg from a childhood injury)
The Science of Rama would make for an interesting series.
Tbh, I kinda didn’t mind the one dimensional characters, as the set piece was the real allure. I’m hoping they don’t make the movie *overly* character driven and drama heavy, looking for wonder and mystery not romance
@@Goodmorning592 You just know that the captain is going to be a black woman. and Jimmy will be a transgender sportsperson. All possibly involved in a love triangle within the crew. Oh and a gay lover back home, whose memories help them fight for survival on Rama.
@@Tenraiden :( 😂
Thank you! It brought back memories that were quite distant for me - reading the RAMA books. Another ACC book I remember reading at the time, was “The Green Hills of Earth.” Listening to your reading helped me untangle the two stories. Again - thanks.
_The Green Hills of Earth_ was written by Robert Heinlein
I read Rama decades ago. I probably would have forgotten a lot of it, but I bought picture book of the Top 10 Sci-fi's. The pictures of Rama, Dune, Ringworld, et al keep me remembering. Nevertheless when I see the movie, it will be all new and enchanting. Hey that green crab is from my picture book. And that starfish with Manhattan and raft. Thanks for the memories Quinn. I enjoyed your reading.
I’ve been hearing this story of a movie for ten years. Not holding my breath till I see a teaser trailer.
I'm thinking the director will do Dune 3 first then move to Rama. So maybe in 5 years?
It is a long wait, but I am excited that sci fi (and video game IPs) ae getting some serious treatment lately. From Foundation to Silo to Three Body Problem to Dune, it is a good time to be a TV/movie fan.
in Video games, The Last of Us and Fallout are very well done. I look forward to Horizon and God of War adaptations.
Great idea condensing it down to something palatable.
Got a sub in the hope you tackle other novels.
Technically Morgan was the producer not the director. Sadly it was like no one wanted to hear him out on the project. I hope he is one of the producers.
I remember reading this as a teenager. In hindsight it feels very lovecraftian in places, as trained astronauts repeatedly stop and stare, like Victorian explorers at the Mountains of Madness, at things that (frankly) shouldn't be that surprising or mysterious. "Why is the other cliff so high?" really shouldn't have been more than a three minute mystery.
Tension for the book and any non-science type reader.
Nice story telling! Beats me spending half a day to read the book.
It was great revisiting this book with illustrations. Thank you. I remember it all the crabs, the cities. The blades of the sun.
This was one of my favorites as a kid. I enjoyed this synopsis. Subscribed
I went to lecture by Clarke before this book came out. He talked about living in Sri Lanka and how its foreigness helped inspire him how aliens would seem so unexpected. He still found new things there after living there extended time. I was lucky enough to see 2001 in its first release in 70mm, 6 channel sound on a big curved screen with audience of about 8 people. We knew nothing about the film other than it involved space travel. Immediately became one of my favorite films with the sheer wonder of it. After reading Rama, my big fear was how it could be ruined by being made into a film.
I also attended a lecture by Clarke before Rama was published, entitled “The Promise of Space” It was also a book, I gave him my paperback copy to sign. Rendezvous with Rama was the first hardback novel I ever purchased. I also worried that Rama would be ruined by an attempt to film it, but that was long before CGI had been invented let alone perfected. Perhaps now it could be done successfully.
Thank you for this! I didn’t remember the book and the entire story very well - so it was a pleasure for me
I read the book many years ago and loved it. Very good overview of it. would love to see them make a movie out of it.
Thanks for the recap. It's been along time since I read this series.
I wish James Cameron was doing this movie. He is the only producer that could do this story justice.
The only book I've read more than once and is my all time favorite....can't wait for the movie
Can't wait! One of my favorite books period.
Hopefully you will do the rest of the books in the series too..
This was so fun to listen to while I did busywork - thank you! Especially loved your enthusiasm and eclipse sidetrack story :)
Wonderful work! Thanks for rekindling the great memory of reading this book!
I read the Rama series in high school like 15 years ago. I don't remember much. Something like a big tube spaceship don't astronauts stayed on and ride out and find out some strange stuff in space but i pretty much forget it all.
Thanks.
If done right, it would be an awesome miniseries.
A two hour movie wouldn't do it justice.
I read this years ago, I remember the story and concept being interesting, but with boring characters. This is a nice summary.
The movie could be good if they focus on the ship, the discovery and the research. We certainly have the means to create Rama visually these days.
The Mote in God's Eye probably should be next on the cinema screen, fascinating read; the sociological perspective resembles us going to the stars currently.
Mote would be the greatest but ... the society and politics of the Empire-as-written couldn't be accepted by the modern Media and Millennials.
One of my fav sci fi series of all time!!! It evoke emotions that very few authors can do
This was friggin’ AWESOME! Thank you!
Thanks for your take on this and the upload. It takes an effort to put these commentaries and edits together and it is appreciated.
Perspective is needed with any older novel in the terms used and particularly racist or sexist elements. Times were different back in the day. Much like the Sci Fi novels and short stories of John Wyndham also, which I prefer as they are less about his knowledge of tech (like Clarke) and more about character, relationships and the story. Stephen King agrees on that point by the way - Wyndham a significant influence on his character-led story telling style. Many of these were written 1930s through 50s and so the language and time consideration require acceptance.
Also, bear in mind that ACC worked with NASA at times and so there is an element of US propaganda and mis-information in his work. He was also a homosexual who moved to Sri Lanka to avoid scandal over his affairs with young men (some would say boys). He was used to getting his own way, had a high regard for himself and was also good at keeping secrets. Interesting to take this on board when considering his stories.
I am glad I never picked up on his alleged boy preferences when I read his books. I wondered why Sri Lanka.
A big fan of Arthur C Clarke. Thank you, That was a great version of the book. Very interesting listening.
Very enjoyable!
A few mispronounced words. I didn't make a list so I can only tell you the last one: ecliptic, not elliptic.
Keep going, it's a great start!
I read and still have all the paperbacks. Most amazing stuff I ever read. As someone said I hope to see the movie because much of this is so hard to imagine and would be nice to see it explained!
Sounds like a movie adaptation would need a huge budget to properly bring this book and the visuals to life. I bet Scott free productions could do it after I seen their work on the show raised by wolves
Really hope they make a movie or even better, a TV series.
It will make a beatiful but odd movie as nothing happens in the book. Can't wait to see what Denis makes of it.
great job thanks for this.
The Rama's do everything in three's
Yess,,,,
Amazing. Thank you so much for this wonderful summary. I was looking for exactly this after learning there is a movie about this story coming out (but not for a few more years). I'm off to watch your other Rama videos.
Thank you again. I thoroughly enjoyed this and you were funny too. I laughed at the ramen joke, and being hugged like a long lost brother bit.
By the way, a funny thing happened to me while watching this at 28:02. I thought my browser glitched and when I minimized it I realized that background image of Mars just so happens to be the exact one I am using as a wallpaper on my computer. What are the chances! :p
I would prefer a movie based on the short stories, "Rescue Party" or "Superiority". Either one will do.
Very well told! Thanks
Amazing story, thank you and be well.
Well, I find the books so good that I will stay with those and not bother to watch the movie versions.
I hope he does it justice . I am SO !@#$ing tired of studios !@#$ing up decent stories when they turn them into movies.
made me think this was just the wild imagination of a man encountering a very appealing female riding an impressive car at the gas station. He thought their encounter was fated, he thought she had followed him down that long street. But in the end, she was just there to get some gas.
Brilliant! Thank you.
Thank you much.
Finally! I hope for the best.
I would love too a decent film or tv series about Larry Niven's Ringworld, (in IMDB page it seems to be one in development) , or The Mote In God's Eye also by Niven, and Pournelle,
or Phillip Jose Farmer's Riverworld (It exists a TV movie, but it's ATROCIOUS)
Excellent narration, Great video!
Awesome video!
I didn’t care too much for the Rama series. By far, my favourite Sir Arthur C. Clarke book is The City and The Stars, with perhaps Songs of Distant Earth coming in second.
I prefer Songs myself, tied with RwR for me. RIP Earth.
Freeman wasn't going to direct - he was going to produce & star, David Fincher was going to direct.
I do hope this gets made into a movie someday, especially with today's special effects
++Spoilers++
With Rama everything comes in 3s, there's 3 ships total, 2 more ships on the way and 3 more books, it's been a long time since I read them but I remember being not exactly happy with how the last book plays out to be honest, the story changes genres and theme dramatically from wonderous voyage of space travel and discovery to something like commentary on discourse in society, cults, etc.
Love the Rama series...
Totally got me into the Sci-Fi genre and made me a solid fan of Arthur C. Clarke.
(Check out "Childhood's End" and "The City And The Stars" too!)
I think Morgan Freeman owned the movie rights for a long time! Perhaps still does? I've waited for a film about Rama for decades. It can be done. I just hope it's done good and with love and care...
I loved "Rendezvous with Rama", it's one of the greatest science fiction novels of all time in my opinion.
After I finished it, I immediately got the sequels; Rama II, The Garden of Rama and Rama Revealed, written by Gentry Lee and Arthur C. Clarke.
Oh god, they were so bad. I could really feel how with each sequel, Clarke got less and less involved in the series and gradually handed it over to his much inferior co-author. Those books had the intellectual depth of a Michael Bay movie as well as the action and excitement of a Swedish film production.
Rama II, the first sequel was already a kitschy and banal piece of pulp, filled with shallow and lazily written characters like the female antagonist, who was about as interesting as the most boring comic book villain and had no redeeming qualities. The next book was even worse, with a completely unbelievable premise about governments using prison inmates to colonize an alien spacecraft. I was unable to finish it because it was so bad. I just tossed it in a corner of my room and tried to forget it. After that, I didn't even touch the last book of the series, but I read a brief summary online and it's a piece of drek filled with incest.
Read "Rendezvous with Rama", but ignore the sequels.
I loved every book in the series including the two set in the Rama universe. I own them all.
I read them all as they came out over the years, more disappointed with each. What you missed was a religious message at the end that was nowhere near Clarke. I've always wondered how Clarke agreed to that.
@@SiriusJMoonlight Clarke was always fascinated by BDOs ("Big Dumb Objects") and many of his stories featured one: there was the massive spaceship in "Rendezvous with Rama", the space stations of "Islands in the Sky", the space elevator in "The Fountains of Paradise", the monolith in "2001: A Space Odyssey" and so on.
His main shtick was to take one such object, explore how it works and the implication of its existence. The human characters of his stories were basically robots created for the sole purpose of exploring the mystery of the BDO.
So when he wrote "Rendezvous with Rama", I think he was just finished with the story. The spaceship had been sufficiently explained and there was simply nothing left for him to tell.
His publisher probably offered him a ton of money to convince him to make a sequel, but they had to get Gentry Lee to do a lot of the actual writing. And he probably wasn't very motivated because those books would be sold under Clarke's name, with him just being the "co-author".
I really liked the video and the story but the music was a little distracting sometimes.. anyway im subscribed now :)
The 2001 series got me into Clarke. I liked Childhoods End. That would make an awesome movie. Rama really interested me. I only read the first one.
23:30 what is this crazy background music?
Read the book! You will understand & appreciate the movie better.
Really enjoyed this! 2nd book?
OUTSTANDING!!!!!!!
Rama was looking for me... :)
I've read the books. l'd love to see the films . Rendezvous with Rama would be an amazing film with the sequels too , fantastic.... Also Ringworld series would be a great set of films to see too
That was nice. Thank you.
I hope he won't do absurd changes like he did on Dune
Where was the Commanders camera. Videos, Stills.
WEll, at least I found out what that one was all about. It's just as well I didn't take the tie to readit. I would have been disappointed The trip was better than the goal. as David Gerrold put it in an editorial in STARLOAG some 43 years agol There was no prize in the Cracker Jack box
Nice video 📹 thanks🎉
Acceleration moves your orbit away from a gravity well, not towards it.
Depends on the direction of the acceleration
@@jessepollard7132 What? Like point the nose of a shuttle down and accelerate? That's not what I mean, and you know it. When you increase speed along your orbital trajectory, you gain altitude. If you pointed away from the sun and accelerate, you would actually lose speed and fall closer in. This has been sorted for a while, stop arguing stupid things.
What was the background music? You didn't list it in the description.
From a scientific perspective, Rama needs to be traveling at a speed faster than the solar system escape velocity. That would make rendezvous very difficult, if not impossible. Clarke, the inventor of the geosynchronous communication satellite, would have known that, but this did not prevent him from writing a very interesting and compelling story.
Who says rama is drifting aimlessly? Perhaps it decelerated as it approached the sol system
In the novel, Rama entered the solar system quite similarly to Oumuamua, which had a velocity close to the average of stellar movements of our neighbors. It's quite reasonable for a long range spacecraft on a mission to visit and place beacons on multiple asteroids (which Endeavor was) to have enough delta-V to rendezvous with it and also return home even if it was on an escape trajectory
Jimmy Pak. Subtle. 😂
i dont know why somebody doesnt turn rama into an anime. there is so much great artwork on rama, it will be easier to make and cheaper by a long shot, It wont take away from the book either seeing the depiction in an aime instead of a potential live action flop. Most live actions flop because the die hard fans need to compare the live action to the book or comics.
music is WAY too loud
Why does everyone seems to think Manhatten is an Island?
Very cool. What's next?
I'm still hoping for movie versions of Greg Bear's - EON series and Scalzi's - Old Mans War series of books.
thanks
You have just read the book word for word.
He abridged the first few pages regarding the meteor that nearly wiped out Italy and the necessity to build sentinel satellites to be an early warning system for any future meteor trespasses.
Are they going to finally make this into a movie?
I read RVR many moons ago, IMO its still a classic, I liked Rama II, sadly disliked 3 & 4,
I dont remember any towns other than the ones they made
R.W.R. is too vast to be made into a single movie (think DUNE 1984!) Denis Villeneuve is a great choice as director, but I think it would work better as a series for TV.
7:20 ah, the Simps,
Make the music louder!
Thank you. I can't get enough of it myself.