Yes, I thought it was very good. The sequel was interesting, for me, completely different book. Haven't read any past that.
Different tastes. :-)
One scene with FoG that I really liked was kind of trivial. When the little spider crawled up on the TV, cut a hole and dropped in. Noise and light are heard, then some time later, two of them dropped out. I don't know why, but that always stuck with me.
As I get older I become more and more convinced that broadcasting our presence to the universe might not be the smartest thing to do.