Rama Revealed Paperback – January 1, 1995

It isn't just science fiction. It is a philosophical masterpiece. It allows the reader to try, a little, to understand the meaning of life. It shows the greatest strengths and weaknesses of humanity. It puts everyday life in perspective.

Us readers had many questions about how Nicole Des Jardins made out in RAMA. This was a fitting end to the series.

Having alway been enamored by inventive stories. I don’t know why I missed this series but am certainly glad I read it now.I was helping raise children in the 90’s.The characters and their growth (and deaths) haunt my imagination.

The Rama trilogy is really worth your time and attention if you like Sci Fi.

Having been burnt by buying co-authored sequels of popular works, I should have stopped with the first Rama novel, but I bought all three. I found the beginning of Rama II unreadable and put them all aside. Crediting a reviewer who said it improves after the first 100 pages, I returned. I didn't find it tolerable until about 150 pages had been skimmed, but I continued after that.Neither Rama II nor Garden of Rama are bad enough to trash (a personal threshold difficult to satisfy), so I intend to give both to the local library. Rama Revealed (hopefully the final installment) is, however, worth keeping even though at least one other reviewer finds the works of ever-dwindling value, It summarizes a prolix tale that, taken as a whole, contains interesting ideas. Yet, if I get desperate enough to reread Rama Revealed, I hope to recall that it should end several chapters before it does.

Bottom Line: I enjoyed reading this series every evening over the last few months.Some of the books were great and others were just ok. I read that they are going to make Rama into a movie and hopefully a series. It will be interesting to see the screen adaptation.Here's my quick take on each book:Rendezvous with Rama: Best of the series. Love the mystery and suspense. It was tailor-made for a sequel and has the potential to be a great movie.Rama II: A very different book than the first. Think "The Expanse" for political intrigue. Not as compelling as the first.Garden of Rama: I felt this was the weakest book in the series, though the final quarter improves and sets the stage for the conclusion of the series.Rama Revealed: I really liked the author's imagination and overall I felt that this book was the most creative in the series. It was also a bit of a page-turner for me.I would ignore the negative comments and definitely give the series a try. I think that any screen adoption will need to modify the plot line and some of the characters to keep things moving.

Book arrived early and in the described condition. Good deal.

Arthur Clark is never disappointing. I had read Glide Path thinking it would just really about airplanes and radar (borring’ but it wasn’t at all. I was glad I read it.