An enormous cylindrical object appears in Earths solar system, hurtling toward the sun. A ship is sent to explore the mysterious craft-which the denizens of the solar system nameRama-and what they find is intriguing evidence of a civilization far more advanced than ours. They find an interior stretching over 50 kilometers, a forbidding cylindrical sea, mysterious and inaccessible buildings, and strange machine-animal hybrids, or biots, that inhabit the ship. But what they dont find is an alien presence. So who-and where-are the Ramans?

Often listed as one of Clarkes finest novels,Rendezvous With Rama has won both the Hugo and the Nebula Awards. A fast-paced and compelling story of an enigmatic encounter with alien technology,Rendezvous With Rama offers both answers and unsolved mysteries that continue to fascinate readers decades after its first publication.