Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke ; retold by Elizabeth Walker.
By: Walker, Elizabeth
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Contributor(s): Clarke, Arthur C. (Arthur Charles). Rendezvous with Rama.
Material type:
BookSeries: Macmillan readers5Intermediate: Publisher: Oxford : Macmillan, 2005Description: 110 p. : ill. ; 20cm.ISBN: 9781405073035.Subject(s): English language -- Textbooks for foreign speakers | Readers for new literates | Rama (Imaginary space vehicle) -- Fiction | English Language -- Text books for foreign readersGenre/Form: Science fiction.DDC classification: 428.6 WAL
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Rendezvous with Rama is an adapted Intermediate level reader written by Arthur C. Clarke. In the year 2131, a fast-moving object is detected entering the solar system. The object was identified as an asteroid and was named Rama. Scientists boarded a space flight to view Rama and soon discover it is a huge hollow cylinder. Who built Rama and why?
Author notes provided by Syndetics
Arthur C. Clarke was born in Minehead, Somerset, England, on December 16, 1917. During World War II, he served as a radar specialist in the RAF. His first published piece of fiction was Rescue Party and appeared in Astounding Science, May 1946. He graduated from King's College in London with honors in physics and mathematics, and worked in scientific research before turning his attention to writing fiction.His first book, Prelude to Space, was published in 1951. He is best known for his book 2001: A Space Odyssey, which was later turned into a highly successful and controversial film under the direction of Stanley Kubrick. His other works include Childhood's End, Rendezvous with Rama, The Garden of Rama, The Snows of Olympus, 2010: A Space Odyssey II, 2062: Odyssey III, and 3001: The Final Odyssey. During his lifetime, he received at least three Hugo Awards and two Nebula Awards. He died of heart failure on March 19, 2008 at the age of 90.
(Bowker Author Biography)