Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space (Unabridged)
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"FASCINATING . . . MEMORABLE . . . REVEALING . . . PERHAPS THE BEST OF CARL SAGAN''S BOOKS." --The Washington Post Book World (front page review)
In Cosmos, the late astronomer Carl Sagan cast his gaze over the magnificent mystery of the Universe and made it accessible to millions of people around the world. Now in this stunning sequel, Carl Sagan completes his revolutionary journey through space and time.
Future generations will look back on our epoch as the time when the human race finally broke into a radically new frontier--space. In Pale Blue Dot Sagan traces the spellbinding history of our launch into the cosmos and assesses the future that looms before us as we move out into our own solar system and on to distant galaxies beyond. The exploration and eventual settlement of other worlds is neither a fantasy nor luxury, insists Sagan, but rather a necessary condition for the survival of the human race.
"TAKES READERS FAR BEYOND Cosmos . . . Sagan sees humanity''s future in the stars." --Chicago Tribune
Introductory music from the original score for COSMOS: A SpaceTime Odyssey composed by Alan Silvestri, used with permission from Cosmos Studios, Inc. and Chappers Music. All rights reserved. Special thanks to Fuzzy Planets, Inc.
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Brilliant Essay, somewhat marred in the reading
This is a remarkable book, it's a masterly account, beautifully read by its author, the late, great, and much lamented Carl Sagan. There is a version of this book on YouTube, which is the audiobook as it was originally recorded by Carl Sagan, but this version is marred by an overlay of music: as if this was necessary to create an atmosphere of awe and reverence beyond that already evoked by Sagan's own voice. So for clarity (and the absence of music) this is the better version.
It's a pity that the editors have chosen to replace Sagan's own voice (in places at least) by that of his wife Ann Druyen, fellow science-communicator and co-author of the landmark television series, Cosmos. Her contribution to her field and (no doubt) to Pale Blue Dot is beyond question. But I do miss the sonority, and above all the authority of Sagan's own voice. Which is a pity, and I do wonder whether the decision was motivated by the notion that the male voice should be balanced by a female. Which would be fine, were the woman's voice of qual weight and authority.