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An edition of Contact (1985)

Contact

a novel

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  • ★★★★ 4.2 (102 ratings)
  • 767 Want to read
  • 38 Currently reading
  • 140 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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Publisher
Simon and Schuster
Language
English
Pages
432

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

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Published in
New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
813/.54
Library of Congress
PS3569.A287 C6 1985

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Pagination
432 p. ;
Number of pages
432

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL2533923M
ISBN 10
0671434004
LCCN
85014645
OCLC/WorldCat
12344811
Wikidata
Q58879298
LibraryThing
3252172
Goodreads
1191620

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL2950903W

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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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