Title: Contact Title Record # 2199
Author: Carl Sagan
Date: 1985-10-00
Type: NOVEL
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Language: English
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Translations

Year Language Title 1986ⓘTranslated by Donaldson M. Garschagen Portuguese Contato 1986ⓘTranslated by Janko Paravić Croatian Kontakt 1986ⓘTranslated by 池央耿 Japanese コンタクト (上巻)?コンタクト (じょうかん) Kontakuto (Jōkan) Kontakuto (Joukan) [as by カール・セーガン?Kāru Sēgan Kaaru Seegan ] 1986ⓘTranslated by 池央耿 Japanese コンタクト (下巻)?コンタクト (げかん) Kontakuto (Gekan) [as by カール・セーガン?Kāru Sēgan Kaaru Seegan ] 1988ⓘTranslated by Meike Werner. German Contact 1989ⓘTranslated by 池央耿 Japanese コンタクト (上)?コンタクト (じょう) Kontakuto (Jō) Kontakuto (Jou) [as by カール・セーガン?Kāru Sēgan Kaaru Seegan ] 1989ⓘTranslated by 池央耿 Japanese コンタクト (下)?コンタクト (か) Kontakuto (Ka) [as by カール・セーガン?Kāru Sēgan Kaaru Seegan ] 1997ⓘTranslated by Frans Bruning and Hans Lepel Dutch Contact 1997ⓘTranslated by Donaldson M. Garschagen. Portuguese Contato 1997ⓘ Translated by Mirosław P. Jabłoński. This title is the second translation to Polish language. Polish Kontakt 2006ⓘTranslated by Radu Pavel Gheo Romanian Contact 2011ⓘTranslated by William Olivier Desmond French Contact

Awards

Place	Year and Award	Category
1	1986 Locus	Best First Novel
15	1986 Locus	Best SF Novel

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist	Verif
Contact	1985-10-00	Carl Sagan	Simon & Schuster	0-671-43400-4	$18.95?$: US dollar	432	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Jon Lomberg
Contact	1986-00-00	Carl Sagan	Arrow Books	0-09-946950-2	£2.15?£: UK pound	431	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
Contact	1986-02-00	Carl Sagan	Thorndike Press	0-89621-687-X	$18.95?$: US dollar	664	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
Contact	1986-04-00	Carl Sagan	Pocket Books	0-671-62321-4	$3.50?$: US dollar	434	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Jon Lomberg
Contact	1986-04-00	Carl Sagan	Century	0-7126-9503-6	£10.95?£: UK pound	432	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
Contact	1986-06-00	Carl Sagan	Simon & Schuster / QPBC		$9.95?$: US dollar	432	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
Contact	1986-10-00	Carl Sagan	Pocket Books	0-671-43422-5	$4.95?$: US dollar	x+ 434	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Jon Lomberg
Contact	1986-10-00	Carl Sagan	Pocket Books	0-671-43422-5	C$5.95?C$: Canadian dollar	x+ 434	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Jon Lomberg
Contact	1987-04-00	Carl Sagan	Arrow Books	0-09-946950-2	£3.50?£: UK pound	431	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
Contact	1989-00-00	Carl Sagan	Legend	0-09-946950-2	£3.99?£: UK pound	431	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Jon Lomberg
Contact	1997-00-00	Carl Sagan	Pocket Books	0-671-00410-7	$7.50?$: US dollar	434	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
Contact	1997-06-00	Carl Sagan	Pocket Books	0-671-00410-7	$6.99?$: US dollar	434	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
Contact	1997-07-01	Carl Sagan	Simon & Schuster Audio	0-671-57043-9	$24.00?$: US dollar		audio cassette?Cassette tape	novel
Contact	1997-09-00	Carl Sagan	Simon & Schuster / SFBC	1-56865-424-3 / 17483	$9.99?$: US dollar	358	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
Contact	1998-00-00	Carl Sagan	Orbit	1-85723-580-0	£5.99?£: UK pound	429	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
Contact	2009-04-09	Carl Sagan	Paw Prints	978-1-4420-0661-4	$16.99?$: US dollar		hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
Contact	2012-03-23	Carl Sagan	Simon & Schuster Audio				digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.	novel
Contact	2016-12-20	Carl Sagan	Simon & Schuster	978-1-5011-7231-1	$7.99?$: US dollar		ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel
Contact	2019-02-26	Carl Sagan	Gallery Books	978-1-5011-9798-7	$16.00?$: US dollar	372	tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel
Contact	2022-04-14	Carl Sagan	Orbit	978-0-356-51884-8	£9.99?£: UK pound	416	tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel
Contact	date unknown	Carl Sagan	Pocket Books	0-671-43422-5	C$6.95?C$: Canadian dollar	x+ 434	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Jon Lomberg
Contact	date unknown	Carl Sagan	Pocket Books	0-671-00410-7	$6.99?$: US dollar	434	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
Contact	date unknown	Carl Sagan	Pocket Books	0-671-00410-7	$7.99?$: US dollar	434	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
Contact	date unknown	Carl Sagan	Simon & Schuster Audio				digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.	novel

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Reviews

• Review by Charles Sheffield (1983) in Thrust, #19, Winter/Spring 1983
• Review by Peter Nicholls (1985) in Genre Fiction: The Roaring Years: A Collection of Commentaries and Reviews, (2022) , reprinted in:
•     Genre Fiction: The Roaring Years: A Collection of Commentaries and Reviews (2022)
• Review by Michael Bishop (1985) in Thrust, #25, Winter 1986, (1986) , reprinted in:
•     A Reverie for Mister Ray: Reflections on Life, Death, and Speculative Fiction (2005)
•     A Reverie for Mister Ray: Reflections on Life, Death, and Speculative Fiction (2005)
• Review by Gregory Benford (1985) in Fantasy Review, November 1985
• Review by David Nixon (1985) in Fantasy Review, December 1985
• Review by Dan Chow (1985) in Locus, #299 December 1985
• Review by Gene DeWeese (1986) in Science Fiction Review, Spring 1986
• Review by Gene DeWeese (1986) in Science Fiction Review, Summer 1986
• Review by Larry Niven (1986) in Science Fiction Review, Fall 1986
• Review by Keith Freeman (1986) in Vector 134
• Review by Hussain R. Mohamed (1986) in Vector 134
• Review by Don D'Ammassa (1986) in Science Fiction Chronicle, #86 November 1986
• Review by Terry Broome (1987) in Paperback Inferno, #67
• Review by Robert Sabella [as by Robert Michael Sabella] (1999) in Visions of Paradise, #82