Contact

De: Carl Sagan

Narrado por: Laurel Lefkow

The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Cosmos and renowned astronomer Carl Sagan’s international bestseller about the discovery of an advanced civilization in the depths of space remains the “greatest adventure of all time” (Associated Press).

The future is here…in an adventure of cosmic dimension. When a signal is discovered that seems to come from far beyond our solar system, a multinational team of scientists decides to find the source. What follows is an eye-opening journey out to the stars to the most awesome encounter in human history. Who—or what—is out there? Why are they watching us? And what do they want with us?

One of the best science fiction novels about communication with extraterrestrial intelligent beings, Contact is a “stunning and satisfying” (Los Angeles Times) classic.

So many choices

As good as the movie was, this book is orders of magnitude better. I had struggled with whether to choose the abridged, with Ms. Foster, or the unabridged. I am glad I chose the unabridged. As fan of science, I enjoyed hearing Dr. Sagan’s perspective on science and religion and I suspect those passages were what got chopped in the abridged. Those plus there were times when the plot wandered about. So if you’d rather focus on the main plot line, the abridged might be a better choice.
Laurel Lefkow’s narration was excellent. Only one of the accents annoyed me, the New York street accent. But honestly, that’s not her fault – she was true to the description of the accent given in the book.
Whichever version you chose, you will not be unhappy. It’s a great audiobook, well worth the listen.

The narrator did a wonderful job!

While the few gaps and recording issues are slightly irrititating, I loved how the book was narrated, how she did the various voices. Very pleased.

There to the stars, here to the crux of humanity

How can I write a quick review of a book of this magnitude? By going "there" to the stars, to the depths of physics, we go "here" to the core of humanity, to life, to all. A science fiction of the plausible present. Only such written by a deeply experienced scientist could be so personal, so relevant. Sagan shows surprisingly good fiction talent; he clearly knew people well. Where shall we, humans, go from here? How should we craft our signature?

Great Inspiring Novel

I love sci-fi and this book is brilliant. Better than the movie. well worth the time.

inspirational

Carl Sagan matches hard science with faith and beautiful story telling. The cosmos meets humanity.