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Manuscript/Mixed Material Idea for Contact video game

About this Item

Title

  • Idea for Contact video game

Names

  • Sagan, Carl (Author)

Headings

  • -  Astronomy
  • -  Sagan, Carl
  • -  Science--Study and teaching
  • -  Astronomy--Study and teaching
  • -  Contact : a novel
  • -  Ideas riding
  • -  Extraterrestrial intelligence
  • -  Video games
  • -  Manuscripts

Genre

  • Manuscripts

Notes

  • -  In this document, Carl Sagan considers how to create a video game that could teach astronomy "in a context as exciting as most violent video games." The game would involve helping galactic civilizations develop while avoiding destroying themselves. He suggests the game could be a tie-in to his novel Contact. From Carl Sagan's "ideas riding" files, a play on "ideas writing." These files contain a running set of initial concepts for various writing projects.

Medium

  • Dimensions in inches: 11 x 8 1/2

Source Collection

  • The Seth MacFarlane Collection of the Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan Archive

Repository

  • Manuscript Division

Online Format

  • online text
  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Sagan, Carl. Idea for Contact video game. 1983. Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://www.loc.gov/item/cosmos000101/.

APA citation style:

Sagan, C. (1983) Idea for Contact video game. [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/cosmos000101/.

MLA citation style:

Sagan, Carl. Idea for Contact video game. 1983. Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/cosmos000101/>.