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Contact: A Novel

The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Cosmos and renowned astronomer Carl Sagan’s international bestseller about the discovery of an advanced civilization in the depths of space remains the “greatest adventure of all time” (Associated Press).

The future is here…in an adventure of cosmic dimension. When a signal is discovered that seems to come from far beyond our solar system, a multinational team of scientists decides to find the source. What follows is an eye-opening journey out to the stars to the most awesome encounter in human history. Who—or what—is out there? Why are they watching us? And what do they want with us?

One of the best science fiction novels about communication with extraterrestrial intelligent beings, Contact is a “stunning and satisfying” (Los Angeles Times) classic.

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Published Feb 26, 2019

384 pages

Average rating: 7.68

38 RATINGS

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Community Reviews

Pferdina
May 26, 2025
7/10 stars
There was a lot of description of the science, and I'm not convinced it was really necessary to the story. Other than that, I liked the story. It felt a little dated in that Sagan was guessing what 25 years in the future would be like and didn't always guess correctly. It was disappointing how sexist the future still was.

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