The Dogear
Cover of Contact

Contact

by Carl Sagan

1985 · literary fiction · adult

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Set in 2 places · 1 primary
Sense of Place
5/5
2Earth →THE SOLAR NEIGHBORHOOD✧Vega25.04 LY
Description · Open Library (CC0)

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.

Set in

  • ★
    Plains of San Agustin · United States
    SETI radio telescope site
    ★ primary
  • Hokkaido · Japan
    secret third Machine site

Set in space

  • ✧
    Vega25.04 ly
    Source of the alien signal / wormhole waypoint
    ★ primary