num_pages: 434
description: THE FUTURE IS HERE...IN AN ADVENTURE OF COSMIC DIMENSION. 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.
language: English
title: Contact
titlecomplete: Contact
characters: Peter Valerian, Willie, Elli Sukhavati, Theodore Arroway, Vasili  "Vaygay" Gregorovitš Lunatšarski, Dr. Eleanor "Ellie" Arroway, Michael Kitz, Eda Abonneta, John Staughton, Sol R. Hadden, Dr. David Drumlin, Xi, Kenneth "Ken" der Heer, Billy Jo Rankin, Palmer Joss
genres: Audiobook, Aliens, Astronomy, Novels, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Classics, Fiction, Science Fiction Fantasy, Space
ratings_count: 139665
places: Paris, New Mexico, Washington, D.C., Wyoming
awards: awardedAt: 504950400000
name: Locus Award
category: Best First Novel
publisher: Pocket Books