Contact

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science fiction novel

Contact is a science fiction novel by Carl Sagan that explores humanity’s first communication with an extraterrestrial intelligence and the intersection of science, faith, and politics.

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Contact canonical 20
Contact (1997 film) 1

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instanceOf science fiction novel ⓘ
adaptedAs Contact self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Contact (1997 film)
author Carl Sagan ⓘ
awareness widely known in popular science and science fiction communities ⓘ
centralTheme faith versus evidence ⓘ
first contact with extraterrestrial intelligence ⓘ
humanity’s place in the universe ⓘ
politics of scientific discovery ⓘ
relationship between science and religion ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
filmAdaptationDirector Robert Zemeckis ⓘ
filmAdaptationStar Jodie Foster ⓘ
genre first contact fiction ⓘ
philosophical novel ⓘ
science fiction ⓘ
hasForm novelization of an earlier film treatment ⓘ
hasISBN 9780671434007 ⓘ
inspiredBy Carl Sagan’s work with SETI ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainCharacter Ellie Arroway ⓘ
mediaType print ⓘ
notableCharacter David Drumlin ⓘ
Palmer Joss ⓘ
Rachel Constantine ⓘ
S. R. Hadden ⓘ
pageCount ~430 ⓘ
plotElement construction of a mysterious Machine ⓘ
decoding of an extraterrestrial message ⓘ
international political conflict over the Machine ⓘ
journey through a series of wormholes ⓘ
receipt of a signal from the star Vega ⓘ
protagonistAffiliation SETI ⓘ
protagonistOccupation radio astronomer ⓘ
publicationDate 1985 ⓘ
publisher Simon & Schuster ⓘ
publisherImprint Simon & Schuster adult trade ⓘ
setInPeriod late 20th century ⓘ
settingLocation Japan ⓘ
Puerto Rico ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
workDealsWith extraterrestrial intelligence ⓘ
global governance ⓘ
prime numbers ⓘ
radio astronomy ⓘ
religious fundamentalism ⓘ
wormholes ⓘ

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Carl Sagan → notableWork → Contact ⓘ
Contact → adaptedAs → Contact self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Contact (1997 film)
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subject surface form: Carl Sagan
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Jodie Foster → notableWork → Contact ⓘ
Jodie Foster → starredIn → Contact ⓘ
Ann Druyan → notableWork → Contact ⓘ
Ann Druyan → coWriterOf → Contact ⓘ
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Robert Zemeckis → notableWork → Contact ⓘ
Robert Zemeckis → directed → Contact ⓘ
Ellie Arroway → appearsIn → Contact ⓘ
Druyan → notableWork → Contact ⓘ
subject surface form: Ann Druyan
Palmer Joss → appearsIn → Contact ⓘ
Rachel Constantine → fictionalUniverse → Contact ⓘ
David Drumlin → appearsIn → Contact ⓘ
James Woods → notableWork → Contact ⓘ
S. R. Hadden → appearsIn → Contact ⓘ
Carl Sagan bibliography → includesNotableWork → Contact ⓘ
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Sagan → notableWork → Contact ⓘ
subject surface form: Carl Sagan