• FenderStratocaster@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    I started reading Arthur C. Clarke’s Rendezvous with Rama. I’m having a hard time with it. I like the idea of the book, but it’s just not going anywhere. It’s like a slice of life style book with a sci-fi setting.

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      I liked the book, but it’s been a little while since I read it. It sits squarely in the First Contact and Big Dumb Object tropes, but it definitely feels like an older book. It helps that it’s not super long.

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      Had the same impression. Haven’t tried a lot of Clark. Maybe he’s just like that. Read RwR right after ʻOumuamua blew through a few years back and folks made comparisons.