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Carl Sagan, Carl Sagan
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An edition of Contact (1985)

Contact

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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.

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Orbit
Language
English
Pages
431

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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, political intrigue, First Contact, extraterrestrial life, Fiction, science fiction, general, New York Times reviewed

People

Eleanor "Ellie" Arroway, Carl Sagan (1934-1996)

Places

Outer space

Times

Generic present day

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Cover of: Contact
Contact: a novel
1997, Pocket Books, Pocket
in English
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Cover of: Contact
Contact: a novel
1997, Orbit
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Contact
July 1, 1997, Pocket Books
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Contato: romance
1997, Companhia das Letras
Paperback in Portuguese - 1 edition
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Contact
1997, Pocket
Paperback in English
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Contact
September 15, 1989, Pocket
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Contacto
January 1, 1989, Plaza & Janes Editories Sa
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Contact: a novel
1985, Simon and Schuster
Hardcover in English
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Contact: a novel
1985, Simon and Schuster
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Edition Notes

Originally published: Great Britain : Century Hutchinson, 1986.

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Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
813.54

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Pagination
431p. ;
Number of pages
431

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL22447504M
ISBN 10
1857235800
Library Thing
3252172
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96656

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By human standards it could not possibly have been artificial: It was the size of a world.
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