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Name: Contact
Rating: 4.185567010309 (97 reviews)
Author: Carl Sagan

Carl Sagan’s science‑fiction classic follows a multinational team of scientists, including pioneering women researchers, who intercept a faint radio signal from beyond the solar system. Working under intense political pressure and international cooperation, they attempt to decipher an alien message that could reveal the first contact of humanity with extraterrestrial life. The novel explores the scientific process of radio astronomy, interstellar communication, and the profound implications that such a discovery would have for culture, politics, and our understanding of the cosmos.

First publish date: 1986

Genre: Science Fiction/Hard Science Fiction

Authors: Carl Sagan

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