Things Wot Are On My Shelves: Contact edition
(for Faruk)
James Gunn: The Listeners, Scribners, 1972, 1st edition, 1st printing
Gunn’s novel is a fictional account of first contact, co-dedicated to Carl Sagan and based on his early use of radio telescopes in the search for extraterrestrial life.
A direct antecedent to—and inspiration for—Sagan’s novel, Gunn’s The Listeners is still an amazing work of speculative fiction and is a must-read for anyone who enjoyed Contact and for sci-fi fans in general.
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