Books like Contact

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.

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Sphere by Michael Crichton (1987) · 3.77★
Johnny Mnemonic by William Gibson (1981) · 3.75★
I, Robot by Isaac Asimov (1950) · 4.17★
Ringworld by Larry Niven (1970) · 3.96★
Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein (1959) · 3.99★
The Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy (1984) · 4.01★
The Mote in God's Eye by Larry Niven (1974) · 4.06★
The Abyss by Orson Scott Card (1989) · 4.06★
Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein (1961) · 3.91★