Status Updates From Rama II (Rama #2)

As if the soap opera dynamics of this new crew were not complications enough, now comes the death of the ships Commander. Meanwhile what is obvious to me is that this is not an accident this is a terrible murder that used misdiagnosis and a tampered surgical robot to achieve its end. Where is Hercule Perot when you need him?

The dysfunctional nature the crew in this novel is annoying to me. Something this big, even if it is the second time around would not be left open for a brew for a reality TV drama.

Raman’s and Romans have nothing in common…except mathematics.

Nicole Des Jardins’ question about what lays in the center of a real woman in response to recorded comments made by her flamboyant crew mate, Francesca Sabatini, who has seduced other married men is interesting.

Of course Clark added a new saint St. Michael of Siena who was martyred by a thermal nuclear blast by a terrorist who wanted to stop his message of universal brotherhood. Clark will allow faith as long as you don’t believe your own too much.

General O’Toole, the head of the Rama II expedition, is a devout Catholic. A straightforward Catholic unlike the Neo-Catholics that Clark included in the crew featured in his first Rama novel. As I have noted in other writings Clark, I confirmed atheist, continues to present religious ideas within his text. I will confirm that his treatment is thoughtful and engaging. Unlike other SF writers who just dismiss.