I mostly liked this, but I have to admit I was a tad disappointed. I was really introduced to Carl Sagan a few years ago when I watched Cosmos on YouTube which I *loved* and since then, I've heard so much praise of this book that I expected it to blow me away. Instead, I was often bored reading about the alien abduction conspiracy theories that were obviously so much a part of the pseudoscience Sagan had to fight (I'm guessing, a lot like creationists for Dawkins). At other times, he seemed to be focused too much (for my personal pleasure rather than for his purpose) on the American education system and American politics. Especially in the final chapters, I wished Mr. Sagan were still alive so he could have revised it, taking into account and addressing a post 9-11, post Fox News, post Internet, post New Atheist world. I also wish he could have written a "dragon in my garage" book targeted at children. A great champion of the Enlightenment (which, as an historian, I believe we're still undergoing) and a classic work that every sceptic, indeed everyone should read (at least the highlights anyway).