ARTHUR C. CLARKE (1917-2008), one of the most influential figures in twentieth-century science fiction, wrote over fifty novels and co-wrote the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey. Rendezvous with Rama earned Clarke both a Hugo Award and a Nebula Award.
"""It was delightful to be presented with a scene to stagger the imagination and yet have it described so exactly and meticulously as to know you have been there."" --Isaac Asimov ""Arthur has done it again--proved that the chief ingredient of superior science fiction is story."" --Frank Herbert ""Something for everybody--politics, religion, and all kinds of science wrapped up in a taut mystery-suspense."" --Publisher's Weekly ""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 --"