| Re: Rama Revealed
I believe Maria's identity is explained in full in Gentry Lee's other novels that take place in the same timeline as The Rama Cycle. They are called Bright Messengers, Double Full Moon Night and Tranquillity Wars. They are not available in the UK.
The sequels I thought were okay. Not brilliant, not as great as the original Rendezvous, but not that bad. The biggest weakness with them is that the explanation we are given for Rama in the sequels doesn't gel with the hints Clarke laid down in the original novel. OTOH, Clarke has basically written off the sequels as 'a' version of what happens next (the same with his Odyssey novels), so if you don't want to accept them as canon you don't have to. |