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Date Type Language Title Authors Parent Title Parent Authors Tags
1980-11-00 SHORTFICTION English Meeting of Minds Ted Reynolds     science fiction (1), aliens (1), first contact (1), telepathy (1), alien perspective (1)
1980-04-05 SHORTFICTION Serbian Nimfa
Snežana Bulić?Snezana Bulic
    first contact (1)
1980-05-05 SHORTFICTION Serbian Poruka bogova
Milanče Marković?Milance Markovic
Milanche Markovich
    first contact (1)
1980-01-05 SHORTFICTION Croatian
Pred našim očima?Pred nashim ochima
Goran Pavelić?Goran Pavelic
Goran Pavelich
    first contact (1)
1980-05-05 SHORTFICTION Serbian Put do zvezda
Milivoj Anđelković?Milivoj Andzelkovich
Milivoj Andelkovic
    first contact (1)
1980-01-05 SHORTFICTION Serbian Razum
Milanče Marković?Milance Markovic
Milanche Markovich
    first contact (1)
1980-01-05 SHORTFICTION Croatian Safari
Ognjen Nikolić?Ognjen Nikolic
    first contact (1)
1979-06-00 NOVEL English Alien Alan Dean Foster     novelization (1), movie novelization (1), science fiction (1), horror (1), first contact (1), alien (1), android (1), female main character (1), female protagonist (1), strong female character (1), space opera (1), interstellar travel (1)
1979-09-05 SHORTFICTION Croatian Projekt Lira
Zoran Živković?Zoran Zivkovic
    first contact (1)
1979-01-00 NOVEL English The Fountains of Paradise Arthur C. Clarke     space elevator (2), science fiction (2), 2-award-winner (1), hard sf (1), Sri Lanka (1), engineering (1), first contact (1)
1979-03-00 NOVEL English Titan John Varley     alien ecology (2), first contact (1), mega-fauna (1), saturn-titan (1), Titan (1), strong female characters (1), science fiction (1), space travel (1), lesbian (1), centaurs (1), music (1), Living spaceship (1)
1978-00-00 COLLECTION English Mission of Gravity (with Lecture Demonstration) Hal Clement     first contact (1)
1978-09-00 NOVEL English Star Rigger's Way Jeffrey A. Carver     space travel (1), cats (1), telepathy (1), science fiction (1), space opera (1), first contact (1)
1978-11-00 SHORTFICTION English Unemployment Problem Jor Jennings     science fiction (1), shipwreck (1), first contact (1), sex therapist (1)
1977-10-00 NOVEL English In the Ocean of Night Gregory Benford     war with machines (1), science fiction (1), first contact (1), ship AI (1), only Earth (1), contemporary (1), alien probe (1), bigfoot (1), asteroid impact (1), lupus erythematosus (1), lunar exploration (1), SETI (1), genetic engineering (1), nuclear weapons (1), disease (1), alien artifacts (1), Fermi paradox (1), Earth (1)
1977-05-00 NOVEL English Inherit the Stars James P. Hogan     first contact (2), lost heritage (1), hard sf (1), archeology (1), intellectual thriller (1), science fiction (1)
1977-00-00 NOVEL English Nightwatch Andrew M. Stephenson     first contact (1), dystopia (1), British dystopia (1)
1977-00-00 NOVEL English The Death Dolls of Lyra J. Hunter Holly     science fiction (1), apocalypse (1), Sci-fi Horror Adventure (1), first contact (1)
1977-12-00 NOVEL English The Jupiter Theft Donald Moffitt     first contact (2), gas giant planet (1), mega-engineering (1), Jupiter (1), aliens (1)
1977-00-00 NOVEL English The Luck of Brin's Five Cherry Wilder     first contact (1), young-adult sf (1), teen science fiction (1), alien culture (1), science fiction (1)
1977-04-00 NOVEL English The Ophiuchi Hotline John Varley     transhuman (1), moon (1), asteroid belt (1), dolphin (1), SF: The 100 Best Novels 1949-1984 (1), body backup drive (1), interstellar travel (1), interplanetary travel (1), black holes (1), Clones (1), first contact (1), first person point of view (1)
1977-02-00 SHORTFICTION English Upstart Steven Utley     SF (1), first contact (1)
1976-02-00 NOVEL English Space Trap Juanita Coulson     science fiction (1), first contact (1)
1975-00-00 SHORTFICTION Russian     africa (1), first contact (1), Alien almost human (1), civil war (1), slavery (1), class struggle (1), science fiction (1)
1975-04-00 SHORTFICTION English Litter of the Law J. Douglas Burtt     humor (1), first contact (1), near future (1), Pioneer space probes (1)
1975-00-00 SHORTFICTION English The Sky's an Oyster; the Stars Are Pearls David Bischoff     epistolary (1), first person point of view (1), first contact (1), genetic engineering (1), interstellar travel (1)
1974-01-00 SHORTFICTION German Mißverständnis oder Vorsicht mit Nichtrauchern Herbert W. Franke     first contact (1), punch-line (1)
1974-11-00 NOVEL English The Mote in God's Eye Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle     first contact (2), space opera (2), science fiction (1), military sf (1), life cycle (1), asteroids (1), collapse of civilization (1), coffee (1), force fields (1), lasers (1), interstellar travel (1), religion (1), scientists (1), zoo (1), aliens (1), museum (1), art (1), rebellion (1), concentration camp (1), lost colony (1)
1974-11-00 SHORTFICTION English Twice Removed R. Michael Rosen     interstellar exploration (1), ancient past (1), first contact (1), only humans (1), twist ending (1)
1974-08-00 SHORTFICTION English Under the Lavender Skies Adrian Hayworth     first person point of view (1), first contact (1), alien point of view (1), alien world (1), space travel (1)
1973-09-00 NOVEL English Protector Larry Niven     enhanced intelligence (1), science fiction (1), first contact (1), interstellar travel (1), interplanetary travel (1), enhanced strength (1), war with aliens (1), Martians (1), genocide (1), xenophobia (1), Persephone (1), neutronium (1)
1973-06-00 NOVEL English Rendezvous with Rama Arthur C. Clarke     science fiction (3), first contact (3), near future (1), alien artifact (1), mega-starship (1), sub-light speed (1), hard science fiction (1), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), 5-award-winner (1), Abebooks: 50 Essential SF Books (1), hard sf (1), genetic engineering (1), space travel (1), robots (1), exploration (1), into-radio (1), into-video game (1), Big Dumb Object (1)
1973-00-00 NOVEL English The Embedding Ian Watson     linguistics (2), SF: The 100 Best Novels 1949-1984 (1), science fiction (1), Brazil (1), Nevada (1), first contact (1), Amazon jungle (1), unethical research (1), drug (1), drug use (1)
1972-00-00 NOVEL English The Gods Themselves Isaac Asimov     science fiction (2), first contact (1), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), parallel universe (1), translation (1), Moon colony (1), Solar apocalypse (1), advanced aliens (1), academia (1), rivalry (1), alternative energy (1), Etruscan (1), journalist (1), radioactivity (1), set in 22nd century (1), set in 2070s (1), intuition (1), lunar city (1), global Earth government (1), argon (1), tourism (1), power source (1), pions (1), gymnastics (1), nudity (1), immigration (1), plutonium (1), tungsten (1), food (1), genetic engineering (1), water (1), quasars (1), moon (1), aliens (1), alien perspective (1), sex (1)
1971-11-00 ANTHOLOGY English First Contact Damon Knight     first contact (1)
1971-00-00 NOVEL English First Contact? Hugh Walters     first contact (1)
1971-10-00 NOVEL English The Lathe of Heaven Ursula K. Le Guin     science fiction (1), into-tv (1), into-play (1), psychology (1), invention (1), first contact (1), racism (1), war with aliens (1), overpopulation (1), perception of reality (1), ecological decline (1), alternate history (1), nuclear war (1), philosophy (1), aliens (1), dreams (1), epidemic (1), climate change (1), Aldebaran (1)
1971-06-00 SHORTFICTION English With Friends Like These ... Alan Dean Foster     science fiction (1), aliens (1), Earth (1), first contact (1), force fields (1)
1970-10-00 NOVEL English Tower of Glass Robert Silverberg     first contact (1), artificial intelligence (1), interstellar travel (1), Canada (1), science fiction (1), androids (1), telepathy (1), religion (1), teleportation (1), hibernation (1), revolution (1), aliens (1), communication (1)
1969-04-00 NOVEL English Decision at Doona Anne McCaffrey     first contact (1), science fiction (1)
1969-03-00 NOVEL English The Left Hand of Darkness Ursula K. Le Guin     science fiction (2), cold (1), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), 3-award-winner (1), The 5-Parsec Shelf (1), SF: The 100 Best Novels 1949-1984 (1), alien point of view (1), first person (1), gender bending (1), first contact (1), interstellar travel (1), social criticism (1), politics (1), multiple points of view (1), Abebooks: 50 Essential SF Books (1), ice planet (1), philosophy (1), sociology (1), alternating chapter structure (1), androgyny (1)
1968-00-00 SHORTFICTION Bulgarian     first contact (1), Utopia (1), philosophy (1)
1968-00-00 NOVEL English 2001: A Space Odyssey Arthur C. Clarke     artificial intelligence (4), ship AI (2), near future (2), into-movie (2), science fiction (2), first contact (1), computer (1), hard sf (1), Iapetus (1), moon (1), Earth (1), interplanetary travel (1), interstellar travel (1), 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (1), alien artifact (1), saturn (1), HAL-9000 (1)
1968-04-00 NOVEL English All Judgment Fled James White     first contact (1)
1967-00-00 SHORTFICTION English The Handicapped Larry Niven     interstellar travel (1), first person (1), sentience (1), xenobiology (1), hard sf (1), mind control (1), telepathy (1), science fiction (1), first contact (1), aliens (1)
1967-00-00 SHORTFICTION English The Martians Fred Hoyle     interstellar travel (1), interplanetary travel (1), machine intelligence (1), Utopia (1), sex (1), alien invasion (1), science fiction (1), mars (1), Earth (1), Los Angeles (1), Martians (1), first contact (1)
1966-00-00 SHORTFICTION English Gifts of the Gods Arthur Sellings     alien artifacts (1), first contact (1), contemporary sf (1)
1966-00-00 SHORTFICTION English The Dark Brotherhood August Derleth and H. P. Lovecraft     Edgar Allan Poe (1), alien invasion (1), aliens (1), horror (1), science fiction (1), first contact (1)
1966-00-00 NOVEL English The Revolving Boy Gertrude Friedberg     science fiction (1), first contact (1), child prodigy (1), directional sense (1)
1966-02-00 SHORTFICTION English The Warriors Larry Niven     alien perspective (1), lasers (1), first contact (1), science fiction (1), telepathy (1), pacifism (1)
1965-00-00 NOVEL Japanese
明日泥棒?Asudorobō
小松左京?Komatsu Sakyou
Komatsu Sakyō
こまつさきょう
Komatsu Sakyo
    aliens (1), first contact (1)
1965-10-00 NOVEL English Mission to Universe Gordon R. Dickson     first contact (1)
1965-10-00 SHORTFICTION English Something Else Robert J. Tilley     aliens (1), first contact (1)
1965-02-00 NOVEL English The Alien Way Gordon R. Dickson     first contact (1)
1965-00-00 NOVEL English The Ballad of Beta-2 Samuel R. Delany     novel within novella range (1), higher intelligence (1), mesons (1), human-alien hybrid (1), interspecies sex (1), first contact (1), aliens (1), eugenics (1), teleportation (1), paranormal powers (1), music (1), generation ship (1), interstellar travel (1), anthropology (1), telepathy (1), academia (1), feet (1), computers (1), mutants (1), court trial (1), time stasis (1), orgasm (1)
1964-02-00 SHORTFICTION English Beside the Golden Door Henry Slesar     science fiction (1), first contact (1)
1964-05-01 SHORTFICTION Romanian Broasca Vladimir Colin     frog (1), first contact (1), child protagonist (1), thinking trees (1)
1964-07-00 NOVEL English Close to Critical Hal Clement     alien perspective (1), exploration (1), aliens (1), robots (1), high gravity (1), science fiction (1), submersible (1), first contact (1)
1964-06-00 SHORTFICTION English Dolphin's Way Gordon R. Dickson     dolphin (1), twist ending (1), first contact (1), research station (1), dolphins (1), contemporary (1), aliens (1), science fiction (1)
1964-00-00 NOVEL Polish
Niezwyciężony?Niezwyciezony
Stanisław Lem?Stanislaw Lem
    science fiction (1), first contact (1), nanotechnology (1), war with machines (1)
1964-02-00 SHORTFICTION English The Bridge to Azrael John Brunner     science fiction (1), teleportation (1), first contact (1)
1964-00-00 NOVEL English The Dark Light Years Brian W. Aldiss     climate change (1), sculpture (1), art (1), england (1), aliens (1), interstellar travel (1), london (1), zoo (1), first contact (1), Pain (1), alien technology (1), alien perspective (1), nuclear warfare (1), communication (1), excrement (1), vegetarianism (1), synthetic food (1)
1964-12-00 NOVEL English The Greks Bring Gifts Murray Leinster     first contact (1)
1964-00-00 NOVEL English The Million Year Hunt Kenneth Bulmer     science fiction (1), first contact (1), telepathy (1), symbiont (1)
1964-02-00 NOVEL English The Wanderer Fritz Leiber     first contact (1), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), SF: The 100 Best Novels 1949-1984 (1), science fiction (1), moon (1), extrasolar planet (1), aliens (1), tsunami (1), england (1), Florida (1), New York City (1), Atlantic Ocean (1)
1963-03-00 NOVEL English Outpost of Jupiter Lester del Rey     first contact (1)
1963-04-00 SHORTFICTION English Some Fabulous Yonder Philip José Farmer     space opera (1), science fiction (1), first contact (1), immortality (1)
1963-00-00 NOVEL English Way Station Clifford D. Simak     first contact (2), aliens (1), alien artifact (1), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), SF: The 100 Best Novels 1949-1984 (1), science fiction (1), butterflies (1), deafness (1), interstellar politics (1), US government surveillance (1), life extension (1), solitude (1), love (1), interstellar travel (1), rural (1), Wisconsin (1), Civil War veteran (1), contemporary (1), alien autopsy (1), grave desecration (1), longevity (1), muteness (1)
1962-07-05 NOVEL English A for Andromeda John Elliot and Fred Hoyle     science fiction (1), first contact (1), alien invasion (1), into-tv (1), computers (1), communication (1), radio astronomy (1), astronomers (1), artificial life (1), mind control (1)
1962-07-00 SHORTFICTION English From Gustible's Planet Cordwainer Smith     fire (1), science fiction (1), first contact (1), aliens (1), food (1), China (1), Earth (1)
1962-01-00 NOVEL English Little Fuzzy H. Beam Piper     first contact (1), Librivox (1), The 5-Parsec Shelf (1), science fiction (1)
1962-02-00 SHORTFICTION English My Son, the Physicist! Isaac Asimov     Merril09 (1), communication (1), science fiction (1), Pluto (1), aliens (1), first contact (1)
1962-06-00 SHORTFICTION English Novice James H. Schmitz     Law (1), coming of age (1), telepathy (1), aliens (1), science fiction (1), first contact (1), alien perspective (1)
1961-00-00 NOVEL English Collision Course Robert Silverberg     first contact (2), science fiction (1), distant future (1), interstellar travel (1), teleportation (1), faster than light travel (1), slower than light travel (1), aliens (1), interstellar empire (1)
1961-02-00 SHORTFICTION English Of All Possible Worlds Rosel George Brown     first person point of view (1), interstellar travel (1), first contact (1), alien society (1), love (1), stable society (1), minimalist society (1), habits (1), routines (1), contentment (1), oviparous (1), generational cycle (1), suicide (1), ambiguous utopia (1)
1961-00-00 NOVEL English Stranger in a Strange Land Robert A. Heinlein     new religion (1), religion (1), mars (1), foundling (1), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), cult fiction (1), group marriage (1), commune (1), time distortion (1), meditation (1), taxis (1), interplanetary travel (1), martyr (1), nudity (1), science fiction (1), 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (1), sleep (1), astrology (1), out-of-body experience (1), televangelists (1), euthanasia (1), diplomacy (1), telekinesis (1), snakes (1), language (1), gambling (1), cats (1), smell (1), perfume (1), sculpture (1), alcohol (1), afterlife (1), United States (1), circus (1), Earth (1), neologisms (1), water (1), teleportation (1), telepathy (1), paranormal powers (1), sex (1), Martians (1), birth control (1), Maryland (1), Pennsylvania (1), tattoos (1), waterbed (1), Physicians (1), nurses (1), Lawyers (1), journalists (1), politicians (1), eidetic memory (1), heaven (1), alien perspective (1), cannibalism (1), first contact (1), kidnapping (1), murder (1), world government (1), angels (1), zoo (1), San Francisco (1), Las Vegas (1), exhibitionism (1), homophobia (1), discussion of pornography (1), near future (1), Florida (1), suicide (1), Clairvoyance (1), genocide (1), coming of age (1), water ritual (1)
1961-09-08 SHORTFICTION German Unternehmen "Stardust" K. H. Scheer     space opera (1), first contact (1), moon (1), into-movie (1), cult fiction (1)
1960-00-00 NOVEL English The High Crusade Poul Anderson     science fiction (2), first contact (1), into-movie (1), humorous (1), Appendix N (1), Les 100 principaux titres de la science-fiction (1), military sf (1), medieval (1), medieval society (1), Lincolnshire (1), england (1), deception (1), alien invasion (1), alien allies (1), war between humans and aliens (1), war with aliens (1), feudal lord (1), feudal society (1), feudal culture (1), feudalism (1), bluff (1), treachery (1), cognitive dissonance (1), ray guns (1), interstellar travel (1), trickery (1), religion (1), diplomacy (1), set in 1300s (1)
1959-12-00 SHORTFICTION English A Pride of Carrots Robert Nathan     fantasy (1), satire (1), interplanetary travel (1), two act play (1), intelligent vegetables (1), venus (1), first contact (1), romance (1), humor (1)
1959-03-00 SHORTFICTION English Chance Encounter A. Bertram Chandler     first contact (1), science fiction (1)
1959-00-00 SHORTFICTION Russian
Cor Serpentis (Сердце змеи)?Cor Serpentis (Serdtse zmei)
    first contact (1)
1959-08-00 SHORTFICTION English Specimens George H. Smith     science fiction (1), first contact (1)
1959-12-00 SHORTFICTION English The Snowmen Frederik Pohl     science fiction (1), first contact (1), cold (1), invention (1)
1958-04-00 NOVEL English A Case of Conscience James Blish     first contact (1), religion (1), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), The 5-Parsec Shelf (1), SF: The 100 Best Novels 1949-1984 (1), science fiction (1)
1958-09-00 NOVEL English Have Space Suit - Will Travel Robert A. Heinlein     first contact (1), science fiction (1), action-adventure (1), young-adult sf (1), SF: The 100 Best Novels 1949-1984 (1), juvenile sf (1), aliens (1), kidnapping (1), moon (1), suspended animation (1), courtroom drama (1), interstellar travel (1)
1958-11-00 SHORTFICTION English Idiot Stick Damon Knight     Merril04 (1), science fiction (1), first contact (1), aliens (1), New Jersey (1), euphoria (1), drugs (1)
1958-10-00 SHORTFICTION English The Big Front Yard Clifford D. Simak     Merril04 (1), science fiction (1), first contact (1)
1958-00-00 SHORTFICTION English The Die-Hard Alfred Bester     obsolescence (1), aging (1), first contact (1), progress (1)
1958-01-00 SHORTFICTION English The Enemy Damon Knight     Merril04 (1), science fiction (1), mining (1), aliens (1), suspended animation (1), interplanetary travel (1), first contact (1)
1958-08-00 NOVEL English The Enemy Stars Poul Anderson     first contact (1), hard sf (1), science fiction (1)
1957-04-00 NOVEL English Cycle of Fire Hal Clement     first contact (1), science fiction (1)
1957-05-00 SHORTFICTION English Fulfillment Thomas N. Scortia     horror (1), first contact (1), aliens (1)
1957-05-00 SHORTFICTION English Sunrise on Mercury Robert Silverberg     science fiction (1), Mercury (1), first contact (1)
1957-00-00 NOVEL English The Black Cloud Fred Hoyle     first contact (2), climate change (2), science fiction (2), england (2), philosophy (1), computers (1), astronomers (1), interstellar travel (1), music (1), higher intelligence (1), nebula (1), radio astronomy (1), genius (1), politicians (1), politics (1), Alien Communication (1), alien intelligence (1), astronomy (1), astromomers (1), astronomer (1), scientists (1), scientist (1), UK (1), hard sf (1), cosmic disaster (1)
1957-02-00 SHORTFICTION English The Cat and the Canaries Helen M. Urban     contemporary (1), first contact (1), planetary exile (1), cats (1), exile (1)
1957-12-00 SHORTFICTION English The Gentle Vultures Isaac Asimov     pacificism (1), nuclear warfare (1), aliens (1), science fiction (1), suspended animation (1), interstellar travel (1), interstellar empire (1), primates (1), cold war (1), kidnapping (1), cooperation (1), Competition (1), eugenics (1), genetic engineering (1), aggression (1), UFOs (1), provocation (1), memory wiping (1), first contact (1)
1956-12-00 SHORTFICTION English Stranger Station Damon Knight     science fiction (1), aliens (1), Titan (1), first contact (1), interplanetary travel (1), insanity (1), love (1), longevity (1)
1956-10-00 SHORTFICTION English The Watery Place Isaac Asimov     venus (1), first contact (1), Idaho (1), science fiction (1), aliens (1), interplanetary travel (1)
1956-00-00 NOVEL English The World Jones Made Philip K. Dick     science fiction (1), dystopia (1), post-apocalyptic (1), relativism (1), mutants (1), genetic engineering (1), Earth (1), venus (1), precognition (1), predestination (1), philosophy (1), determinism (1), first contact (1), aliens (1), xenophobia (1), assassination (1)
1956-09-00 SHORTFICTION English Visit to a Small Planet Gore Vidal     aliens (1), first contact (1), television (1), humor (1), comedy of manners (1)
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