内容简介
Years ago, the enormous, enigmatic alien spacecraft called
Rama sailed through our solar system as mind-boggling proof that
life existed -- or "had" existed -- elsewhere in the universe. Now,
at the dawn of the twenty-third century, another ship is discovered
hurtling toward us. A crew of Earth's best and brightest minds is
assembled to rendezvous with the massive vessel. They are armed
with everything we know about Raman technology and culture. But
nothing can prepare them for what they are about to encounter on
board "Rama II": cosmic secrets that are startling, sensational --
and perhaps even deadly.
作者简介
Arthur C. Clarke was born in Minehead in 1917. During the
Second World War he served as a radar instructor for the RAF,
rising to the rank of flight-lieutenant. After the war, he entered
King's college, London taking, in 1948, his Bsc in physics and
mathematics with first class honours.One of the most respected of
all science-fiction writers, he has won Kalinga Prize, the Aviation
Space-Writers' Prize and the Westinghouse Science Writing Prize. He
also shared an Oscar nomination with Stanley Kubrick for the
screenplay of 2001: A Space Odyssey, which was based on his story,
'The Sentinel'. He has lived in Sri Lanka since 1956. Gentry Lee
held a number of important posts in NASA's deep-space exploration
programme, which made him an ideal writing partner for Arthur C.
Clarke. He has also been a screenwriter on Carl Saga's COSMOS TV
series. Lee co-wrote RAMA II, GARDEN OF RAMA and CRADLE with Arthur
C. Clarke