After two recently published novels of dystopian (near) future, a different direction I hope you'll enjoy or at least want to talk about. Contact is a 1985 "hard" science fiction novel by the scientist Carl Sagan. "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?" Available [2nd hand](https://www.worldofbooks.com/en-gb/products/books-contact-by-carl-sagan#NGR9780356518848), [kindle](https://www.amazon.co.uk/Contact-Carl-Sagan-ebook/dp/B01NGT5T6A/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&dib_tag=se&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.0NhvuW1Lg-JrwYQ8oS6W2_xQkZ5QBYUmBtcw8zezdKu7R7xIRIqNDnupHpYmrnDHCjmPhU2sRGW3BQt8GATgdaJ5XEi-aJWPd9obL3RlwfOkIKtbHBCqPbBVqZva6fQc5oNA45N7JFPQSyU6BWQjyeBa7lrBQsNizXJ5F-d_fGGcIVOXRjtLGsKORaGrUmsQygHNFukBilDac8SYEAHwYw.5tIZs2Shsrz36QLB7UkvK8zaXbIGrX-bFI7UowwZWPc&qid=1789589215&sr=8-1) and [kobo](https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/contact-37?sId=5eb91d67-a2a6-42a1-bb90-0f7d9a84f55c&ssId=6QvFP1tSYWZ6KBGXKugmo&cPos=1)

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