Loving The Alien

It was only a matter of time before I talked about Carl Sagan. I long ago placed him in my parthenon of heroes if only because he was the one person who could properly explain science to me. As I have mentioned before, I am phenomenally bad at science, so what he did is no mean feat.

That being said though, I still haven’t figured out how to make his recipe for apple pie.

However, there are areas that Carl Sagan goes into where I am a great deal more comfortable, not the least of which is engaged with in Contact.

But first, let’s start with a quote from the book that I think should launch us into the discussion:

“The book was better than the movie. For one thing, there was a lot more in it. And some of the pictures were awfully different from the movie.”

If ever there was an apt description of movie versus book, I haven’t found it. Books certainly have more, and the pictures in your mind do tend to be different from the ones in the movies. I only take exception to the fact that the book is better than the movie.

And of course, the reason I take exception is because I’m not convinced the book is better than the movie at all.

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