Contact

Description:

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.

subjects: Exploration,  Fiction,  Human-alien encounters,  Life on other planets,  Radio astronomy,  Women scientists,  Interstellar communication,  Interplanetary voyages,  Long Now Manual for Civilization,  Science Fiction - General,  Fiction - Science Fiction,  Science Fiction,  Fiction / Science Fiction / General,  Extraterrestrial beings,  Astronomers,  Large type books,  political intrigue,  First Contact,  extraterrestrial life,  Fiction, science fiction, general,  New York Times reviewed

People: Eleanor "Ellie" Arroway,  Carl Sagan (1934-1996)

Places: Outer space

Times: Generic present day