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...wakened from a restless sleep with the message from his subconscious still echoing in his brain: The Ramans do everything in threes...

gpderetta 7y ago
Opened the thread looking for this comment :)
Mobius01 7y ago
This always comes to mind when an event like this is announced. Paging Captain Norton.
DoctorOetker 7y ago
who are the Ramans? are you suggesting these are callibration shots?
- rob74 7y ago
  LMGTFY: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rendezvous_with_Rama https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rendezvous_with_Rama :D
  - teh_klev 7y ago
    > LMGTFY Even with a smiley face this is still a tiresome and rude response.
    - rob74 7y ago
      Sorry if anyone felt offended, not being a SF expert myself I actually did Google "The Ramans do everything in threes" and wanted to save others the trouble of doing so...
      - teh_klev 7y ago
        It's not the link itself, it's the LMGTFY in front. It's a form of snark.
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- bloopernova 7y ago
  In the book by Arthur C Clarke Rendezvous with Rama the eponymous Ramans designed their interstellar craft with triple redundancy. Everything is built in threes - 3 airlocks, for example. The line I quoted is the very last line in the book, and is equal parts fascinating and chilling, a very apt end for a great book. I highly recommend you read it. If you are in the USA and have a library card, may I suggest the Libby app for Android and iPhone? Or of course buying it second hand from online bookstores is also an option: looks like a new paperback is about $4.55 at smile.amazon.com, used is about 1 to 3 dollars, Kindle version is $7.59. I don't recommend the other books in the series, they don't live up to the original, in my opinion. A similar book is Eon by Greg Bear, although less pure sci-fi exploration and more sci-fi adventure.
krapp 7y ago
>The Ramans do everything in threes... Ironically, Arthur C. Clarke never intended for Rendezvous With Rama to be the start of a trilogy when he wrote that, even though it's an obvious trilogy hook in hindsight. It never occurred to him until readers kept asking when the other two books were coming out.

gpderetta 7y ago

Opened the thread looking for this comment :)

Mobius01 7y ago

This always comes to mind when an event like this is announced. Paging Captain Norton.

DoctorOetker 7y ago

who are the Ramans? are you suggesting these are callibration shots?

rob74 7y ago
LMGTFY: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rendezvous_with_Rama https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rendezvous_with_Rama :D
- teh_klev 7y ago
  > LMGTFY Even with a smiley face this is still a tiresome and rude response.
  - rob74 7y ago
    Sorry if anyone felt offended, not being a SF expert myself I actually did Google "The Ramans do everything in threes" and wanted to save others the trouble of doing so...
    - teh_klev 7y ago
      It's not the link itself, it's the LMGTFY in front. It's a form of snark.
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bloopernova 7y ago
In the book by Arthur C Clarke Rendezvous with Rama the eponymous Ramans designed their interstellar craft with triple redundancy. Everything is built in threes - 3 airlocks, for example. The line I quoted is the very last line in the book, and is equal parts fascinating and chilling, a very apt end for a great book. I highly recommend you read it. If you are in the USA and have a library card, may I suggest the Libby app for Android and iPhone? Or of course buying it second hand from online bookstores is also an option: looks like a new paperback is about $4.55 at smile.amazon.com, used is about 1 to 3 dollars, Kindle version is $7.59. I don't recommend the other books in the series, they don't live up to the original, in my opinion. A similar book is Eon by Greg Bear, although less pure sci-fi exploration and more sci-fi adventure.

krapp 7y ago

>The Ramans do everything in threes... Ironically, Arthur C. Clarke never intended for Rendezvous With Rama to be the start of a trilogy when he wrote that, even though it's an obvious trilogy hook in hindsight. It never occurred to him until readers kept asking when the other two books were coming out.