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Rendezvous with Rama

1973 novel by Arthur C. Clarke
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Rendezvous with Rama is a science fiction visualartwork. It has received numerous awards, including the Hugo Award for Best Novel, the Locus Award for Best Novel, the John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel, and the BSFA Award for Best Novel[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]. Additionally, it was recognized on the NPR Top 100 Science Fiction and Fantasy Books list and won the Seiun Award for Best Translated Long Work[1][2][3][4][5][6][7].

Key Facts

  • Author: Arthur C. Clarke[3]
  • Award received: Hugo Award for Best Novel[4], Locus Award for Best Novel[5], John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel[6], BSFA Award for Best Novel[7], NPR Top 100 Science Fiction and Fantasy Books[8], Seiun Award for Best Translated Long Work[9], Nebula Award for Best Novel[10]
  • Genre: science fiction[11]
  • Followed by: Rama II[12]
  • Part of the series: Rama[13]
  • Language of work or name: English[14]
  • Country of origin: United Kingdom[15]
  • Inception: 1973[16]
  • Publication date: June 1973[17]
  • Has edition or translation: Rendezvous with Rama[18], Q126697950[19]
  • Main subject: impact event[20]
  • Inspired by: generation ship[21]
  • Title: Rendezvous with Rama[22], Rendez-vous avec Rama[23], Incontro con Rama (Complete Novel)[24], 宇宙のランデヴー[25]
  • Form of creative work: novel[26]

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

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  • Release type: Prose[27]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 0b591324-63f7-49d9-81dc-61c3bf3b4e73[28]

Why It Matters

Rendezvous with Rama has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] It is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

FAQs

What awards did Rendezvous with Rama receive?

Honors received include Hugo Award for Best Novel[4], Locus Award for Best Novel[5], John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel[6], and BSFA Award for Best Novel[7].

Related Entities

Arthur C. Clarke generation ship literary work United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . thehugoawards.org. thehugoawards.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . sfadb.com. sfadb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . sfcenter.ku.edu. Retrieved . sfcenter.ku.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . bsfa.co.uk. bsfa.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . nebulas.sfwa.org. nebulas.sfwa.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [27] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 24w ago · Iamcarbon · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Followed by → Rama II
    Publication date → +1973-06-00T00:00:00Z
    Country of origin → —
    Part of the series → Rama
    + 19 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:1||1 */ Form of creative work: novel, add [[:Q2629164|ISFDB]] reference"
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