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SUMMARY:Contact - Carl Sagan - The first in our 2017 CONTACT season
DESCRIPTION:This novel is part of the Science Fiction Book Club`s 2017 seas
 on. Where we will explore our greatest hope\, and fear. Contact.\n\nIt is 
 December 1999\, the dawn of the millennium\, and a team of international s
 cientists is poised for the most fantastic adventure in human history. Aft
 er years of scanning the galaxy for signs of somebody or something else\, 
 this team believes they`ve found a message from an intelligent source--and
  they travel deep into space to meet it. Pulitzer Prize winner Carl Sagan 
 injects Contact\, his prophetic adventure story\, with scientific details 
 that make it utterly believable. It is a Cold War era novel that parlays t
 he nuclear paranoia of the time into exquisitely wrought tension among the
  various countries involved. Sagan meditates on science\, religion and gov
 ernment--the elements that define society--and looks to their impact on an
 d role in the future. His ability to pack an exciting read with such rich 
 content is an unusual talent that makes Contact a modern sci-fi classic. -
 -\n\n\n\nDazzling...Contact becomes the greatest adventure of all time. --
 Associated Press\n\nImaginative flair...The Sagan wit on full display...Co
 ntact jabs at commericalism\, nationalism\, sexism ... --The Wall Street J
 ournal\n\nContact [deals] with issues... worth pondering... The range and 
 depth of ideas is quite uncommon --The New York Times Book Review\n\nA mas
 terly piece of work blending adroit characterisation and flights of scient
 ific fancy that spring from today`s fact --Belfast Telegraph\n\nA feast of
  marvels --San Francisco Chronicle\n\nWho could be better qualified than t
 he author of the highly successful Cosmos to turn the possibility of extra
 -terrestrial intelligence\, and humankind`s first contact with it\, into i
 maginative reality? This is precisely what Sagan does in this eagerly awai
 ted and\, as it turns out\, engrossing first novel... Sagan`s informed and
  dramatically enacted speculations into the mysteries of the universe... m
 ake Contact an exciting adventure --Publishers Weekly\n\nLike a good myste
 ry\, Contact keeps us curious to the end... Ingenious and satisfying --New
 sweek\n\nA splendid story whose appeal is universal --Yorkshire Post\n\nSa
 gan`s continuing compelling plea that we do not destroy the ineffable love
 liness of life on this planet is present in every scene and phrase of Cont
 act... It is pleasurable and reassuring to read a popular author in whom t
 he observable and scientifically imagined universe inspires excitement\, h
 umour\, love\, awe --Newsday\n\nIf there is a God and He isn`t hiding\, He
  will have left an unambiguous message. What will the message look like? S
 agan`s answer is stunning and satisfying --Los Angeles Times\n\nGrand and 
 vivid... a lot of fun --The Village Voice\n\nOne of the best science ficti
 on stories about contact with intelligent beings ever written. Sagan calls
  on his scientific knowledge to garnish realistically a devastatingly cred
 ible account of how contact could be made --Sydney Daily Telegraph\n\nAn a
 stonishingly exciting\, precise and involved book --Sydney Sunday Telegrap
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