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witchywindy · Boot Joined: 07 May 2003 Posts: 51 Location: Wyoming

doubtful it has much to do with QND, then. i wish i had answered my phone on time....we could use a new clue.

**Posted:** Fri May 09, 2003 2:05 pm

teeman11 · Kl00 Joined: 05 May 2003 Posts: 42

did he say find the gatin file or the gatin "dot" file. also was there any inflection on the way he said "remember the key is everything"?

I'm thinking that the key isn't actually the word "everything" Maybe it's past passwords combined or something like "this thing and this thing and that thing" all put together. Does that even make sense? everything meaning all of "this" stuff.

Maybe we need to find the gatin.file in order to find the key, then again the key might just enable us to find the gatin.file. I feel like I'm going around in circles over here!

**Posted:** Fri May 09, 2003 3:05 pm

loitus · Boot Joined: 06 May 2003 Posts: 17 Location: NJ

On my voicemail, he didn't even say EVERYTHING, he left off at "Remember that the k..." then hung up...

**Posted:** Fri May 09, 2003 3:07 pm

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**Posted:** Sat May 10, 2003 4:04 pm

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Perko · Guest

The main thing I remember from Rendezvous with Rama:

"The Ramans do everything in threes."

This is the last sentence in the book, and of course it kind of predicted the sequels to follow (Rama II, Garden of Rama). But Amazon also lists "Rama Revealed" as the 4th book in the series, which kind of breaks the rule, no? Smile

I wouldn't even bring this up if it weren't for that funny word "everything" that has you all up in arms lately. Maybe that isn't coincidence.

**Posted:** Sat May 10, 2003 11:25 pm

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I think Gentry Lee has been the driving force behind the last two Rama books, and has written most of them with Clarke's editorial assistance. While Lee is a very good writer, he's not up to the same standards as Clarke.

Arthur C. Clarke is one of the last living "Old Masters" of Science Fiction, but he's quite old, and is probably no longer up to the task of writing a novel. While he may have only planned a trilogy, the franchise was ripe for another sequel, and I don't think he tried to stop it from being written.

**Posted:** Sun May 11, 2003 12:27 am

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