i'm almost finished Rendezvous with Rama and my friend loaned me the second. Is it worth reading? I'm enjoying the first book but I'm hesitant as the second is mostly written by this other guy.
bump.
no. it is not. none of the sequels are.
the first book is a thoughtful exploration of an alien wonder.
the sequels are thoughtful explorations of just how vile people can be when plotting to exploit those alien wonders.
it's like the first book is a tour of a tropical island, and the sequels are films of the natives being starved and raped.
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Back then reviewers critiqued Rama 1 for having no human characters, practically robots who are exploring an alien landscape.
Clarke took that to heart so Rama 2 completely overshot into the other direction, everything is about humans, nothing about aliens.
Don't. I read the second one and hated it
No.
Clarke didn't write the Rama sequels. Gentry did entirely on his own. They're crap. Don't bother.
they're co-written, aka, clarke slapped his name on the cover
skip
