unpublished |
SHORTFICTION |
Chinese |
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Jiang Bo |
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aliens (1), science fiction (1), first contact (1)
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2021-05-04 |
NOVEL |
English |
Project Hail Mary |
Andy Weir |
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science fiction (2), ammonia (1), amnesia (1), first person point of view (1), hard sf (1), Epsilon Eridani (1), Tau Ceti (1), Earth (1), interstellar travel (1), aluminum (1), xenon (1), xenobiology (1), first contact (1), bacteria (1), education (1), Kazakhstan (1), antarctica (1), Pacific Ocean (1), cowardice (1), Bravery (1), climate change (1), aliens (1), scientist (1), engineer (1), Coma (1)
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2021-03-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
German |
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Jens Lubbadeh |
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alien visitation (1), first contact (1), politics (1)
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2021-09-01 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Titan Find |
Christian Francis |
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novelization (1), science fiction (1), first contact (1), horror (1), action-adventure (1), planetary adventure (1), zombies (1)
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2020-07-21 |
NOVEL |
English |
Axiom's End |
Lindsay Ellis |
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alternate history (1), science fiction (1), first contact (1)
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2020-10-27 |
NOVEL |
English |
Harbinger |
Olan Thorensen |
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science fiction (1), first contact (1)
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2020-02-17 |
NOVEL |
English |
Recycled by Aliens |
Trisha McNary |
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science fiction (1), female protagonist (1), female main character (1), planetary adventure (1), first contact (1)
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2020-09-15 |
NOVEL |
English |
To Sleep in a Sea of Stars |
Christopher Paolini |
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science fiction (1), Sigma Draconis (1), first contact (1)
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2020-09-26 |
ANTHOLOGY |
German |
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Sylvana Freiberg and Ralf Zacharias |
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original anthology (1), first contact (1)
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2019-10-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
An Arc of Lightning Across the Eye of God |
P. H. Lee |
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magistrates (1), first contact (1), aliens (1), space opera (1)
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2019-08-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Bright Morning Star |
Simon Morden |
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science fiction (1), first contact (1), artificial intelligence (1)
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2019-03-09 |
CHAPBOOK |
English |
Closer Than Earth |
Trisha McNary |
|
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postapocalyptic (1), sf romance (1), romance (1), science fiction (1), first contact (1)
|
2019-08-13 |
NOVEL |
English |
Dahlia Black |
Keith Thomas |
|
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science fiction (1), aliens (1), first contact (1)
|
2019-03-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
German |
Der Nautilus-Faktor |
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|
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first contact (1), moving planets (1)
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2019-04-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
German |
Die zweite Generation |
Victor Boden |
|
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first contact (1), genetics (1)
|
2019-04-16 |
ANTHOLOGY |
English |
First Contact: A Science Fiction Anthology |
Roy C. Booth and Jorge Salgado-Reyes |
|
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first contact (1)
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2019-10-22 |
NOVEL |
English |
Interference |
Sue Burke |
|
|
science fiction (1), aliens (1), first contact (1), Sentient plants (1)
|
2019-03-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Tea Time with Aliens |
Jack McDevitt |
|
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first contact (1), alien spacecraft (1)
|
2019-09-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Gorilla in a Tutu Principle or, Pecan Pie at Minnie and Earl's |
Adam-Troy Castro |
|
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science fiction (1), moon (1), first contact (1), alien contact (1)
|
2019-07-23 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Last Astronaut |
David Wellington |
|
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horror (2), science fiction (2), first contact (1), privately funded spaceflight (1), Big Dumb Object (1), astronomer (1), astronaut (1), NASA (1), near future (1), Oumuamua (1), first Mars voyage (1), mars (1)
|
2018-06-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
German |
Die Geschlechter der Leonen |
Bernhard Kempen |
|
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first contact (1), gender (1)
|
2018-11-15 |
NOVEL |
English |
Earth Quarantined |
D. L. Richardson |
|
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science fiction (1), first contact (1)
|
2018-02-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Four-Point Affective Calibration |
Bogi Takács |
|
|
science fiction (1), first contact (1), Alien Communication (1)
|
2018-06-26 |
NOVEL |
English |
Gate Crashers |
Patrick S. Tomlinson |
|
|
first contact (1), aliens (1), science fiction (1)
|
2018-03-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
If Tomorrow Comes |
Nancy Kress |
|
|
science fiction (1), aliens (1), first contact (1)
|
2018-06-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
German |
Kurznachricht |
Jens Lubbadeh |
|
|
first contact (1), punch-line (1)
|
2018-04-22 |
NOVEL |
English |
Last Man Out |
Elliott Kay |
|
|
science fiction (1), aliens (1), military sf (1), archeology (1), first contact (1)
|
2018-09-04 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Lost Arrow |
Marshall Ross |
|
|
young-adult sf (1), first contact (1), thriller (1), female protagonist (1), female main character (1)
|
2018-10-16 |
NOVEL |
English |
Rejoice |
Steven Erikson |
|
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science fiction (1), aliens (1), artificial intelligence (1), first contact (1)
|
2018-02-06 |
NOVEL |
English |
Semiosis |
Sue Burke |
|
|
science fiction (1), first contact (1), aliens (1), Sentient plants (1)
|
2018-04-10 |
NOVEL |
English |
Space Opera |
Catherynne M. Valente |
|
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first contact (1), aliens (1), science fiction (1), sentience (1), near future (1), interspecies mating (1), devious plots (1), cats (1), england (1), second chances (1), lost love (1), proving humanity shouldn’t be destroyed (1), winning admission to the galactic species club (1), Multiple Alien Species (1), tongue in cheek (1), irony (1), satire (1), Glam Rock (1), Eurovision Contest (1), immigrants (1), minorities (1), into-movie (1)
|
2018-11-13 |
NOVEL |
English |
Terran Tomorrow |
Nancy Kress |
|
|
science fiction (1), aliens (1), first contact (1)
|
2018-07-00 |
ANTHOLOGY |
English |
The Final Frontier |
Neil Clarke |
|
|
science fiction (1), first contact (1), HumbleBundle (1)
|
2018-06-05 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Singularity Trap |
Dennis E. Taylor |
|
|
science fiction (1), first contact (1)
|
2017-05-04 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
A Trip to Central Park |
Michael Adam Robson |
|
|
alien visitation (1), first contact (1), disaster (1)
|
2017-07-01 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
First Contact |
Dean M. Cole |
|
|
science fiction (1), first contact (1), flying saucer (1)
|
2017-03-01 |
NOVEL |
English |
From the Wreck |
Jane Rawson |
|
|
aliens (1), first contact (1)
|
2017-02-23 |
NOVEL |
English |
Shiplord |
Felix R. Savage |
|
|
first contact (1), science fiction (1)
|
2017-12-08 |
SHORTFICTION |
German |
Station Null – Quader |
Arno Endler |
|
|
artificial intelligence (1), first contact (1)
|
2017-05-16 |
NOVEL |
English |
Substrate Phantoms |
Jessica Reisman |
|
|
first contact (1)
|
2017-07-30 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Jupiter Game |
Todd McCaffrey |
|
|
aliens (1), science fiction (1), first contact (1)
|
2017-11-29 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Time of the Stripes |
Amanda Bridgeman |
|
|
aliens (1), first contact (1), science fiction (1)
|
2017-07-11 |
NOVEL |
English |
Tomorrow's Kin |
Nancy Kress |
|
|
aliens (1), science fiction (1), first contact (1), virus (1), space virus (1)
|
2016-01-13 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Battlefield Mars |
David Robbins |
|
|
military sf (1), science fiction (1), mars (1), aliens (1), first contact (1), action (1)
|
2016-06-14 |
ANTHOLOGY |
English |
First Contact Cafe |
Irene Radford |
|
|
aliens (1), first contact (1)
|
2016-09-06 |
NOVEL |
English |
Invasion |
Luke Rhinehart |
|
|
first contact (1), aliens (1)
|
2016-11-15 |
NOVEL |
English |
Rosewater |
Tade Thompson |
|
|
Nigeria (1), African speculative fiction (1), science fiction (1), first contact (1)
|
2016-07-18 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Book of Ralph |
Christopher Steinsvold |
|
|
aliens (1), first contact (1), humorous (1), absurdist sf (1)
|
2016-07-05 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Folk and the Shellmen |
Caldon Mull |
|
|
science fiction (1), first contact (1), African speculative fiction (1), adventure (1), hard sf (1)
|
2016-03-29 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Hunter Captain |
David John Baker |
|
|
torture (1), sentience (1), first contact (1), science fiction (1), sex (1)
|
2015-06-04 |
NOVEL |
English |
Children of Time |
Adrian Tchaikovsky |
|
|
science fiction (1), space opera (1), generation ship (1), uplift (1), spiders (1), alternating chapter structure (1), first contact (1)
|
2015-11-16 |
NOVEL |
English |
First Contact |
T. Jackson King |
|
|
science fiction (1), first contact (1), greed (1)
|
2015-03-26 |
NOVEL |
English |
Sightings |
Mark Lukens |
|
|
first contact (1), horror (1)
|
2015-11-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Solar Express |
L. E. Modesitt, Jr. |
|
|
aliens (1), near future (1), first contact (1), science fiction (1)
|
2015-10-21 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Tear Tracks |
Malka Older |
|
|
Alien Communication (1), aliens (1), first contact (1), Growth (1), science fiction (1), diplomacy (1), grief (1)
|
2015-10-11 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Garden Sea |
Caldon Mull |
|
|
alternate history (1), retold fairy tales (1), African speculative fiction (1), adventure (1), first contact (1), prehistoric (1)
|
2015-06-06 |
CHAPBOOK |
English |
The Librarian |
M. N. Arzú |
|
|
first contact (1)
|
2015-10-11 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Tale of Arc1 and Core3 |
Caldon Mull |
|
|
science fiction (1), alternate history (1), parallel universe (1), African speculative fiction (1), first contact (1)
|
2015-12-07 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Terran Consensus |
Scott Washburn |
|
|
near future (1), first contact (1), alien invasion (1)
|
2014-09-08 |
NOVEL |
English |
Ambush |
Dean M. Cole |
|
|
military sf (1), first contact (1), alien invasion (1)
|
2014-07-15 |
NOVEL |
English |
Trial by Fire |
Charles E. Gannon |
|
|
science fiction (1), aliens (1), first contact (1)
|
2013-05-29 |
NOVEL |
English |
Collaborators |
Deborah J. Ross |
|
|
science fiction (1), first contact (1)
|
2013-05-28 |
NOVEL |
English |
Damocles |
S. G. Redling |
|
|
science fiction (1), aliens (1), first contact (1)
|
2013-04-02 |
NOVEL |
English |
Fire with Fire |
Charles E. Gannon |
|
|
science fiction (1), aliens (1), first contact (1), StoryBundle (1)
|
2013-08-20 |
NOVEL |
English |
Right to Know |
Edward Willett |
|
|
space opera (1), first contact (1), StoryBundle (1)
|
2013-07-02 |
OMNIBUS |
English |
The D'neeran Factor |
Terry A. Adams |
|
|
science fiction (1), aliens (1), telepathy (1), first contact (1)
|
2013-08-29 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Pericles Conspiracy |
Michael Kingswood |
|
|
science fiction (1), first contact (1)
|
2012-01-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Outpost |
Allan Baillie |
|
|
juvenile sf (1), teen science fiction (1), first contact (1), aliens (1)
|
2011-03-30 |
NOVEL |
English |
Outies |
J. R. Pournelle |
|
|
science fiction (1), aliens (1), first contact (1), ecology (1), religion (1), biology (1), gender (1)
|
2011-10-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Bullfrog Radio Astronomy Project |
Brad R. Torgersen |
|
|
first contact (1)
|
2010-08-11 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Fermi Paradox Is Our Business Model |
Charlie Jane Anders |
|
|
science fiction (1), first contact (1), alien perspective (1), postapocalyptic (1), Australia (1)
|
2009-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
First Contact |
Candas Jane Dorsey |
|
|
first contact (1), alien sex (1), science fiction (1)
|
2009-08-03 |
NOVEL |
English |
Galileo's Dream |
Kim Stanley Robinson |
|
|
historical characters (1), historical (1), Jupiter (1), Renaissance (1), science fiction (1), time travel (1), planetary sentience (1), religion (1), italy (1), science (1), scientists (1), Jovians (1), Io (1), Ganymede (1), Callisto (1), Europa (1), entanglement (1), first contact (1)
|
2009-10-01 |
NOVEL |
English |
Siege at Gazbriz |
Richard Fawconer |
|
|
science fiction (1), first contact (1), lost colony (1), catowl (1), space pirates (1), mind control (1)
|
2009-07-01 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Island |
Peter Watts |
|
|
space opera (1), artificial intelligence (1), suspended animation (1), first contact (1), science fiction (1), evolution (1), far future (1), dyson sphere (1), higher intelligence (1), interstellar travel (1)
|
2008-09-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Crossing Point |
Terry Kepner |
|
|
science fiction (1), aliens (1), first contact (1)
|
2008-05-00 |
COLLECTION |
English |
Kéthani |
Eric Brown |
|
|
science fiction (1), first contact (1)
|
2008-05-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Omega Sol |
Scott Mackay |
|
|
science fiction (1), first contact (1)
|
2008-10-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Turing's Apples |
Stephen Baxter |
|
|
near future (1), science fiction (1), first contact (1), moon (1)
|
2007-12-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
All Seated on the Ground |
Connie Willis |
|
|
first contact (1), Colorado (1), Denver (1), Newspaper reporter (1), science fiction (1), Christmas (1)
|
2007-04-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Rollback |
Robert J. Sawyer |
|
|
science fiction (1), astronomers (1), rejuvenation (1), first contact (1), Sigma Draconis (1)
|
2007-06-01 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Worm Turns |
Gregory Benford |
|
|
first contact (1), female main character (1)
|
2006-00-00 |
NOVEL |
Chinese |
|
Cixin Liu |
|
|
science fiction (1), into-movie (1), China (1), femtotechnology (1), Earth (1), virtual reality (1), alien perspective (1), first contact (1), quantum physics (1), despair (1), Alpha Centauri (1)
|
2006-10-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Blindsight |
Peter Watts |
|
|
science fiction (1), aliens (1), first contact (1), hard sf (1), mind uploading (1), mind upload (1)
|
2006-10-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Eifelheim |
Michael F. Flynn |
|
|
science fiction (1), first contact (1)
|
2006-09-28 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Intruder |
Lisa Smedman |
|
|
alien point of view (1), SF (1), first contact (1)
|
2005-08-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Learning the World |
Ken MacLeod |
|
|
space opera (1), science fiction (1), first contact (1), generation starship (1)
|
2005-11-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Pushing Ice |
Alastair Reynolds |
|
|
space opera (3), nanotechnology (2), science fiction (2), near future (1), hard sf (1), Spica (1), strong female characters (1), far future (1), alien species (1), alien structures (1), frame shift near-lightspeed travel (1), human conflict (1), alien conflict (1), rejuvenation (1), reanimation (1), AI personalities (1), first contact (1)
|
2005-06-28 |
NOVEL |
English |
Scardown |
Elizabeth Bear |
|
|
family (1), near future (1), ecological collapse (1), post atomic war (1), enhanced biology (1), artificial personalities (1), nanobots (1), China (1), generation ships (1), faster than light travel (1), Hartford, CT (1), Canada (1), alien technology (1), multiple points of view (1), first person point of view (1), strong female characters (1), female protagonist (1), asteroid strike (1), first contact (1), military (1), science fiction (1)
|
2003-09-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Looking Through Lace |
Ruth Nestvold |
|
|
science fiction (1), aliens (1), first contact (1)
|
2002-11-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Explorer |
C. J. Cherryh |
|
|
science fiction (1), first contact (1)
|
2002-05-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Hominids |
Robert J. Sawyer |
|
|
hominins (1), science fiction (1), Ontario (1), first contact (1), Neanderthals (1), parallel world (1), physicists (1), rape (1), LGBTQ+ (1), smell (1), pheromones (1), population control (1), reproduction (1), Utopia (1), eugenics (1), surveillance (1), wolves (1), intelligence (1), magnetic pole reversal (1), language (1), surgery (1), religion (1)
|
2001-01-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Ship of Fools |
Richard Paul Russo |
|
|
horror (2), science fiction (1), generation ship (1), exoskeleton (1), birth defect (1), alien ship (1), first contact (1), first person point of view (1), Catholicism (1), love (1)
|
2000-06-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Calculating God |
Robert J. Sawyer |
|
|
science fiction (1), alien contact (1), uploaded personalities (1), Betelgeuse (1), supernova (1), virtual reality (1), mass extinction (1), paleontologists (1), Fermi paradox (1), aliens (1), first contact (1), Beta Hydri (1), genocide (1), genetic engineering (1), higher intelligence (1)
|
2000-02-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Infinity Beach |
Jack McDevitt |
|
|
science fiction (1), first contact (1)
|
2000-01-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Quiet Invasion |
Sarah Zettel |
|
|
science fiction (1), venus (1), terraforming Venus (1), aliens (1), first contact (1), slavery (1)
|
1999-03-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
A Deepness in the Sky |
Vernor Vinge |
|
|
space opera (2), nanotechnology (2), alien perspective (1), transhuman (1), first contact (1), 3-award-winner (1), Kurd Laßwitz Award: Best Foreign Novel (1), science fiction (1), hard sf (1)
|
1999-09-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
A Signal Shattered |
Eric S. Nylund |
|
|
science fiction (1), aliens (1), first contact (1), Clones (1), interstellar travel (1)
|
1999-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Exchange Rate |
Hal Clement |
|
|
science fiction (1), far future (1), first contact (1), hard sf (1)
|
1998-05-00 |
NONFICTION |
English |
Alien Nation: The Unofficial Companion |
Edward Gross |
|
|
first contact (1)
|