A TRANSMISSION FROM THE ARCHIVE
Contact
a novel
- Original publication
- 1986
- Selected edition
- hardcover
- Pages in this edition
- 432
- English editions
- 24 ↗
SELECTED EDITION DETAILS
1985 · Simon and Schuster · eng
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Beautiful astrophysicist Rebecca Blake deciphers long-awaited signals from space, persuades world leaders to construct a machine that many consider a Trojan Horse, and journeys into space for an epochal encounter.
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DIFFERENT WAYS INTO THE SAME WORLD
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24 English editions in this snapshot. Showing up to 12 per page.
| Edition | Publication | Format | Pages | Source |
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| Contact | 2016 | unknown | 432 | Open Library ↗ |
| ContactCarl Sagan. | 1985 | unknown | 432 | Open Library ↗ |
| ContactCarl Sagan. | 1997 | unknown | 431 | Open Library ↗ |
| Contact | 1987 | unknown | 432 | Open Library ↗ |
| Contact | 1986 | unknown | 432 | Open Library ↗ |
| Contact | October 1999 | other | — | Open Library ↗ |
| Contact (Movie Tie-in) | July 1, 1997 | audiobook | — | Open Library ↗ |
| Contact | 1997 | unknown | — | Open Library ↗ |
| Contact | 1993 | unknown | — | Open Library ↗ |
| Contact | 1997 | unknown | — | Open Library ↗ |
| Contact | 2022 | unknown | — | Open Library ↗ |
| Contact | 1986 | unknown | — | Open Library ↗ |
THE IDEAS CONNECTING THE DOTS
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Alien life ↗
Source subject: Extraterrestrial beings
Space exploration ↗
Source subject: Interplanetary voyages
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813/.54/tags/OL179TPS3569.A287 C6 1985Eleanor "Ellie" ArrowayOuter spaceGeneric present dayExplorationCarl Sagan (1934-1996)FictionHuman-alien encountersLife on other planetsRadio astronomyWomen scientistsInterstellar communicationInterplanetary voyagesLong Now Manual for CivilizationScience Fiction - GeneralFiction - Science FictionScience FictionFiction / Science Fiction / GeneralExtraterrestrial beingsAstronomersLarge type bookspolitical intrigueFirst Contactextraterrestrial lifeFiction, science fiction, generalNew York Times reviewed
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