An edition of Contact (1985)

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An edition of Contact (1985)

Contact

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  • ★★★★ 4.20 ·
  • 93 Ratings
  • 680 Want to read
  • 33 Currently reading
  • 123 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
Language
English

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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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Contact: a novel
1997, Pocket Books, Pocket
in English
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Contact
July 1, 1997, Pocket Books
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Contact
1997, Pocket
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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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First Sentence

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

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Paperback
Dimensions
6.8 x 4.2 x 1.3 inches
Weight
8 ounces

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OL7647505M
Internet Archive
contactsaga00saga
ISBN 10
0671004107
ISBN 13
9780671004101
LCCN
85014645
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3252172
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