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Contact by Carl Sagan
4.0

Interesting concept of the first contact trope, but not quite the story I was expecting.
It had some aspects in it that reminded me of parts of Termination Shock I didn't enjoy (wordy, random fits into page long unnecessary descriptions of characters and topics).
Weirdly a lot of mentions of calling ones mom?

Loved the debates about religion vs science (reminiscent of Pale Blue Dot) and how her arguments against religion could be used against her scientific discovery in the end.