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<i>Contact</i>: Looking Outward From Our Pale Blue Dot

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Image from Contact (1997): Dr Ellie Arroway (Jodie Foster) listens to headphones in front of the Very Large Array Radio Telescope
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Contact: Looking Outward From Our Pale Blue Dot

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The Awesome Women Scientists of 1990s SFF

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Nine Deeply Humanist Science Fiction Films

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Empathy Machines: Nine Deeply Humanist Science Fiction Films

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Myke Cole and Michael Livingston Reveal Their All-Time Favorite Aliens

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Religion and Rocketry: How German Theology and Russian Mysticism Shape Our View of Outer Space

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Rocket Men and Grieving Girls: On The Myth of the American Astronaut

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Communication and Faith in Arrival

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Wonder, Pragmatism, Politics, and Big Ideas: Rewatching Contact

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Contemplate Your Place in the Universe with Hard Sci-Fi Film Classics!

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Where Are the Brainy Non-Violent SF Films?

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“There was a boy called Eustace Clarence Scrubb, and he almost deserved it.”

C.S. Lewis, The Voyage Of The Dawn Treader

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