content: I have read this book several times now and still feel like I have missed something. I really do think Mr Clarke was fighting a deadline to get this one out. It has so much potential to draw you in but never quite gets you going like the other three... 2001, 2010 and 2061 (mind you even 2061 was showing signs of sagging towards the end). The four Rama books were brilliant from the very first word to the very last as are many of his other sci-fi stories and the Rama series truly is a classic. The 2001 saga should be up there with the classics but I don't think it ever can be with the results of 3001. This is disappointing because it all starts out so well and 3001 isn't a bad read as far as books go but it certainly is not worthy as the final word in this much vaunted series.