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He wrote this book in 1985, and was diagnosed with cancer in 1994. I'm not sure the cancer diagnosis provided much subtext from 9 years in the future.

I'm glad you're a Sagan fan, but it kind of sounds like you're implying he had some kind of deathbed conversion. He did not.

From Billions and Billions (co-written with his wife, Ann Druyan):

"Contrary to the fantasies of the fundamentalists," Druyan writes, "there was no deathbed conversion, no last minute refuge taken in a comforting vision of a heaven or an afterlife. For Carl, what mattered most was what was true, not merely what would make us feel better."

This kind of false attribution of a "deathbed conversion" shows up all over social media when prominent atheists die. Hawking, Hitchens, Sagan--none of them sold out at the last second as they saw the light, but Facebook grandma loves forwarding memes saying that they did.

Sorry if that's not what you were implying with your comment, that's just how I interpreted it.
Carl is the GOAT, and I don't know that any of his contemporaries can ever hope to fill his shoes.

One of his countless brilliant quotes is on the front door of my science classroom:

"Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known."
Maybe, I liked both the book and the film. I liked the movie enough to have seen it three times now.

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08-06-2020 at 11:52 AM.
08-06-2020 at 11:52 AM.
Wayyy better than the movie.
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geckosu
08-06-2020 at 12:06 PM.
08-06-2020 at 12:06 PM.
"Jodie Foster narrates the Audiobook version - too cool!"

Depends on the platform, since I have this on Audible, and it was read by Laurel Lefkoe.
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geckosu
08-06-2020 at 12:08 PM.
08-06-2020 at 12:08 PM.
Quote from Scaevola :
Wayyy better than the movie.

Agreed, but with few exception, isn't that usually the case?
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Scaevola
08-06-2020 at 12:48 PM.
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Agreed, but with few exception, isn't that usually the case?

There are a few gems. But usually I would agree. I had such high hopes for ready player one.....
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08-06-2020 at 12:53 PM.
08-06-2020 at 12:53 PM.
Quote from Scaevola :
Wayyy better than the movie.
Maybe, I liked both the book and the film. I liked the movie enough to have seen it three times now.
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08-06-2020 at 12:58 PM.
08-06-2020 at 12:58 PM.
Quote from Scaevola :
There are a few gems. But usually I would agree. I had such high hopes for ready player one.....

Couldn't agree more about RP1
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Couldn't agree more about RP1
Yep, what a bitter disappointment that was.
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08-06-2020 at 01:18 PM.
08-06-2020 at 01:18 PM.
Carl is the GOAT, and I don't know that any of his contemporaries can ever hope to fill his shoes.

One of his countless brilliant quotes is on the front door of my science classroom:

"Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known."
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08-06-2020 at 01:51 PM.
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"this is the govt. why build one when you can build two for twice the price"
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08-06-2020 at 02:05 PM.
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Interesting read wrt Sagan:
https://stephenschneider.stanford...on2003.pdf
nice read... Esp about Sagan's nuclear winter hypothesis and SETI

who's the author? http://www.sepp.org/NewSEPP/GW-Al...ichton.htm
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08-06-2020 at 02:19 PM.
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nice read... Esp about Sagan's nuclear winter hypothesis and SETI

who's the author? http://www.sepp.org/NewSEPP/GW-Al...ichton.htm

Michael Crichton
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Nice find! Thanks OP, +1 and repped!
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