Contact II

40 years after the publication of the novel 'Contact' by Carl Sagan, it is time to write an updated new version. C. - A. Rebaf has delivered it.

In the age of molecular biology, it is no longer rocket blueprints that are sent to Earth by extraterrestrials, as in the 1980s, but other mysterious blueprints. These are written in a language that has already been described by Sagan. Andromeda is able to crack the code and decipher the information. A chat group on the net translates it into reality and falls for the aliens' ruse.

The characters of the novel

Andromeda, a bioinformatician from Leipzig with her boyfriend Mike.

Thor, an anthropologist from Leipzig.

Carol, his wife, who, like Hera, watches over their marriage.

These characters are already known from the previous novel 'I'-Gene.



Chris a Swiss molecular biologist

Pit a radio astronomer from Mexico

Jasper a Norwegian reproductive physician in Israel

Eric a project manager from the USA

All of these people are part of a globally organized chat group



Eve, Lilith, Adam , beings from Trappist - 1 -Epsilon

Titan a Neanderthal



C.-A. Rebaf got into literature late in life. His lifelong occupation in biochemistry, his love of classical music and literature, as well as the tensions between men and women, repeatedly flow into his texts. His favorite stylistic form is the variation of well-known themes. Kontakt II is more or less a cover version of Carl Sagan's novel.