Contact

a novel

by
No cover

Carl Sagan: Contact (Paperback, 1986, Pocket Books)

Paperback, 434 pages

English language

Published Oct. 1, 1986 by Pocket Books.

ISBN:
978-0-671-43422-9
Copied ISBN!
OCLC Number:
492920702
ISFDB ID:
CNTCT1985
Goodreads:
603254

View on ISFDB

5 stars (1 review)

In December, 1999, a multinational team journeys out to the stars, to the most awesome encounter in human history. Who -- or what -- is out there? In Cosmos, Carl Sagan explained the universe. In Contact, he predicts its future -- and our own.

16 editions

reviewed Contact by Carl Sagan

Should have read this sooner

5 stars

I have no idea why it took me so long to read this book. I really enjoyed the movie, and this book is a deeper, more thoughtful version of that movie. Not only that, but I loved every page of it.

Some parts are a bit preachy, but I happily ignored those parts because the rest is so gripping.

Subjects

  • Exploration
  • Fiction
  • Human-alien encounters
  • Life on other planets
  • Radio astronomy
  • Women scientists
  • Interstellar communication
  • Interplanetary voyages
  • Long Now Manual for Civilization
  • Science Fiction - General
  • Fiction - Science Fiction
  • Science Fiction
  • Fiction / Science Fiction / General
  • Extraterrestrial beings
  • Astronomers
  • Large type books
  • Science fiction
  • political intrigue
  • First Contact
  • extraterrestrial life
  • Fiction, science fiction, general