Rama II (Gollancz S.F.)

Rama II (Gollancz S.F.)

by Gentry Lee (Primary Contributor), Gentry Lee (Author), Sir Arthur C. Clarke (Author)

Synopsis

The sequel to the only SF novel to sweep all SF awards and one of the bestsellers of all time In 2130, an alien spaceship, Rama, entered our solar system. The first product of an alien civilisation to be encountered by man, it revealed many wonders to mankind - but most of its mysteries remained unsolved ...Sixty-six years later, a second approaching spacecraft was detected; four years on, the Ramans are definitely returning. But this time, Earth is ready. And maybe now, with the arrival of Rama II, some of the questions posed by Rama will at last be answered.

$3.25

Save:$10.54 (76%)

Quantity

1 in stock

More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 496
Edition: New Ed
Publisher: Gollancz
Published: 12 Jan 2006

ISBN 10: 0575077220
ISBN 13: 9780575077225
Book Overview: The sequel to the only SF novel to sweep all SF awards and one of the bestsellers of all time

Author Bio
Arthur C. Clarke was born in Minehead in 1917. During the Second World War he served as a radar instructor for the RAF, rising to the rank of flight-lieutenant. After the war, he entered King's college, London taking, in 1948, his Bsc in physics and mathematics with first class honours.One of the most respected of all science-fiction writers, he has won Kalinga Prize, the Aviation Space-Writers Prize and the Westinghouse Science Writing Prize. He also shared an Oscar nomination with Stanley Kubrick for the screenplay of 2001: A Space Odyssey, which was based on his story, The Sentinel. He has lived in Sri Lanka since 1956.