Title: Contact
First published: 1986
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.
Subjects: Exploration, Fiction, Human-alien encounters, Life on other planets, Radio astronomy, Women scientists, Interstellar communication, Interplanetary voyages, Long Now Manual for Civilization, Science Fiction - General, Fiction - Science Fiction, Science Fiction, Fiction / Science Fiction / General, Extraterrestrial beings, Astronomers, Large type books, political intrigue, First Contact, extraterrestrial life, Fiction, science fiction, general, New York Times reviewed
Places: Outer space
People: Eleanor "Ellie" Arroway, Carl Sagan (1934-1996)
Time periods: Generic present day
LC classification: PS3569.A287 C6 1985