shellyflowers 's review for:

Contact by Carl Sagan

5.0

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I first watched the movie before reading this book. I loved the movie but was nervous that most of the book would be way too over my head. Fortunately, the movie was a fairly good adaptation which made the book that much easier to read. They are very similar for the most part, though they diverge quite a bit in the last third. Overall, however, I can’t help but get swept up in the wonder of the universe, in the poetry of mathematics, as I read this book.