Hugonauts: The Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time — Contact by Carl Sagan - a scientifically grounded and totally ground-breaking first-contact story!

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Contact by Carl Sagan - a scientifically grounded and totally ground-breaking first-contact story!

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Ellie is a brilliant radio astronomer who has often felt alone in the world. When she detects an indisputably intelligent signal emanating from the Vega system, that all changes - for her and for the entire human race. The nations and people of the world begin to come together in the face of the alien intelligence,…

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