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Contact
by Carl Sagan
Sagan's only novel: a radio astronomer receives a signal, humanity builds a machine, and faith and science meet at the edge of the universe. Thoughtful fiction.
Read it if…
you want Sagan's ideas as story.
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Skip it if…
you only read nonfiction.
Try instead: Unweaving the Rainbow →
Three things you will actually use
- Science and wonder coexist.
- Evidence and faith both matter.
- We are not alone in the question.
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Read the first signal chapters.
Our verdict
Sagan's novel.
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