칼 세이건의 장편 SF 소설. 이미 1997년에 영화로도 소개돼 많이 알려져 있는 <콘택트>는 전파 천문학자인 엘리 에로웨이가 직녀성의 우주인들이 보내는 메시지를 수신하여 그들이 보내온 기계설계도에 따라 기계를 제작한 후 접촉한다는 내용이다.

The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Cosmos and renowned astronomer Carl Sagan’s international bestseller about the discovery 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 signal is discovered that seems to come from far beyond our solar system, a multinational team of scientists decides to find the source. What follows is an eye-opening journey out to the stars to the most awesome encounter in human history. Who?or what?is out there? Why are they watching us? And what do they want with us?

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