num_pages: 435
description: Pulitzer-prize winner Carl Sagan imagines the greatest adventure of all...the discover of an advanced civilization in the depths of space.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: Michael Kitz, Theodore Arroway, Kenneth "Ken" der Heer, John Staughton, Xi, Eda Abonneta, Sol R. Hadden, Willie, Billy Jo Rankin, Peter Valerian, Dr. Eleanor "Ellie" Arroway, Elli Sukhavati, Dr. David Drumlin, Vasili  "Vaygay" Gregorovitš Lunatšarski, Palmer Joss
genres: Fiction, Classics, Astronomy, Science Fiction Fantasy, Science Fiction, Aliens, Space, Audiobook, Fantasy, Novels
ratings_count: 139670
places: Paris, Wyoming, Washington, D.C., New Mexico
awards: awardedAt: 504950400000
name: Locus Award
category: Best First Novel
publisher: Simon & Schuster Inc