Arthur C. Clarke in general

The year is 2200, a second Raman spacecraft is seen approaching the Earth. The Earth had been watching and waiting for this event, it was ready for it. Rama II , when boarded by three humans, is found to be inhabited - but not by Ramans. In Rama II, the story is told of the exploration of this second craft. Garden of Rama tells the story of three humans, left behind when Rama II departs, as they travel on the mysterious journey to "The Node", a sort of way station of the Ramans. Here they are told that three of the now extended family were to return to earth, to secure volunteers to return to Rama and form a colony for research by the Ramans. ...  Read the complete review

Arthur C. Clarke must be the best known Sci-Fi author since H.G.Wells. To some extent this can be attributed to the success of 2001: A Space Odyssey, ironic in that many of the ideas for the film came from Kubrick. If all you known of Clarke is the film of that book then you might wonder what all the fuss is about. Rest assured, his writings (even that book) make rather more sense than the film does. Another well known fact about Clarke is that he was the first person to suggest Communications Satalites. In fact he was an active advocate of the idea, and deserves the credit for this. However, from this has come a reputation for being an accurate forecaster of ...  Read the complete review