{"product_id":"rendezvous-with-rama-paperback","title":"Rendezvous with Rama - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eArthur C. Clarke\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAstronauts explore an alien spacecraft hurtling toward the sun in this Hugo and Nebula Award-winning novel --\"a stone-cold classic\" of hard sci-fi (\u003cem\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eAn enormous cylindrical object has entered Earth's solar system on a collision course with the sun. A team of astronauts are sent to explore the mysterious craft, which the denizens of the solar system name Rama. What they find is astonishing evidence of a civilization far more advanced than ours. They find an interior stretching over fifty kilometers; a forbidding cylindrical sea; mysterious and inaccessible buildings; and strange machine-animal hybrids, or \"biots,\" that inhabit the ship. But what they don't find is an alien presence. So who--and where--are the Ramans?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eOften listed as one of Clarke's finest novels, \u003cem\u003eRendezvous with Rama\u003c\/em\u003e won numerous awards, including the Hugo, the Nebula, the Jupiter, and the British Science Fiction Awards. A fast-paced and compelling story of an enigmatic encounter with alien technology, \u003cem\u003eRendezvous with Rama\u003c\/em\u003e offers both answers and unsolved mysteries that will continue to fascinate readers for generations.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\"Mr. Clarke is splendid . . . We experience that chilling touch of the alien, the not-quite-knowable, that distinguishes SF at its most technically imaginative.\" --\u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eARTHUR C. CLARKE (1917-2008), one of the most influential figures in twentieth-century science fiction, wrote over fifty novels and co-wrote the movie \u003ci\u003e2001: A Space Odyssey\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eRendezvous with Rama\u003c\/i\u003e earned Clarke both a Hugo Award and a Nebula Award. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 13, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Rendezvous with Rama\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Grades, 9-12\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8.2\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 13\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42692821680191,"sku":"9780358380221","price":22.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/17b6117b35841408786ef5db05c73667.webp?v=1764996741","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/rendezvous-with-rama-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}