--- product_id: 5033852 title: "The Garden of Rama" brand: "arthur c. clarkegentry lee" price: "VT3883" currency: VUV in_stock: false reviews_count: 9 url: https://www.desertcart.vu/products/5033852-the-garden-of-rama store_origin: VU region: Vanuatu --- # The Garden of Rama **Brand:** arthur c. clarkegentry lee **Price:** VT3883 **Availability:** ❌ Out of Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The Garden of Rama by arthur c. clarkegentry lee - **How much does it cost?** VT3883 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Currently out of stock - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.vu](https://www.desertcart.vu/products/5033852-the-garden-of-rama) ## Best For - arthur c. clarkegentry lee enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted arthur c. clarkegentry lee brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description The Garden of Rama ## Images ![The Garden of Rama - Image 1](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51xdPjrnyxL.jpg) ![The Garden of Rama - Image 2](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51CaayLbwBL.jpg) ![The Garden of Rama - Image 3](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/41qB7LDGBcL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐ Fiction - But Not Science Fiction *by B***T on Reviewed in the United States on October 31, 2018* If this were written by some fairly unknown writer, I might have given it 2 stars - but the bar is set higher for anything by Clarke, in my opinion.After the huge disappointment that was "Rama II", I feared this would be no better - and I was right, unfortunately. I am baffled as to why ACC lent his name to the sequels, as there are only tiny slivers of what could be his writing. The rest must have been penned by Gentry Lee who, I assume, usually specializes in writing pulp fiction and teenage melodramas. In fact I agree with another reviewer who opined that a bunch of teenagers may have actually written the book. (Could he not find other terms of endearment besides "darling"? Maybe teenagers from 1945 were transported to the future to write this?)As with Rama II, we are subjected to the sanctimonious Nicole, who may be one of the most annoying characters in recent memory, at the center of things - still creepy...still thinking about how her various children would inter-breed. Too-perfect Richard is there, too, although at least he has some accomplishments beyond petty local politics.The time spent in the Node was one of the few interesting parts that seemed more in tune with what I'd expect from ACC. Some parts of the latter portion of the book, involving Richard outside of the human "module", showed some real science fiction imagination that could have been written by Clarke. A book that expanded upon those two portions alone would have been excellent.Other than that, the book is simply a cheesy melodrama that just happens to be set in "Rama Land", so to speak. Throughout most of the story there is little mention of anything Rama-related except in passing - perhaps that is why the scenes in the Node and with Richard towards the end of the story stand out so much. One could flip to any random page on the book and assume this is simply an everyday soap opera set in our current or near-future Earth.There are long, drawn-out, unnecessary background details on characters (some of whom aren't at all important). Major questions are left unanswered not consciously but merely because such discussion didn't pertain to the politics, sex, war, or other interpersonal parts of the story that took center stage.Too much of the story is undisguised lecturing on the world's current woes and humanity's shortcomings.The Ramans act totally out of character when it suits the author. For example, the Raman intelligence has seen humanity's predilection towards mistrust and violence during the visit of Rama II. Yet, this "superior intelligence" creates a message for Earth that an idiot can see has hostile and threatening undertones - even when advised by their star human pupil as to how it would be interpreted by Earthlings.I only finished this book because I felt compelled to at least see it through. Maybe that makes me the idiot...or just a masochist. ### ⭐ like so many firsts in a book series *by C***E on Reviewed in the United States on July 24, 2017* Yawn!!!! You want SCIENCE fiction? Don't read this. Rendezvous with Rama is, like so many firsts in a book series, is the only novel worth reading. The next two are long tedious religious/political/sex/incest/race/crime expositions so outside of the expected AC Clarke hard science fiction, that it finally forced me, a reader of SciFi for over fifty years, to give up on this, the third book and ignore the fourth. I really lost interest in the characters involved, could care less what happened to them as everything was obviously going to be bad.There is minimal exploration of a great theme of an alien world construct and the science was dated even for the 1990's. I am going to reread the Ringworld trilogy by Larry Niven just to get these exercises in pointless, irritating efforts to avoid the science in science fiction out of my mind. Waste of time and money. :-( ### ⭐⭐⭐ Book might be OK if you're not very picky *by R***S on Reviewed in the United States on July 27, 2017* I read the Rama series from the public library eight years ago and remembered the first book was amusing, so bought the entire series on Kindle. I was wrong. Either I've become more picky with age, or I wasn't remembering correctly.The basic Rama series idea is refreshingly creative, but I found the writing greatly inferior to writers like Robert A. Heinlein and John Scalzi. This book in the Rama series, especially, gives the impression that Clarke handed Gentry Lee a story outline, and he in turn hired middle school kids to fill in the blanks. The writing was so poor, and the plot seemed so improvised, I skimmed through the book to get it over with, but I've found that most people are less critical than I am. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.vu/products/5033852-the-garden-of-rama](https://www.desertcart.vu/products/5033852-the-garden-of-rama) --- *Product available on Desertcart Vanuatu* *Store origin: VU* *Last updated: 2026-05-03*