Re: Finished the Rama series, but questions remain... [SPOILERS]

On Wednesday, 6 February 2019 at 16:30:59 UTC, a425couple wrote:
> On 2/4/2019 12:02 PM, Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) wrote: 
> > In article <[email protected]>, a425couple 
> > <[email protected]> writes: 
> > 
> >> As for me, I very much enjoyed Clarke's original 
> >> "Rendezvous with Rama". 
> >> But the very first of the sequels got me so 
> >> disgusted that I quit reading it. 
> > 
> > Same here. Similar situation with sequels/expanded versions of Asimov's 
> > stuff. The style is too different. At least Clarke's sequels had 
> > somewhat better characters (usually a weak point with Clarke), but 
> > sometimes these were almost caricatures, and the rest of it not as good.
> Well,,,,,, 
> OK, Clarke did not 'develop' a lot about his main 
> characters. They were decent people trying their 
> very best to do a good job for which they had been 
> trained for and employed to do. 
> IMHO, this is just like real life, and just as most 
> of us real people would be doing. 
> 
> What I hated about the first Rama sequel was the 
> evilness of the people in the crew, and the total 
> implausibility of these bad people being put on 
> the crew for this most important mission EVER! 
> We are supposed to believe that the nations very top 
> level decision makers selected this group of petty, 
> jealous, power hungry, murderous, back stabbing, 
> disobedient jerks to get teamed up together. 
> AND THERE WAS NO CLEAR ORDER OF SUCCESSION! 
> 
> No. Just NO! When the commander dies (is killed) 
> there is always a clear line of command. 
> makers