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Title: Sagan was a true genius. Pretty bombastic, huh?
Review: I've devoured every Sagan book I could ever get my hands on, but this one did some serious mind numbing. Try this, get out under the summer night sky with a flashlight and read this book. Vega is overhead most of the night and it feels like it is watching you.This book is not about aliens -- it is about how we see ourselves. Carl was underhanded in his writing because your ordinary moke would think it is supposed to be about his view of the future or some factual account. Only it wasn't. Carl wanted to make the reader think about their own life and humanity from a human perspective. I am a true believer that life exists in the Cosmos, but that is completely irrelevant to this book. It is an excellent account of humanity - our flaws (many as there are) AND our triumphs. It is unfair to Carl to subject it to literary or factual critique. What is fair to say is that it most assuredly will make you think. Carl will definitely be missed.
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