Comet
by Carl Sagan
Taste attributes: documentaryrobots/ai/spacehistoricalslowfresh & originalheavyrealisticlinearglossybig & variedemotive & stirringall consuming questsocial commentary
Boxlist takeExpect a realistic, wide-ranging non-fiction book, fresh rather than familiar. Best if you like spectacle over intimacy.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: glossy · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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About This Book
Comet begins with a breathtaking journey through space astride a comet. Pulitzer Prize-winning astronomer Carl Sagan, author of Cosmos and Contact, and writer Ann Druyan explore the origin, nature, and future of comets, and the exotic myths and portents attached to them.
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- Author
- Carl Sagan
- Published
- 1985
- Pages
- 398
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- Open Library
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