Rendezvous with Rama
★★★★★Read Nov 4, 2016
Masterful, tight sci-fi. I love the slow reveal and sense of wonder instilled in the book. And just a bit of suspense, the author's trick to keep the chapters flowing. Nice hard sci-fi edge, enough character to give the story some personality. Just good all around.
Idiosyncratic to me, but I was struck by the similarity to my favorite Lovecraft story, At the Mountains of Madness. Same sort of setup. Clark's version is better.
Goodreads readers give it 4.12★, from 191,159 ratings. I gave it 5★, +0.9, where I'm usually −0.9: I liked it more than most.
Readers call it Science Fiction, Classics, Space, Aliens, Hugo Awards, Fantasy.
Won Hugo Award 1974, Nebula Award 1973, Locus Award 1974, British Science Fiction Association Award 1973 and 3 more.