Title: The Garden of Rama

Title: The Garden of Rama Title Record # 1889
Authors: Arthur C. Clarke and Gentry Lee
Date: 1991-09-00
Type: NOVEL
Series: Rama
Series Number: 3
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English

Synopsis: An alien starship the size of an asteroid enters the solar system "requesting" that earth supply 2,000 colonists to inhabit an idyllic environment within, as it progresses on its mysterious journey. "Human nature" takes over, however, and the colony rapidly experiences its own allegorical fall from grace.

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Translations

Year	Language	Title
1991^ⓘ<ul><li>Translated by Vuk Perišić and Zoran Živković </ul>	Serbian	Vrt Rame [as by Artur Klark and Džentri Li^?Dzhentri Li ]
1992^ⓘTranslated by Roland Fleissner	German	Die nächste Begegnung
1993^ⓘTranslated by Jean-Pierre Pugi	French	Les jardins de Rama
2002^ⓘTranslated by Lidia Grădinaru	Romanian	Grădina din Rama^?Gradina din Rama

Awards

Place	Year and Award	Category
11	1992 Locus	Best SF Novel

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
The Garden of Rama	1991-09-00	Arthur C. Clarke, Gentry Lee	Gollancz	0-575-05169-8	£14.99^?£: UK pound	398	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	John Brettoner
The Garden of Rama	1991-09-00	Arthur C. Clarke, Gentry Lee	Bantam Spectra	0-553-07261-7	$20.00^?$: US dollar	441	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Paul Swendsen
The Garden of Rama	1991-10-00	Arthur C. Clarke, Gentry Lee	Bantam Spectra / SFBC	14475	$9.98^?$: US dollar	441	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Paul Swendsen
The Garden of Rama	1992-00-00	Arthur C. Clarke, Gentry Lee	Orbit	1-85723-020-5	£4.99^?£: UK pound	593	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Chris Moore
The Garden of Rama	1992-00-00	Arthur C. Clarke, Gentry Lee	Orbit	1-85723-021-3	£5.99^?£: UK pound	593	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Chris Moore
The Garden of Rama	1992-07-00	Arthur C. Clarke, Gentry Lee	Bantam Spectra	0-553-18093-2	$5.99^?$: US dollar	518	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Paul Swendsen
The Garden of Rama	1992-10-00	Arthur C. Clarke, Gentry Lee	Orbit	1-85723-020-5	£8.99^?£: UK pound	398	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Chris Moore
The Garden of Rama	1992-10-00	Arthur C. Clarke, Gentry Lee	Bantam Spectra	0-553-29817-8	$5.99^?$: US dollar	518	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Paul Swendsen
The Garden of Rama	1993-12-00	Arthur C. Clarke, Gentry Lee	Orbit	1-85723-021-3	£5.99^?£: UK pound	593	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Chris Moore
The Garden of Rama	1995-00-00	Arthur C. Clarke, Gentry Lee	Orbit	1-85723-021-3	£5.99^?£: UK pound	593	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Chris Moore
The Garden of Rama	1998-00-00	Arthur C. Clarke, Gentry Lee	Orbit	1-85723-021-3	£6.99^?£: UK pound	593	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Chris Moore
The Garden of Rama	2000-10-00	Arthur C. Clarke, Gentry Lee	Orbit	1-85723-021-3	£6.99^?£: UK pound	593	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
Rama: The Omnibus	2011-11-17	Arthur C. Clarke, Gentry Lee	Gollancz	978-0-575-09686-8	£18.99^?£: UK pound	1327	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	omni
Rama: The Omnibus	2011-11-17	Arthur C. Clarke, Gentry Lee	Gollancz	978-0-575-09688-2	£12.99^?£: UK pound		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	omni
The Garden of Rama	2012-11-30	Arthur C. Clarke, Gentry Lee	RosettaBooks	978-0-7953-2546-5	$8.99^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel
The Garden of Rama	2013-08-29	Arthur C. Clarke, Gentry Lee	Gateway / Orion	978-0-575-12166-9	£2.99^?£: UK pound		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel
The Garden of Rama	date unknown	Arthur C. Clarke, Gentry Lee	Bantam Spectra	0-553-29817-8	$6.99^?$: US dollar	518	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Paul Swendsen
The Garden of Rama	date unknown	Arthur C. Clarke, Gentry Lee	Bantam Spectra	0-553-29817-8	$5.99^?$: US dollar	vi+ 518	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Paul Swendsen
The Garden of Rama	date unknown	Arthur C. Clarke, Gentry Lee	Bantam Spectra	0-553-29817-8	$6.99^?$: US dollar	vi+ 518	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Paul Swendsen

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Reviews

Review by Dan Chow (1991) in Locus, #367 August 1991
Review by Paul Kincaid (1992) in Vector 165
Review by Thomas A. Easton [as by Tom Easton] (1992) in Analog Science Fiction and Fact, February 1992
Review by Gary S. Roen (1992) in Science Fiction Review, March 1992
Review by Jean-Marc Lofficier (1992) in Starlog, March 1992
Review by Tyson Blue (1992) in 2 AM, Spring 1992
Review by Gene DeWeese (1992) in Science Fiction Review, March 1992
Review by Colin Steele (1992) in SF Commentary, #71/72
Review by Alan Stewart (1993) in SF Commentary, #73/74/75