Talk:Rama II (novel)

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"It is a much darker book, with intrigues, and many deaths. This makes it more fascinating than the original Rama book, where there was less disagreement, and the scientific wonders of the new aliens dominated."

Isn't this a rather subjective statement? Saying "Rama II" is more fascinating than "Rendevouz with Rama" due to the intrigues and deaths strikes me as an opinion, not a fact. I for one believe RWR is magnitudes more fascinating than "Rama II". I own the first 3 Rama books. I've read RWR at least 15 times (maybe more), "Rama II" 2 times and about one third of "The Garden of Rama". Wasting money on "Rama Revealed" have never been an issue. True there are more intrigue and plot in the sequels, the background of the characters more developed and most quality books/movies are driven by character disagreements. But of what use is this when the plot/intrigue is contrived, the character interaction cliched and stilted and the disagreements predictable. I'll have to get acquanted with Wiki policy and guidelines (since I've never edited a Wiki article before) before I dare take a stab at rewriting this into something more objective, so if anyone have any ideas...

It is indeed horrendously subjective. I was just thinking the exact same thinga and am going to rewrite the article now (I might adjust the stuff about reader expectations in the intro, too). As to guidelines, you seem to have an instinctive grasp of the importance of a neutral point of view, but another important guideline on Wikipedia is "Be Bold!" -- don't be afraid to get your hands dirty making articles better. Someone'll be along to fix it soon enough if you do take a wrong turn. --Bth 11:58, 14 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]