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Rendezvous with Rama
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And then for Clark, uh Rendezvous with Rama. So, those would be my three.
Andy Weir · The Book Review · Mar 2026 Listen at 32:56 The best things said about it
I mean it's slightly over there was this sci-fi book I read many years ago I think it was rendezvous with Rama um or I think there were people that were just going all over the land like in this this cylinder.
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Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke is a acclaimed science fiction novel that follows a group of space explorers investigating a massive, mysterious cylindrical alien spacecraft that enters the solar system. On The Book Review, guest Andy Weir selected the novel as part of his recommended Mars reading list. On The Joe Rogan Experience, Rizwan Virk referenced the story's cylindrical vessel to illustrate the conceptual mechanics of Von Neumann probes. On a separate episode of the same show, scientist Avi Loeb brought up the novel to compare the physical dimensions and unexpected arrival of the book's interstellar object with real-world astronomical discussions surrounding similar celestial bodies entering our solar system. On SmartLess, director Denis Villeneuve mentioned the novel while discussing his ongoing work on adapting the science fiction classic into a major motion picture space film. Additionally, on the Lex Fridman Podcast, chess player Hikaru Nakamura recalled reading the work years prior, citing the narrative's exploration of characters navigating an enormous, engineered world as a memorable science fiction premise. Across these diverse podcasts, guests and hosts repeatedly returned to the novel as a landmark achievement in speculative fiction, using its iconic imagery to discuss theoretical astronomy, upcoming cinematic projects, and classic themes of alien contact and cosmic exploration.
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Andy Weir And then for Clark, uh Rendezvous with Rama. So, those would be my three. 1
“And then for Clark, uh Rendezvous with Rama. So, those would be my three.”
Rizwan Virk I don't know if you ever read rendevu with Rama which was Arthur C Clark novel in it there's this weird cyl… 1
“I don't know if you ever read rendevu with Rama which was Arthur C Clark novel in it there's this weird cylinder-shaped object that comes into the solar system”
Avi Loeb Randdevu with Rama, you know, is a book that was written by Arthur C. Clark and um in it the there is a cyl… 1
“Randdevu with Rama, you know, is a book that was written by Arthur C. Clark and um in it the there is a cylindrical object that arrives into the inner solar system with dimensions of all the tens of kilometers not very far from what we are talking about here.”
Denis Villeneuve I have the same relationship with the book that I I I um I'm starting to work on an adaptation of Archer C… 1
“I have the same relationship with the book that I I I um I'm starting to work on an adaptation of Archer C Clark rendevu with Rama which is a a space um movie that takes place in space”
Hikaru Nakamura I mean it's slightly over there was this sci-fi book I read many years ago I think it was rendezvous with R… 1
“I mean it's slightly over there was this sci-fi book I read many years ago I think it was rendezvous with Rama um or I think there were people that were just going all over the land like in this this cylinder”
Other mentions (1: passing, ad reads, own books)
“I remember reading us I mean it's slightly over there was this sci-fi book I read many years ago I think it was rendezvous with Rama”