What an honour! This article in @theatlantic.com names "The Zoologist's Guide to the Galaxy" along with Carl Sagan's "Contact" and "Cosmos" as their choice of "Six Books That Take You to Space"
www.theatlantic.com/books/2026/0...
“Considering the sheer number of stars in the cosmos, and the possibly larger number of planets that revolve around them, the idea that humans are alone in the universe strikes me as unlikely. So, instead, I wonder: What is that life like, and will we ever encounter it?”