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Author:
Carl Sagan
Read by:
Laurel Lefkow

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Ratings
Book
56
Narrator
13
Release Date
February 21, 2012
Duration
14 hours 46 minutes
Summary
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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Brandon Williams

I have loved the movie for years. I was hesitant to listen to the book. Overall I was impressed. There were quite a few fundamental issues in the book that were different than the movie. Enough to feel it was a worth while listen. Some of the chapters on religion vs science were dull, but that may be because I've heard all the arguments before.

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Jessie K.

4.5 stars This isn’t a hit-you-like-a-freight-train kind of story. This is a burrow-under-your-skin-and-stay-with-you-forever kind of story. It’s perhaps not the easiest to get into given the amount of scientific language and content—aud iobooks are so helpful with books like this, and the narrator here did a wonderful job—and its mid-80s viewpoint does hinder it in certain aspects (although it was interesting to learn what Sagan thought the end of the millennium would be like), but it’s incredibly affecting nonetheless. If you enjoy books that ask the big questions and make you think, read this. Oh, and the movie’s pretty great, too. CW: sexism, Islamophobia and xenophobia in general (stereotypes), ableist language (mainly outdated terminology), violence, death, loss of a parent, grief

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Kaitlin M.

Underrated and very good if you like big thinking science fiction

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Anonymous

A work of art.

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Cliff S.

Loved it Loved Loved it. Carl Sagan’s imagination drags you along for the time of your life through The Cosmos

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Jon E.

Carl Sagan is a literary master

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Jade C.

book was ok not as good as I hoped don't think I will play it again:(

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Author: Carl Sagan
Read by: Laurel Lefkow
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