Really excellent look at communication with extraterrestrial life. Sagan has a bit too much of his own theology (all right, we get it, Christianity is illogical), but it doesn't detract too much from the story. Really my only criticism. ( )

An excellent book by Carl Sagan. A team of scientists are listening for life on other planets. Ellie is devoted to pure science and receives what seems to be a signal from a far off planet, Vega. The message is confirmed and the government, religious zealots and every fanatic in between wants to be heard. The message contains much more than origionally thought and a huge cover up by congress ensues. A great read by an amazing man. ( )

I'm giving this one, in all honesty, something like a 3.7. It's well enough written it shouldn't be a three and yet not compelling enough to deserve a four. And yet I truly enjoyed it. It's been a long time since I spent so much time reading a hard core Sci-Fi novel, and Stephanie and I read them by parts one a week.

I love getting to delve back into Sagan's mind. I've read his texts, but never his non-fiction, and there's a lovely thrill to reading about scientific details you know are completely true based on the background of the author.

Definitely not time wasted. ( )

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Highly enjoyable book, which was obviously written with the intention of bringing astro physics into the popular realm. It for sure achieved this. The main character was a bit bland, but great story, and reading about some in depth science jargon without feeling overwhelmed was great. Touching at points. ( )