The Garden of Rama
- 511
- Pages
- about 9 h
- Reading time
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Our view
With “The Garden of Rama”, the “Rama” series turns from hard science to a family chronicle. Some find the opening half, centred on Nicole’s domestic life, closer to romance than to science fiction and miss the rigour of the first book. The sections on Richard and on the growing society win some of them back, as do the surprises near the end. It is the third of four volumes.
The view of the BookRank editors, written from readers’ ratings and comments. It does not affect the score or the book’s place in a ranking.
About the book
The Garden of Rama is a 1991 novel by Gentry Lee and Arthur C. Clarke. It is the third book in the four-book Rama series: Rendezvous with Rama, Rama II, The Garden of Rama, and Rama Revealed, and follows on from where Rama II left off.
Reading order · Rama
Full order & progress →- Rendezvous with RamaStart here
8.38.3 / 10 - Rama II
7.37.3 / 10 - The Garden of RamaThis book
7.47.4 / 10 - Rama Revealed
7.57.5 / 10
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.1 across 168 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 53% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Science fiction average of 7.8. That is how 7.4 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.4 | 13 | 8% |
| Hardcover | 7.1 | 155 | 92% |
Frequently asked
How long is The Garden of Rama?
It has 511 pages — longer than 65% of the ranked books in Science fiction.
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