# Has anyone read 'Revenge of Rama' **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 2, 2003, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-read-revenge-of-rama/152309 "2003-02-02T15:23:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ryan\_Liam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ryan_liam/32/3965_2.png) [@Ryan\_Liam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ryan_Liam)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2003, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-read-revenge-of-rama/152309/1 "2003-02-02T15:23:50Z")
Has anyone read this book? Because I would like to know what it is about, I have read the book but I couldn’t ‘get into it’ if you know what I mean. ---
**Author:** ![belladonna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9fc29f/32.png) [@belladonna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/belladonna)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2003, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-read-revenge-of-rama/152309/2 "2003-02-02T16:44:44Z")
Is it one of the Arthur C. Clark sci-fi series? The title doesn’t sound familiar, but his were all about Rama and I liked them a lot. ---
**Author:** ![Daniel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Daniel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daniel)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2003, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-read-revenge-of-rama/152309/3 "2003-02-02T16:48:38Z")
Rendesvous With Rama was an awesome book, but the three that followed were kind of a collaboration (and an afterthought) and just a bit different enough that a fan of the first might not be a fan of the rest. Assuming that’s what you’re talking about. I don’t remember their names. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2003, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-read-revenge-of-rama/152309/4 "2003-02-02T16:51:57Z")
[Amazon.com](http://Amazon.com) has no mention of “Revenge of Rama”. Did you mean “Rama II”? ---
**Author:** ![Ryan\_Liam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ryan_liam/32/3965_2.png) [@Ryan\_Liam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ryan_Liam)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2003, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-read-revenge-of-rama/152309/5 "2003-02-02T17:12:22Z")
Yes, the books written by Arthur C. Clarke ---
**Author:** ![brianmelendez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/65b543/32.png) [@brianmelendez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brianmelendez)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2003, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-read-revenge-of-rama/152309/6 "2003-02-02T17:24:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ryan\_Liam \* > \*\*Yes, the books written by Arthur C. Clarke \*\* The books are _Rendezvous with Rama_, by Arthur C. Clarke; and _Rama II_, _Garden of Rama_, and _Rama Revealed_, by Clarke and Gentry Lee. Sorry, but I have never heard of _Revenge of Rama_. ---
**Author:** ![Ryan\_Liam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ryan_liam/32/3965_2.png) [@Ryan\_Liam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ryan_Liam)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2003, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-read-revenge-of-rama/152309/7 "2003-02-02T18:48:42Z")
I meant Rama II, sorry for the mistake. ---
**Author:** ![BioHazard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3bc359/32.png) [@BioHazard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BioHazard)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2003, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-read-revenge-of-rama/152309/8 "2003-02-02T21:18:42Z")
I loved Rama1, it was amazing. As for the rest of them, you can EASILY tell when Gentry Lee is writng and Clarke isn’t. The books are OK, but I really don’t like Gentry’s style. His style reminds me of reading a newspaper for some reason. I’m still mad at Clarke for 3001 _groan_. ---
**Author:** ![Silentgoldfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2003, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-read-revenge-of-rama/152309/9 "2003-02-02T21:23:27Z")
Heh heh… “Rama 2! This time it’s not just a space ship…” Rama Revealed had the first sex scene I ever read. I honestly had no idea whether the guy “screaming like an animal” after he had the thai butt beads pulled out was a good thing or a bad. Oddy enough I’ve avoided anything with Gentry Lee’s name on it since. ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2003, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-read-revenge-of-rama/152309/10 "2003-02-02T23:26:55Z")
I’m in the middle of the third one right now. They’re not bad, but they’re not great either. Some mysteries are better left unexplained. And I haven’t gotten to that scene yet, **Silentgoldfish**. I don’t remember it from the last time I read these some years ago. Eek. I’m pretty sure the books were 90% written by Gentry Lee. The style is very different from Clarke’s. ---
**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2003, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-read-revenge-of-rama/152309/11 "2003-02-02T23:49:26Z")
As an Arthur C. Clarke fan I would like to state **There were no sequels to Rendezvous with Rama** those other books that some have claimed to read were beamed in from some hellish dimension.:mad: As an Arthur C. Clarke fan I would like to state **There were no sequels to Rendezvous with Rama** those other books that some have claimed to read were beamed in from some hellish dimension.:mad: As an Arthur C. Clarke fan I would like to state **There were no sequels to Rendezvous with Rama** those other books that some have claimed to read were beamed in from some hellish dimension.:mad: ---
**Author:** ![Erroneous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/71c47a/32.png) [@Erroneous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Erroneous)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2003, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-read-revenge-of-rama/152309/12 "2003-02-03T02:18:23Z")
I actually kinda liked the Rama trilogy that followed _Rendezvous…_. A bit bloated, but cheesy fun. On the other hand, I didn’t like _Cradle_ (Clarke and Lee’s follow-up collaboration) at all. Bleh. ---
**Author:** ![Daniel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Daniel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daniel)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2003, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-read-revenge-of-rama/152309/13 "2003-02-03T02:26:39Z")
Hey actually . . . the computer game Rama, by Sierra, was pretty good. It was based on Rama II. After playing the game, I started reading the books. Rendesvous With Rama, like I said before, was awesome. I put down Rama II after like ten pages. ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2003, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-read-revenge-of-rama/152309/14 "2003-02-03T02:28:23Z")
**Icerigger:** Very subtle! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2003, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-read-revenge-of-rama/152309/15 "2003-02-03T02:29:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by BioHazard \* > \*\*I’m still mad at Clarke for 3001 _groan_. \*\* You mean you weren’t **already** mad at him for _2061_ ? ---
**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2003, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-read-revenge-of-rama/152309/16 "2003-02-03T03:30:26Z")
Scene from _‘Revenge of Rama’_ Rama: I’m going to leave you the way you left me, deserted on a dessolate planet… Kirk: RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMMMMMMMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!! ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2003, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-read-revenge-of-rama/152309/17 "2003-02-03T04:04:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by BioHazard \* > \*\*I loved Rama1, it was amazing. > > As for the rest of them, you can EASILY tell when Gentry Lee is writng and Clarke isn’t. The books are OK, but I really don’t like Gentry’s style. His style reminds me of reading a newspaper for some reason. > > \*\* My problem with Lee is that he seems to bring religion into everything, at least that was the case in _Cradle_(and I never could finish more then 3 or 4 chapters), when there is no reason to do so, and it is as annoying at times as Clarke’s downright hostility to anything religious. ---
**Author:** ![BioHazard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3bc359/32.png) [@BioHazard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BioHazard)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2003, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-read-revenge-of-rama/152309/18 "2003-02-03T18:17:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Daniel \* > \*\*Hey actually . . . the computer game Rama, by Sierra, was pretty good. It was based on Rama II. After playing the game, I started reading the books. Rendesvous With Rama, like I said before, was awesome. I put down Rama II after like ten pages. \*\* Hmm. Sounds really interesting. Opening up [sensored] so I can [sensored].