num_pages: 358
description: 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, Kenneth "Ken" der Heer, Sol R. Hadden, Dr. Eleanor "Ellie" Arroway, Xi, Dr. David Drumlin, John Staughton, Willie, Michael Kitz, Theodore Arroway, Billy Jo Rankin, Elli Sukhavati, Eda Abonneta, Palmer Joss, Vasili  "Vaygay" Gregorovitš Lunatšarski
genres: Audiobook, Science Fiction, Classics, Novels, Science Fiction Fantasy, Space, Aliens, Astronomy, Fiction, Fantasy
ratings_count: 139662
places: Wyoming, Paris, Washington, D.C., New Mexico
awards: awardedAt: 504950400000
name: Locus Award
category: Best First Novel
publisher: Doubleday Direct