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  • Pale Blue Dot

  • A Vision of the Human Future in Space
  • By: Carl Sagan
  • Narrated by: Carl Sagan, Ann Druyan
  • Length: 13 hrs and 18 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (1,959 ratings)

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Pale Blue Dot

By: Carl Sagan
Narrated by: Carl Sagan, Ann Druyan
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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.

©1994 Carl Sagan (P)2017 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved.
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A national treasure, LOVE the narration!

It's hard for me to understand why some people are posting comments about the audio quality. I love this book, and I especially LOVE the fact that we get to hear Carl Sagan and his wife Ann Druyan's actual voices doing the narration.

While it would be great if they were able to recover the entire original audio, I'm so grateful they not only recovered some of it, but chose to let Ann read the rest. There is no better substitute for Carl Sagan than Ann Druyan.

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inspiring story and ideas

Carl Sagan can surely convey a coherent and inspiring story, yet Ann's voice is annoying

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Absolutely amazing

wise words from one of me most interesting minds of humanity highly recommended for anyone interested in history science philosophy space... anything and everything really 🖖

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Golden

check out fault in our stars by John green at the same time! loved it!

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Great

The app plays the audio as expected, and the Pale Blue Dot is fantastic and highly recommended!

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A Must Read for All

A must read for all. I find that Carl’s words resonate today in such a profound way.

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Amazing book

Only the first few chapters are read by Sagan. It doesn't subtract from the book itself really.

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Another great one by Carl Sagan.

I wish Carl's original audio was stored better. Props to Anne, but the book lost something once she took over.

Not a book I'd listen to twice, but I'm grateful that I listened to it once.

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Fantastic listen

Loved every minute and it was great to hear Carl Sagan's voice. For those that are fans of space and science this is a must

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Spectacular

One of the most perceptible well thought out books I have ever read. Great Book.

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