Ken Jeavus
Cadet
I'm rereading Rendezvous with Rama. At the end of chapter 5 First EVA the main character turns a wheel with his own hands (in an EVA suit of course). Then Clarke writes this sentence: "Half a meter away, the curving wall of the pillbox started to move..." If I'm not mistaken, half a meter would be about 19 inches. But 19 inches isn't exactly "away". It'd be literally right next to them. Maybe he meant to say half a kilometer?
Obviously this doesn't take away one jot from the book, but just it was an odd little mistake. Thoughts?
Obviously this doesn't take away one jot from the book, but just it was an odd little mistake. Thoughts?