<p><a href="/tags/arthurcclarke/" rel="tag">#ArthurCClarke</a> 's prose could most charitably be described as unassuming, and his attempts to write human characters and politics are not very convincing, and yet this story of first contact encountering a massive alien spacecraft still, somehow, really works: Rama is such a memorable, mysterious, awe inspiring creation. <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p>