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Author | Gentry Lee & Arthur C. Clarke |
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Language | English |
Series | Rama |
Genre | Science fiction |
Publisher | Gollancz |
Publication date | 1989 |
Publication place | United Kingdom |
Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
Pages | 377 |
ISBN | 0-575-04545-0 |
OCLC | 20852483 |
LC Class | PR6005.L36 R36 1989b |
Preceded by | Rendezvous with Rama |
Followed by | The Garden of Rama |
Rama II is a science fiction novel by Gentry Lee and Arthur C. Clarke, first published in 1989. It recounts humankind's further interaction with the Ramans, first introduced in Rendezvous with Rama. Written primarily by Lee,[1] Rama II has a distinctly different writing style than the original, with a more character-driven narrative and a closer-to-contemporary mindset, ambience and human relations than the first novel's more futuristic tones. Rama II is the first novel of the "new" Rama series, as Rendezvous with Rama is not always counted as part of it. The Rama series includes two more sequels: The Garden of Rama and Rama Revealed.
Since then Gentry has collaborated on Rama II and The Garden of Rama, and Rama Revealed, which was written virtually entirely by him, though with consultation with me. I've described our collaboration in the preface, "Co-Authors and Other Nuisances," I think in Rama II.