num_pages: 274
description: In the year 2130, a mysterious and apparently untenanted alien spaceship, Rama, enters our solar system. The first product of an alien civilisation to be encountered by man, it reveals a world of technological marvels and an unparalleled artificial ecology. But what is its purpose in 2131? Who is inside it? And why?
language: English
title: Rendezvous with Rama
titlecomplete: Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, #1)
characters: Bill Norton
genres: Classics, Space, Fantasy, Aliens, Novels, Science Fiction Fantasy, Audiobook, Fiction, Science Fiction, Hugo Awards
ratings_count: 160711
series: Rama
awards: awardedAt: 126259200000
name: Hugo Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 94723200000
name: Nebula Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 126259200000
name: Locus Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 94723200000
name: British Science Fiction Association Award
category: Novel, awardedAt: 126259200000
name: Jupiter Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 126259200000
name: John W. Campbell Memorial Award
category: Best Science Fiction Novel, awardedAt: 315561600000
name: Seiun Award 星雲賞
category: Best Foreign Novel
publisher: Buccaneer Books