Rendezvous With Rama

First published in 1973, 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.