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The Truth About RENDEZVOUS WITH RAMA!

Hey folks, Harry here... Got the following from Grant Boucher, who is out to set things straight in regards to the CNET piece that Moriarty put up this morning. Thankfully, it clarifies what many in Talk Back already knew, having read the book and suspected about the CNET reporter's leaps in logic in his piece. Also, you'll be needing to wait a few more years than that article led you to believe too. Here ya go...

I also copied Moriarty on this, Harry…

The power of the Internet is that news travels fast. The danger is that misinformation travels equally fast. L

Yes, it is definitely a mistake. We gave the writer of the CNET article a summary of the film (an accurate one) over the phone, which he summarized very, very inaccurately. Rendezvous with Rama will, under no circumstances, be “Starship Troopered”…

If you take the concept that Spaceguard was created after Italy was wiped out by an asteroid (how the book opens) and then cross mutate it with the crew of Endeavor going to explore and determine the purpose of Rama as it approaches the Earth 100 years (again the truth), you might, just might come up with the idea that he presented as fact (without fact-checking, or searching the Internet, etc.). He also said a film due in 2006 will be out next year.

Fact checking for article writers, people. It is not just a good idea…it should be the law.

Peace,

Grant Boucher

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by KyleKrane
Jul 23rd, 2002
02:22:51 PM
thank god
by seankc2001
Jul 23rd, 2002
02:34:38 PM
That animation is still gross
by jesuschrist
Jul 23rd, 2002
02:38:31 PM
I think in the novel Clarke is implying that Rama was indirectly
by You Are Banned
Jul 23rd, 2002
02:44:03 PM
Whew
by Sod Off Baldric
Jul 23rd, 2002
03:32:04 PM
Er, what he's really saying, Harry is FOR GOD'S SAKE CHE
by Spab2
Jul 23rd, 2002
04:08:55 PM
OK, I feel better now...
by PriestYoungblood
Jul 23rd, 2002
04:09:17 PM
Possibly the sickest animation yet, Harry!
by Lance Rock
Jul 23rd, 2002
04:15:31 PM

by Seinar
Jul 23rd, 2002
04:28:43 PM
Rama story
by Seinar
Jul 23rd, 2002
04:36:27 PM
Animation
by Seinar
Jul 23rd, 2002
04:40:24 PM
I don't care about the movie...
by Theta
Jul 23rd, 2002
04:52:04 PM
That animation...
by PR_GMR
Jul 23rd, 2002
05:28:17 PM
pursuing the tangent
by Muz
Jul 23rd, 2002
06:12:22 PM
Grant Boucher is a F@#%ing moron too!!! It was a NUCLEAR BOMB,
by ClutchBrake
Jul 23rd, 2002
06:50:12 PM
It's a meteor, Clutch
by Tailkinker
Jul 23rd, 2002
07:20:55 PM
Umm, it was a meteor
by mmusson
Jul 23rd, 2002
07:26:44 PM
Flaming dumbass!
by ClutchBrake
Jul 23rd, 2002
07:41:47 PM
Nuke or Asteroid...Who Fucking Cares!!!
by jesuschrist
Jul 23rd, 2002
07:56:15 PM
"Starship Trooperized"?
by fuldamobil
Jul 23rd, 2002
08:35:22 PM
Mori's just hungry for some of Harry's corn
by You Are Banned
Jul 23rd, 2002
09:32:42 PM
the doctors say the damage is permanent...
by spikendruscilla
Jul 23rd, 2002
09:45:17 PM
wait I got it!
by spikendruscilla
Jul 23rd, 2002
10:05:14 PM
That corner animation
by Dannychico
Jul 23rd, 2002
11:26:56 PM
Un Chien Andalou (The Andalusian Dog)
by Lobanhaki
Jul 24th, 2002
12:16:51 AM
the truth about that animation
by ElGuapo
Jul 24th, 2002
02:03:42 AM
oh. sorry. you mean THAT animation...
by ElGuapo
Jul 24th, 2002
02:12:39 AM
It was God!
by Wild At Heart
Jul 24th, 2002
05:46:07 AM
Re: Dannychico
by spikendruscilla
Jul 24th, 2002
10:28:01 AM
DANNYCHICO
by jesuschrist
Jul 24th, 2002
12:55:51 PM
Rendezvous was one of the greatest SF novels ever
by trash2
Jul 25th, 2002
06:48:34 AM
RAMA LAMA DING DONG
by TomVee
Jul 28th, 2002
09:16:52 PM
what about a movie based on "Songs of a distant earth
by millermeusa
Jul 29th, 2002
12:55:24 AM
RAMA LAMA PING PONG
by TomVee
Jul 29th, 2002
08:32:48 PM

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