The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Cosmos and renowned astronomer Carl Sagan’s international bestseller about the breakthrough 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 sign is discovered that seems to come from far beyond our solar system, a multinational group of scientists chooses to get the source. Here are some can be an eye-opening trip out to the superstars to the most awesome encounter in human history. Who-or what-is out there? Why are they viewing us? And what do they need with us?

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