The ambitious rama project was started in the late 70s, but was never completed. The program allows you to talk with three other crew members, and comes complete with detailed maps of rama and the endeavor. Rendezvous with rama episode 1 huffduffed by trowton on december 8th, 2010. Rendezvous with rama is one of those books i would be afraid of if they turned it into a mini series or film. Rama ii, written with gentry lee and published in 1989 book 3.
Select any poster below to play the movie, totally free. Rama ii is the first novel of the new rama series, as rendezvous with rama is not always counted as part of it. That is what rendezvous with rama accomplishes so spectacularly at the end of all of the build up, we are left with nothing but ourselves. Newest rendezvouswithrama questions science fiction. Rama revealed, written with gentry lee and published in 1993. Watch stunning fanmade rendezvous with rama movie trailer. At first, only a few things are known about the celestial object that astronomers dub rama.
Rama ii is not as good as rendezvous with rama, the society is bland, the technological speculation isnt as exciting and the mysteries dont appear until the decidedly more interesting last third or half, or thereabouts of the book. The first novel of a series is almost guaranteed to be the best and any subsequent sequels will pale in comparison to some degree due to human nature alone. Rama is a vast alien spacecraft that enters the solar system, a perfect cylinder. The story is told from the point of view of a group of human explorers who intercept the ship in an attempt to unlock its mysteries. Set in the 2s, the story involves a 50kilometre 31 mile cylindrical alien starship that enters the solar system. An alltime science fiction classic, rendezvous with rama is also one of clarkes best novelsit won the campbell, hugo, jupiter, and nebula awards. Rendezvous with rama ended with the humans leaving the ship and rama s getting too close to the sun for further human approaches. Rendezvous with rama vancouver film school vfs duration. In 2003, after initial problems procuring funding, it appeared the project would go. Rendezvous with rama is probably one of the simplest yet most powerful and thoughtprovoking books i have ever read. Buy a discounted paperback of rendezvous with rama online from. A team is assembled to travel to gigantic space object to explore it.
Written primarily by lee, rama ii has a distinctly different writing style than the original, with a more characterdriven narrative and a closertocontemporary mindset, ambience and human relations. Rendezvous with rama is the first computer adventure game to be produced in collaboration with arthur c. A fastpaced and compelling story of an enigmatic encounter with alien technology, rendezvous with rama offers both answers and unsolved mysteries that will continue to fascinate readers for generations. Written in collaboration with gentry lee, rama ii has a completely different focus from rendezvous with rama. Rendezvous with rama is not the first big dumb object science fiction novel, but its one of the most influential. A space odessey, rendezvous with rama is widely regarded as one of clarkes best works, and is often cited as a quintessential example of hard science fiction. The rama series is a collection of science fiction novels by the award winning. The following 3 novels were cowritten with gentry lee and the last two. When the mysterious space object known as rama appears in the solar system, the. On imdb tv, you can catch hollywood hits and popular tv series at no cost.
Clarke novel, produced by the cinema group four film ensemble. Rendezvous with rama a bbc radio scifi drama youtube. Questions tagged rendezvouswithrama ask question for questions about rendezvous with rama, a hard science fiction novel by arthur c. Rendezvous with rama is not in active development starring morgan freeman. What is the secret at the heart of the space object known as rama. It recounts humankinds further interaction with the ramans, first introduced in rendezvous with rama.
Another great, and similar ending is the story of our lives by ted chiang which was used as source material for arrival though they kind of ruined it by changing the ending imo. It opens with the discovery, via a fictional program to watch for asteroids that might collide with the earth, of an object coming from outside the. Two centuries from now, scientists detect a 10 trillion ton object, nicknamed rama, hurtling through earths solar system at an. Rendezvous with rama episode 1 huffduffed by portenkirchner on march 23rd, 2009. An unofficial film adaptation based on the arthur c. Clarkes novel won both the hugo and nebula awards upon its release, and coming hard on the heels of 2001. Clarke and based upon his science fiction novel rendezvous with rama. I dont know what this nonsense about colonies or human children found in rama s belly is. The ambitious rama project was started in the late 70s, but was never completed, as cinema group four dissolved. The citizens of the solar system send a ship to investigate before the enigmatic craft, called rama, disappears.
A worthwhile book if you enjoyed rendezvous with rama. And why, years after the event, has commander william norton. Rendezvous with rama focused almost entirely on the exploration of an enormous alien spacecraft. Multiple disks offer extended playand the game may be played with or without graphics. The garden of rama, written with gentry lee and published in 1991 book 4. Were talking about the movie adaptation of arthur c. Rendezvous with rama episode 1 huffduffed by theflow on april 4th, 2009. A look behind the scenes of the rendezvous with rama short film. Set in the 2s, the story involves a 50by20kilometre 31 by 12 mi cylindrical alien starship that enters the solar system. Original book was incredible, the sequel on the other hand was utter pants read more. Intermediate level points for understanding answer key macmillan guided readers moderns rendezvous with rama 2 this page has been downloaded from it is photocopiable, but all copies must be complete pages. And it is hurtling through the solar system at an inconceivable speed.
Rama was a vast artifact flung out between the stars spending thousands or more likely millions of years in the cold, dark, interstellar void only coming close to stars to tap them for energy to make course adjustments. Rama swung around and catapulted itself into interstellar space. Rendezvous with rama video 2003 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Clarkes classic novel rendezvous with rama that looked for years as if it was actually. Clarkes classic novel rendezvous with rama that looked for years as if it was actually going to happenimdb once had a. Short video i put together adding the music i composed rendezvous with rama. Released in 1985 on dos, its still available and playable with some tinkering. Rama 1 prototype cylindrical seas flow when the spin stops. Rendezvous with rama by ruth garbus, released 04 january 2010 1. Rendezvous with rama is a science fiction novel by british writer arthur c. Hes in the midst of an incredible amount of awards season love for the social network, filming the girl with the dragon tattoo, setting up 20,000 leagues under the sea as his first 3d film, and planning for his next two films after that to be the reincarnation of peter proud and the morgan freemanstarring rendezvous with rama.
Rendezvous with rama episode 1 huffduffed by piamch8eec on january 12th, 2012. Seventy years after the events of rendezvous with rama, a second raman vessel. Outside the asteroid and mission to the asteroid from the 1995 pc game the dig. Some elder statesmen, accustomed to the instantaneous communications that earth had long taken for granted, had never reconciled themselves to the fact that radio waves took minutes, or even hours, to journey across the gulfs between the planets. In the hands of fincher, this promises to be an absolutely amazing scifi.
Rendezvous with rama, first published in 1973 book 2. Rendezvous with rama the movie promises to be a hard science fiction film filled with tension, action, thrills and above all else, a profound sense of wonder. Rendezvous with rama is an interactive fiction computer game with graphics published by telarium formerly known as trillium, a subsidiary of spinnaker software, in the year 1984. It is mankinds first visitor from the stars and must be investigated. This is the method we will use to build the cylinder world. A huge, mysterious, cylindrical object appears in space, swooping in toward the sun. Its an adventure game, set in an interactive fiction, scifi futuristic, licensed title and puzzle elements themes and it was released on commodore 64 and apple ii. The first works that i think of that was influenced by rwr is john varleys excellent titan series, first coming. Gentry lee also wrote two further novels set in the same rama universe. Rendezvous with rama a behind the scenes production film. This book is the first in a series of four that continue the rama story.
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