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In the near future, a signal is detected coming from the Alpha Centauri system. Mysterious, unintelligible data streams in for ten years. Heather Davis, a professor in the University of Toronto psychology department, has devoted her career to deciphering the message. Her estranged husband,... read more
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- Davis
- Papineau
- Stone
- Rebecca
- Fogarty
- Doreen
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- Susan Cowles
- Khan
- Persinger
- Saperstein
- Chomsky
- Penrose
- Mullin Hall
- Ideko
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HEATHER DAVIS TOOK A SIP OF HER COFFEE and looked at the brass clock on the mantelpiece.
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- Robert J. Sawyer (Author)
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Page Count: 348
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- Hugo Award (Finalist, 1999: Best Novel)
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- Dewey: 813.54
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