Moose,
If you are a fan of Clark's writings, then the Rama novels written only by
him are worth reading. However, don't bother with the ones he co-authored
with Gentry Lee. The plots were very muddled and the conclusion very
unsatisfying.
Re: Cloud novel, Stanislaw Lem's "The Magellenic Cloud" comes to mind but
I don't think it was ever published in English. Do you read Polish?
Charlie
On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 12:57 AM, Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Andrew Fildes wrote:
> > Name it - so that I can agree or argue. ;-)
> >
>
> Jez Cunningham wrote:
> > I found that with RAMA...
>
> No, RAMA is pretty recent by my standards. Not a great book, IMO, and
> the mysterious, never seen or explained aliens is no surprise from
> Clarke. Still nor are the endlessly inventive parts and good writing.
> Slow to get started, as I recall, but in the end, I finished and enjoyed
> it. There's a RAMA II floating around here somewhere; something like
> 25-50¢ somewhere. I wonder if I'll ever try it.
>
> This was something like The Cloud of Darkness, or Dark Cloud, or some
> such. Certainly no newer than the 50s, probably earlier.
>
> Moose
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