Rendezvous with Rama - C. Clarke, Arthur

Rendezvous with Rama is a first contact story told from the perspective of a group of human explorers in the 22nd century who intercept a fifty-kilometer-long cylindrical alien starship that has entered Earth s solar system. Winner of the Campbell, Hugo, Jupiter, and Nebula awards upon its release, Rendezvous with Rama is widely regarded as one of the cornerstones in Clarke s bibliography.