Why am I passionate about this?
I’ve always had a longstanding interest in space, and particularly in aliens. In researching my breakthrough novel Not Alone, I extensively read as much nonfiction content on the topic as I could find, including governmental-backed scenario analyses of how things might actually play out in a contact or invasion scenario. Naturally, I have also read widely in the sci-fi genre for my own pleasure, with most of my interest in this specific topic.
Craig's book list on how things will change when the aliens show up
Why did Craig love this book?
I see this book as the greatest alien-related story of all time.
Carl Sagan’s humanity and philosophy make it so much more than a tale of alien contact. This is a human story about how alien contact would affect us and the world around us, from the personal to the political and on all levels from micro to macro.
The breadth of the story’s scope opened my mind in countless ways.
14 authors picked Contact as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.
In December 1999 a multinational team journeys out to the stars, to the most awesome encounter in human history. Who - or what - is out there?