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Own and read. The film was based on this book, it's supposedly everything the film should have been or whatever :)
==First read (August 2011)==
===Format===
1997 paperback Orbit edition, got new as a present from Ed. 419 pages, 38 lines per page, 10 blank pages. 833542 characters in totalBased on 2038 characters on page 83 according to Notepad++., putting it at 433 'standard' pages.
===Journal===
Got from Ed for my 23rd birthday (arrived direct from Amazon Sep 28th).
Started reading it on the 2nd of August 2011, after interrupting my run of sci-fi books (Blood Music, Snow Crash and this one) with the randomly-given-to-me Shogun.
Finished it on the morning of the 8th of August, in bed. It was good, but not great. Much better than I feared about halfway through when I pictured it validating religion like the film, but that was averted, and the ending was satisfactory. I enjoyed the vision of extraterrestrial intelligence, and the main character was likeable. I would probably have liked it a lot more if I hadn't read so much :P
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