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- Author
- Carl Sagan
- First published
- 1985
- Editions
- 50
- Subjects
- Exploration, Fiction, Human-alien encounters, Life on other planets, Radio astronomy, Women scientists, Interstellar communication, Interplanetary voyages
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- epigraph
- My heart trembles like a poor leaf. The planets whirl in my dreams. The stars press against my window. I rotate in my sleep. My bed is a warm planet.
- publication date
- 1985-09-00
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1985 American novels1985 debut novels1985 science fiction novelsAmerican English-language novelsAmerican novels adapted into filmsAmerican philosophical novelsBooks critical of religionConceptions of GodFiction about time dilationFiction about wormholesFiction set around VegaHard science fictionLocus Award–winning worksMetaphysical fiction novelsNovels about mathematicsNovels about scienceNovels set in New MexicoScience fiction about first contactSearch for extraterrestrial intelligenceSearch for extraterrestrial intelligence in literatureSimon & Schuster booksWorks by Carl Sagan