num_pages: 168
description: At first, only a few things are known about the celestial object that astronomers dub Rama. It is huge, weighing more than ten trillion tons. And it is hurtling through the solar system at inconceivable speed. Then a space probe confirms the unthinkable Rama is no natural object. It is an interstellar spacecraft. Space explorers and planet-bound scientists alike prepare for mankind's first encounter with alien intelligence. It will kindle their wildest dreams... and fan their darkest fears. For no one knows who the Ramans are or why they have come. And now the moment of rendezvous awaits just behind a Raman airlock door. 'Mr. Clarke is splendid....We experience that chilling touch of the alien, the not-quite-knowable, that distinguishes SF at its most technically imaginative.'- The New York Times
language: English
title: The Wind from the Sun
titlecomplete: The Wind from the Sun
genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, Short Stories, Speculative Fiction, Collections, Anthologies, Science Fiction Fantasy, Space, Fantasy, 20th Century
ratings_count: 1993
series: Science Fiction Stories
publisher: Signet