![]() If you want to read about a "first contact" with an alien intelligence in a form as "real" as possible, this is your novel.įor small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love. Sagan is able to merge all his factual science knowledge with strong theories and very possible science fiction. Readers who enjoy techno-thrillers in the style of Michael Chrichton, I am sure that they will find this book the same as enjoyable. This is truly great novel and it's written by one of the most respected scientist in the field about science of outer space, Carl Sagan. CARL SAGAN CONTACT BOOK COVERS MOVIE(And I am truly glad that I was able to get the movie in blu-ray, a few months ago in this year, 2014)) When I read this book, back then in 1997, I did it like a couple of months before of being able to watch the film adaptation. If it's just us, seems like an awful waste of space. (And I am truly glad that I was able to get the movie in blu-ray, a few months ago in this year, 2014)) This is truly great novel and it's written by one of the most respected scientist in the field about science A smart story crafted by a real space science guru In fact, he put it a little more strongly than that.Ī smart story crafted by a real space science guru WE CAN'T BE ALONE The universe is a pretty big place. I called up a mathematician friend to ask what he thought of this argument, but I'm not sure he was totally convinced. This just in: "Jonmaas" on Medium says there is a message of the kind Sagan hypothesizes in Contact. I just noticed that God's mysterious utterance "I AM WHO I AM" occurs in Exodus 3:14.Ĭould this possibly have given Sagan an idea? "Ellie disgracefully waffles in the face of lightweight theological objections to rationalism." I had not come across his letter until I saw it just now, but apparently Sagan told Warner Brothers straight out that he was unhappy with what they'd done to the movie. This is the opposite of what Sagan was saying.įor people who haven't seen the famous xkcd cartoon (I hadn't until this morning): So she is forced to tell people that they need Faith. In the movie, she comes back and can't justify her story in any way. She also makes another surprising discovery. CARL SAGAN CONTACT BOOK COVERS HOW TOWhen she returns to Earth, she has no immediate way to support her story - but she has been given enough of a clue that she knows how to find objective evidence, which she duly does. In the book, the heroine meets the aliens and is told that they have indisputable proof that the Universe was created by a Higher Power. In the movie, she comes I was quite shocked when I saw the movie version, and discovered that they had twisted the message 180 degrees. I was quite shocked when I saw the movie version, and discovered that they had twisted the message 180 degrees. This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. ![]()
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