Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SUNDAY, October 30, 1994                   TAG: 9412230064
SECTION: BOOKS                    PAGE: F5   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: REVIEWED BY PAUL DELLINGER
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Short

CLARKE CONCLUDES THE TRILOGY WITH 'RAMA REVEALED'

\ More than 20 years ago, Arthur C. Clarke's "Rendezvous with Rama" told the story of a future visit to our solar system by an exploratory craft from who-knows-where, and a ship of human explorers who rocket out to make contact with it. In the 1973 novel, there was nothing in the craft (dubbed "Rama") with witch to make contact; the probe was entirely automated. The story involves the humans' attempts to unravel the purpose of the machines and finally to return to Earth while the craft moves on to other systems.

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