| 2006-09-28 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Intruder |
Lisa Smedman |
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alien point of view (1), SF (1), first contact (1)
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| 2005-06-28 |
NOVEL |
English |
Scardown |
Elizabeth Bear |
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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)
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| 2001-01-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Ship of Fools |
Richard Paul Russo |
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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)
|
| 1997-04-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Invasion |
Robin Cook |
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virology (1), first contact (1), contemporary (1), alien invasion (1), mutation (1), biological warfare (1), resident virus (1), wormholes (1)
|
| 1991-09-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
There Will Be No War After This One |
Robert Sheckley |
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first contact (1), aliens (1), global government (1), satire (1), military junta (1), galactic government (1), interstellar warfare (1)
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| 1983-05-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Amanda and the Alien |
Robert Silverberg |
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into-movie (1), adolescent girls (1), horror (1), humor (1), contemporary (1), first contact (1), shapeshifting alien (1)
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| 1983-11-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Second Coming |
Frederik Pohl |
|
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first person point of view (1), aliens (1), jesus (1), first contact (1), contemporary (1), humor (1)
|
| 1982-05-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Playing for Keeps |
Jack C. Haldeman, II |
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first contact (1), eight year old (1), Play (1), alien invasion (1), contemporary (1)
|
| 1981-08-03 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Slac// |
Michael P. Kube-McDowell |
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first contact (1), alien planet (1), alien psychology (1), alien language (1)
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| 1980-06-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Alien Lover |
Ted Reynolds and William F. Wu |
|
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only Earth (1), college (1), interspecies romance (1), humanoid alien (1), roommates (1), contemporary (1), female protagonist (1), first person point of view (1), intergalactic travel (1), first contact (1)
|
| 1977-10-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
In the Ocean of Night |
Gregory Benford |
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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)
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| 1977-02-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Upstart |
Steven Utley |
|
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SF (1), first contact (1)
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| 1975-04-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Litter of the Law |
J. Douglas Burtt |
|
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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 |
|
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epistolary (1), first person point of view (1), first contact (1), genetic engineering (1), interstellar travel (1)
|
| 1974-11-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Twice Removed |
R. Michael Rosen |
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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 |
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first person point of view (1), first contact (1), alien point of view (1), alien world (1), space travel (1)
|
| 1969-03-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Left Hand of Darkness |
Ursula K. Le Guin |
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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)
|
| 1966-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Gifts of the Gods |
Arthur Sellings |
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alien artifacts (1), first contact (1), contemporary sf (1)
|
| 1964-06-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Dolphin's Way |
Gordon R. Dickson |
|
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dolphin (1), twist ending (1), first contact (1), research station (1), dolphins (1), contemporary (1), aliens (1), science fiction (1)
|
| 1961-02-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Of All Possible Worlds |
Rosel George Brown |
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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)
|
| 1959-12-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
A Pride of Carrots |
Robert Nathan |
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fantasy (1), satire (1), interplanetary travel (1), two act play (1), intelligent vegetables (1), venus (1), first contact (1), romance (1), humor (1)
|
| 1958-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Die-Hard |
Alfred Bester |
|
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obsolescence (1), aging (1), first contact (1), progress (1)
|
| 1957-02-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Cat and the Canaries |
Helen M. Urban |
|
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contemporary (1), first contact (1), planetary exile (1), cats (1), exile (1)
|
| 1955-03-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Diabologic |
Eric Frank Russell |
|
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first contact (1), dominance (1), psychology (1), humor (1), bureaucracy (1), exploration (1), aliens (1)
|
| 1953-11-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Book |
Michael Shaara |
|
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SF (1), interstellar exploration (1), humanoid aliens (1), first contact (1)
|
| 1953-05-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Liberation of Earth |
William Tenn |
|
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machine intelligence (1), first person point of view (1), only Earth (1), interstellar war (1), first contact (1), alien war (1), satire (1), looking backward (1), aliens (1)
|
| 1953-03-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Monsters |
Robert Sheckley |
|
|
first contact (1), nonhuman point of view (1), space travel (1), SF (1), into-tv (1), alien perspective (1)
|
| 1952-10-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Grenville's Planet |
Michael Shaara |
|
|
alien conflict (1), water planet (1), interstellar travel (1), first contact (1), karma (1)
|
| 1952-05-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Lost Memory |
Peter Phillips |
|
|
first contact (1), robots (1), nonhuman point of view (1)
|
| 1951-03-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Special Aptitude |
Theodore Sturgeon |
|
|
first person point of view (1), interplanetary travel (1), venus (1), moral lesson (1), misfit (1), first contact (1), bullying (1), twist ending (1)
|
| 1950-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Night Meeting |
Ray Bradbury |
|
|
science fiction (1), mars (1), first contact (1), fantasy (1), surrealism (1)
|
| 1950-01-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Ylla |
Ray Bradbury |
|
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female protagonist (1), married couple (1), near future (1), only aliens (1), fantasy (1), mars (1), first contact (1), precognition (1)
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