He wrote the future: On Arthur C. Clarke's centenary

Re:He wrote the future: On Arthur C. Clarke's centenary by david-given on Monday January 23, 2017 @04:25PM (#13466194)

If you've never read any of the Rama sequels written by Gentry Lee, now is a really good time not to.

The first one has a few nice bits (but so, so few), but they're so bad, and so badly written, and so undermine the magic and majesty of the first book, and the final revelation when we discover who actually built the Rama spacecraft is so hackneyed and underwhelming[1], that they're some of the only books I have genuinely regretted reading.

And I've read some Piers Anthony and late era L. Ron Hubbard!

I really have no idea what Clarke was thinking.

[1] Spoiler rot13'd: Vg gheaf bhg gurl jrer ohvyg ol Tbq.

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Re:He wrote the future: On Arthur C. Clarke's centenary by Florin_Andrei on Monday January 23, 2017 @04:50PM (#13466405)

Yup, there's only one real Rama book.

The "sequels" are something else entirely - boring and a waste of time.

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Re:He wrote the future: On Arthur C. Clarke's centenary by WillyOnWheels on Monday January 23, 2017 @09:53PM (#13468431)

Sounds like the Dune novels written after Frank Herbert's death, especially the very last one.

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