| Re: Rama Revealed
I was also disappointed with the significance of Maria not being explained. Sometimes I was lead to believe that she was a reincarnation of a major character (like Nicole or one of her children), or that she was bred from Nicole's or her youngest daughter's DNA. Or maybe even Richard's DNA from the experiments he went through.
Here are other things that I was SURE would have to be explained, but weren't:
How Maria and her parents ended up in that octospider "zoo".
The significance of more structures inside RAMA.
The meaning of that mural that Nicole saw in the octospider domain that depicted an octospider stomping on other species, including one that looked like Nicole.
And here's a BIGGY... In the first book, "Rendezvous with Rama", the building that a few of the crew entered in New York (I think) that had pictures or diagrams of alien tools, clothing, etc. seemed VERY important. But there was never ANY mention of this in the next 3 books. That was weird to me.
Even with all of these question marks, I really enjoyed the series. I would love to discuss it further if anyone is up for it.
-SK |