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An edition of Contact (1985)

Contact

a novel

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  • ★★★★ 4.2 (96 ratings) ·
  • 699 Want to read
  • 35 Currently reading
  • 129 Have read

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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Pocket Books, Pocket
Language
English
Pages
434

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Previews available in: Portuguese English Spanish

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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Contato: romance
1997, Companhia das Letras
Paperback in Portuguese - 1 edition
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Cover of: Contact
Contact: a novel
1997, Pocket Books, Pocket
in English
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Contact
1997, Pocket
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Contact
July 1, 1997, Pocket Books
Mass Market Paperback in English
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Contacto
January 1, 1989, Plaza & Janes Editories Sa
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Contact
September 15, 1989, Pocket
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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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Library of Congress
PS3569.A287 C6 1986

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Pagination
434 p.
Number of pages
434

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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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