I love when you start a classic and from the beginnings you instantly see why it is so. I picked up this book because back when Oumuamua said hello a lot of people mentioned it and so when I finally saw it at the book store I had to check it out, and my god I wasn’t disappointed. I read it so fast because the it has such a perfect pace, setup and delivery. It alternates perfectly moments of action, of wonder, of reflection, and all throughout making it feel so realistic and actual in its science aspects.

I got so engaged in the story that the book came and went very fast, as such it was weird for me to say goodbye to Rama so fast but the book plays on that as well through its characters. I was just disappointed to learn the rest of the books in the series don’t feel like this at all, being written by a friend of the author. And I mean I’m interested in the universe you’d setup but that doesnt mean you just make the fanfiction canon Arthur dammit!! YOU VET THAT SHIT. So now I will do like the Wikipedia article says and consider this book alone in its own little “true rama” series :(