Listen and read

Step into an infinite world of stories

  • Listen and read as much as you want
  • Over 400 000+ titles
  • Bestsellers in 10+ Indian languages
  • Exclusive titles + Storytel Originals
  • Easy to cancel anytime
Subscribe now
Cover for Contact
283 Ratings

4.3

Duration
4H 41min
Language
English
Format
Category

Science fiction

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.

© 1997 Simon & Schuster Audio (Audiobook): 9780743545273

Release date

Audiobook: 1 July 1997

Others also enjoyed ...

  1. Contact
    Contact Carl Sagan
  2. The Minority Report and Other Stories
    The Minority Report and Other Stories Philip K. Dick
  3. I, Robot
    I, Robot Isaac Asimov
  4. Robot Dreams
    Robot Dreams Isaac Asimov
  5. Of Ants and Dinosaurs
    Of Ants and Dinosaurs Cixin Liu
  6. The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Vol. 1, 1929–1964: The Greatest Science Fiction Stories of All Time Chosen by the Members of the Science Fiction Writers of America
    The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Vol. 1, 1929–1964: The Greatest Science Fiction Stories of All Time Chosen by the Members of the Science Fiction Writers of America Robert A. Heinlein, Arthur C. Clarke, others
  7. Robot Visions
    Robot Visions Isaac Asimov
  8. Youth
    Youth Isaac Asimov
  9. The Variable Man
    The Variable Man Philip K. Dick
  10. Childhood's End
    Childhood's End Arthur C. Clarke
  11. Hold Up The Sky
    Hold Up The Sky Cixin Liu
  12. Foundation
    Foundation Isaac Asimov
  13. Great Classic Science Fiction
    Great Classic Science Fiction various authors, H. G. Wells, Philip K. Dick, Frank Herbert, Stanley G. Weinbaum, James Schmitz, Lester del Rey, Fritz Leiber
  14. The Gun
    The Gun Philip K. Dick
  15. The Supernova Era
    The Supernova Era Cixin Liu
  16. Exhalation
    Exhalation Ted Chiang
  17. The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Vol. 2-B: The Greatest Science Fiction Novellas of All Time Chosen by the Members of the Science Fiction Writers of America
    The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Vol. 2-B: The Greatest Science Fiction Novellas of All Time Chosen by the Members of the Science Fiction Writers of America Isaac Asimov, Jack Vance, others
  18. The Hanging Stranger
    The Hanging Stranger Philip K. Dick
  19. Red Mars
    Red Mars Kim Stanley Robinson
  20. Second Variety
    Second Variety Philip K. Dick
  21. The Complete Robot
    The Complete Robot Isaac Asimov
  22. Some Remarks
    Some Remarks Neal Stephenson
  23. The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Vol. 2-A: The Greatest Science Fiction Novellas of All Time Chosen by the Members of The Science Fiction Writers of America
    The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Vol. 2-A: The Greatest Science Fiction Novellas of All Time Chosen by the Members of The Science Fiction Writers of America H. G. Wells, Poul Anderson, others
  24. Robots and Empire
    Robots and Empire Isaac Asimov
  25. Prelude to Foundation
    Prelude to Foundation Isaac Asimov
  26. The End of Eternity
    The End of Eternity Isaac Asimov
  27. Foundation’s Edge
    Foundation’s Edge Isaac Asimov
  28. Expanded Universe, Vol. 1
    Expanded Universe, Vol. 1 Robert A. Heinlein
  29. The Robots of Dawn
    The Robots of Dawn Isaac Asimov
  30. A Canticle for Leibowitz
    A Canticle for Leibowitz Walter M. Miller Jr.
  31. Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions
    Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions Edwin A. Abbott
  32. The Currents of Space
    The Currents of Space Isaac Asimov
  33. Pattern Recognition
    Pattern Recognition William Gibson
  34. Quicksilver: Volume One of The Baroque Cycle
    Quicksilver: Volume One of The Baroque Cycle Neal Stephenson
  35. The Stars My Destination
    The Stars My Destination Alfred Bester
  36. The Caves of Steel
    The Caves of Steel Isaac Asimov
  37. A Fall of Moondust
    A Fall of Moondust Arthur C. Clarke
  38. Worlds Within Worlds - The Story of Nuclear Energy
    Worlds Within Worlds - The Story of Nuclear Energy Isaac Asimov
  39. The Naked Sun
    The Naked Sun Isaac Asimov
  40. The Godmakers
    The Godmakers Frank Herbert
  41. Seveneves
    Seveneves Neal Stephenson
  42. Distrust that Particular Flavor: Encounters with a Future that's already here
    Distrust that Particular Flavor: Encounters with a Future that's already here William Gibson
  43. The Dispossessed: A Novel
    The Dispossessed: A Novel Ursula K. Le Guin
  44. Altered Carbon: Netflix Altered Carbon book 1
    Altered Carbon: Netflix Altered Carbon book 1 Richard Morgan
  45. The Sands of Mars
    The Sands of Mars Arthur C. Clarke
  46. Information Doesn’t Want to Be Free: Laws for the Internet Age
    Information Doesn’t Want to Be Free: Laws for the Internet Age Cory Doctorow
  47. Raw Spirit
    Raw Spirit Iain Banks
  48. The Wild Shore
    The Wild Shore Kim Stanley Robinson
  49. Antarctica
    Antarctica Kim Stanley Robinson
  50. Pebble in the Sky
    Pebble in the Sky Isaac Asimov
  51. The Demolished Man
    The Demolished Man Alfred Bester
  52. The Difference Engine
    The Difference Engine William Gibson, Bruce Sterling
  53. Anathem
    Anathem Neal Stephenson
  54. Dichronauts
    Dichronauts Greg Egan
  55. The Defenders
    The Defenders Philip K. Dick
  56. The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O.: A Novel
    The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O.: A Novel Nicole Galland, Neal Stephenson
  57. Termination Shock
    Termination Shock Neal Stephenson
  58. The Rest of the Robots
    The Rest of the Robots Isaac Asimov
  59. Blood Music
    Blood Music Greg Bear
  60. The Years of Rice and Salt
    The Years of Rice and Salt Kim Stanley Robinson
  61. The Left Hand of Darkness
    The Left Hand of Darkness Ursula K. Le Guin
  62. Mr. Spaceship
    Mr. Spaceship Philip K. Dick
  63. Authority
    Authority Jeff VanderMeer
  64. Piper in the Woods
    Piper in the Woods Philip K. Dick
  65. Ender’s World: Fresh Perspectives on the SF Classic Ender’s Game
    Ender’s World: Fresh Perspectives on the SF Classic Ender’s Game Orson Scott Card
  66. Polostan
    Polostan Neal Stephenson
  67. Annihilation
    Annihilation Jeff VanderMeer
  68. The Rapture of the Nerds
    The Rapture of the Nerds Cory Doctorow, Charles Stross
  69. Babel-17
    Babel-17 Samuel R. Delany
  70. A View from the Stars
    A View from the Stars Cixin Liu
  71. The Jesus Incident
    The Jesus Incident Frank Herbert, Bill Ransom
  72. The Stars, Like Dust
    The Stars, Like Dust Isaac Asimov
  73. The Dead Mountaineer’s Inn: (One More Last Rite for the Detective Genre)
    The Dead Mountaineer’s Inn: (One More Last Rite for the Detective Genre) Boris Strugatsky, Arkady Strugatsky
  74. Doomsday Book
    Doomsday Book Connie Willis
  75. Reach for Infinity
    Reach for Infinity Karen Lord, Alastair Reynolds, Ian McDonald, Peter Watts, Greg Egan, Ken MacLeod, Linda Nagata, Aliette De Bodard, Pat Cadigan, Kathleen Ann Goonan, Karl Schroeder, Ellen Klages, Hannu Rajaniemi, Adam Roberts
  76. Gold: The Final Science Fiction Collection
    Gold: The Final Science Fiction Collection Isaac Asimov
  77. Recursion: From the Bestselling Author of Dark Matter Comes an Exciting, Twisty Thriller
    Recursion: From the Bestselling Author of Dark Matter Comes an Exciting, Twisty Thriller Blake Crouch