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Date Type Language Title Authors Parent Title Parent Authors Tags
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), first contact (1), AI personalities (1), reanimation (1), rejuvenation (1), alien conflict (1), human conflict (1), frame shift near-lightspeed travel (1), alien structures (1), alien species (1), far future (1), strong female characters (1), Spica (1), hard sf (1), near future (1)
2005-06-28 NOVEL English Scardown Elizabeth Bear     Hartford, CT (1), science fiction (1), military (1), first contact (1), asteroid strike (1), female protagonist (1), strong female characters (1), first person point of view (1), multiple points of view (1), alien technology (1), Canada (1), family (1), faster than light travel (1), generation ships (1), China (1), nanobots (1), artificial personalities (1), enhanced biology (1), post atomic war (1), ecological collapse (1), near future (1)
2004-04-00 SHORTFICTION English The Ocean of the Blind James L. Cambias     science fiction (1), hard sf (1), aliens (1), aquatic aliens (1), aquatic expedition (1), underwater (1), scientists (1), alien contact (1), contact with aliens (1), first contact (1), undersea (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     population control (1), religion (1), surgery (1), language (1), magnetic pole reversal (1), intelligence (1), wolves (1), surveillance (1), eugenics (1), Utopia (1), reproduction (1), hominins (1), pheromones (1), smell (1), LGBTQ+ (1), rape (1), physicists (1), parallel world (1), Neanderthals (1), first contact (1), Ontario (1), science fiction (1)
2001-10-00 NOVEL English A Paradigm of Earth Candas Jane Dorsey     science fiction (1), first contact (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)
2000-03-00 NOVEL English Revelation Space Alastair Reynolds     space opera (1), nanotechnology (1), war with machines (1), science fiction (1), far future (1), hard sf (1), first contact (1), archaeology (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 (2), hard sf (2), far future (1), first contact (1), hostile environment (1), trade with aliens (1), mysterious aliens (1), earthquakes (1), organic technology (1), high gravity (1)
1998-05-00 NONFICTION English Alien Nation: The Unofficial Companion Edward Gross     first contact (1)
1998-03-00 NOVEL English Dark Water's Embrace Stephen Leigh     first contact (1), science fiction (1)
1998-05-00 NOVEL English Signal to Noise Eric S. Nylund     science fiction (1), first contact (1), aliens (1), diplomacy (1), Earth (1)
1998-11-00 SHORTFICTION English Story of Your Life Ted Chiang     linguistics (2), physics (2), first contact (1), into-movie (1), communication (1), first person point of view (1), prognostication (1), free will (1), philosophy (1)
1997-10-00 NOVEL English Illegal Alien Robert J. Sawyer     first contact (1), courtroom drama (1), Earth (1), murder (1), aliens (1), eclipse (1), science fiction (1), set in 1990s (1), genocide (1)
1997-04-00 NOVEL English Invasion Robin Cook     virology (1), first contact (1), contemporary (1), alien invasion (1), mutation (1), biological warfare (1), resident virus (1), wormholes (1)
1996-06-00 NOVEL English Encounter with Tiber Buzz Aldrin and John Barnes     first contact (1), science fiction (1), alien artifacts (1), Alpha Centauri (1), Earth (1), set in 2000s (1), historians (1)
1996-04-00 NOVEL English Inheritor C. J. Cherryh     science fiction (1), first contact (1)
1996-05-00 NOVEL English Remnant Population Elizabeth Moon     first contact (2), linguistics (1), science fiction (1), hard sf (1)
1996-06-00 NOVEL English Starborne Robert Silverberg     science fiction (1), Utopia (1), telepathy (1), first contact (1), philosophy (1)
1996-00-00 NOVEL English The Night the Heads Came William Sleator     young-adult sf (1), first contact (1), alien invasion (1), alien abduction (1), young-adult (1), young adult thriller (1)
1996-00-00 NOVEL English The Sparrow Mary Doria Russell     science fiction (1), first contact (1), religion (1), 3-award-winner (1), Kurd Laßwitz Award: Best Foreign Novel (1), The Sparrow (1), Vatican City (1)
1995-11-00 NOVEL English Chaga Ian McDonald     first contact (1), africa (1), strange vegetation (1)
1995-08-00 NOVEL English Fortune's Wheel Lisanne Norman     first contact (1)
1995-08-00 NOVEL English Planetfall Scott G. Gier     first contact (1)
1995-11-00 NOVEL English The Color of Distance Amy Thomson     first contact (1), alien culture (1), aliens (1), science fiction (1), hard sf (1)
1995-03-00 NOVEL English The Nano Flower Peter F. Hamilton     first contact (1), science fiction (1)
1995-03-00 NOVEL English Tilting the Balance Harry Turtledove     first contact (1), military sf (1), alien invasion (1), war with aliens (1), world war ii (1), alternate history (1)
1995-00-00 NOVEL English Valhalla Lawrence Watt-Evans     science fiction (1), first contact (1), computers (1), action-adventure (1)
1994-09-00 NOVEL English Conquerors' Pride Timothy Zahn     first contact (1), science fiction (1)
1994-08-00 OMNIBUS English Dragon's Egg/Starquake Robert L. Forward     first contact (1)
1994-02-00 SHORTFICTION English First Contact Timothy Zahn     first contact (1)
1994-02-00 NOVEL English Foreigner C. J. Cherryh     first contact (2), science fiction (1), alien culture (1), hard sf (1)
1994-01-00 NOVEL English In the Balance Harry Turtledove     first contact (3), military sf (2), alien invasion (2), war with aliens (2), world war ii (1), alternate history (1)
1994-11-00 NOVEL English Midshipman's Hope David Feintuch     first contact (1), science fiction (1)
1994-10-00 NOVEL English The Engines of God Jack McDevitt     space opera (2), alien artifact (1), archeology (1), first contact (1)
1994-02-00 NOVEL English Treaty at Doona Anne McCaffrey and Jody Lynn Nye     first contact (1)
1993-02-00 NOVEL English Assemblers of Infinity Kevin J. Anderson and Doug Beason     nanotechnology (2), first contact (1), moon (1)
1993-12-00 NOVEL English Turning Point Lisanne Norman     first contact (1)
1992-02-00 NOVEL English Anvil of Stars Greg Bear     nanotechnology (1), space opera (1), first contact (1), science fiction (1), war with machines (1), alien artifacts (1), interstellar war (1), guilt (1), revenge (1), aliens (1), interstellar travel (1), ethics (1)
1992-09-00 NOVEL English Kingdoms of the Wall Robert Silverberg     pilgrimage (1), binary star system (1), shapechangers (1), first contact (1), alien perspective (1), aliens (1), first person point of view (1), science fiction (1), fountain of youth (1)
1992-01-00 SHORTFICTION English The First Contact with the Gorgonids Ursula K. Le Guin     science fiction (1), aliens (1), first contact (1), Australia (1)
1991-04-00 NOVEL English A Call to Arms Alan Dean Foster     science fiction (1), first contact (1)
1991-04-00 NOVEL English A Woman of the Iron People Eleanor Arnason     Sigma Draconis (1), science fiction (1), first contact (1)
1991-08-00 NOVEL English Alien Tongue Stephen Leigh     first contact (1)
1991-10-00 NOVEL English Sarah Canary Karen Joy Fowler     first contact (1), science fiction (1), American West (1), Washington (1)
1991-09-00 SHORTFICTION English There Will Be No War After This One Robert Sheckley     first contact (1), aliens (1), global government (1), satire (1), military junta (1), galactic government (1), interstellar warfare (1)
1990-05-00 NOVEL English A World of Difference Harry Turtledove     first contact (1)
1990-08-00 NOVEL English The Rowan Anne McCaffrey     first contact (1), science fiction (1)
1989-07-00 NOVEL English Angel Station Walter Jon Williams     science fiction (1), cyberpunk (1), faster than light travel (1), first contact (1), paranormal powers (1)
1989-05-00 NOVEL English Quozl Alan Dean Foster     first contact (1), science fiction (1)
1989-06-00 NOVEL English The Abyss Orson Scott Card     novelization (1), deep ocean (1), underwater (1), first contact (1)
1988-06-00 NOVEL English Cradle Arthur C. Clarke and Gentry Lee     science fiction (1), Florida (1), robots (1), first contact (1), alien artifacts (1), genetic engineering (1)
1988-01-00 NOVEL English Noninterference Harry Turtledove     first contact (1)
1988-11-00 COLLECTION English The Day the Martians Came Frederik Pohl     first contact (1)
1987-05-00 NOVEL English Dawn Octavia E. Butler     science fiction (2), Grey alien (1), first contact (1), Last survivors (1), tentacles (1), suspended animation (1), jungle (1), genetic modification (1), captives (1), post-apocalypse (1), Non-binary gender (1), Living spaceship (1), alien spaceship (1), post apocalypse (1), aliens (1), human-alien hybrids (1), hard sf (1)
1987-00-00 NOVEL English Forest of the Night Marti Steussy     first contact (1)
1987-07-00 NOVEL English Strangers from the Sky Margaret Wander Bonanno     science fiction (1), first contact (1)
1987-09-00 NOVEL English The Forge of God Greg Bear     aliens (1), Seattle (1), robots (1), Geology (1), geologists (1), mind control (1), Fermi paradox (1), terraforming (1), alien invasion (1), San Francisco (1), end of the world (1), Earth (1), plate tectonics (1), neutronium (1), antimatter (1), Australia (1), california (1), first contact (1), earthquake (1), tsunami (1), nuclear weapons (1), von Neumann probes (1), Pacific Ocean (1), space war (1), set in 1990s (1), Washington, DC (1), politicians (1), loss (1), science fiction (1), war with machines (1), mars (1), nanotechnology (1), space opera (1)
1987-10-00 NOVEL English Toolmaker Koan John C. McLoughlin     post apocalypse (1), dinosaurs (1), technological crisis (1), first contact (1)
1986-06-00 NOVEL English Aliens Alan Dean Foster     movie novelization (1), novelization (1), science fiction (1), horror (1), android (1), strong female characters (1), female main character (1), first contact (1), military sf (1), aliens (1)
1986-00-00 NOVEL English Second Genesis Donald Moffitt     music (1), rats (1), Greater Magellanic Cloud (1), Geology (1), first contact (1), interstellar travel (1), black hole (1), Delta Pavonis (1), Earth (1), dyson sphere (1), evolution (1), space travel (1), mega-engineering (1), nanotechnology (1), insects (1), far future (1), genetic engineering (1), mega-flora (1), rejuvenation (1), immortality (1), intergalactic travel (1), archaeology (1), primates (1), aliens (1), time dilation (1)
1986-02-00 NOVEL English Sentience Terry A. Adams     first contact (1), aliens (1), telepathy (1), science fiction (1)
1986-11-00 NOVEL English The Hercules Text Jack McDevitt     space opera (1), first contact (1), science fiction (1)
1985-10-00 NOVEL English Contact Carl Sagan     first contact (1), science fiction (1), into-movie (1), hard sf (1), strong female character (1), higher intelligence (1), interstellar travel (1), 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (1)
1985-01-00 NOVEL English Ender's Game Orson Scott Card     space opera (3), science fiction (3), military sf (2), into-movie (2), first contact (1), from-short (1), child protagonist (1), 3-award-winner (1), aliens (1), asteroids (1), antigravity (1), genocide (1), ansible (1), Abebooks: 50 Essential SF Books (1), games (1)
1985-08-00 NOVEL English Eon Greg Bear     time travel (2), space opera (2), genetic engineering (1), mind augmentation (1), asteroid (1), terraforming (1), generation ship (1), nuclear warfare (1), exploration (1), aliens (1), alien invasion (1), religion (1), hard sf (1), parallel universe (1), science fiction (1), near future (1), artifact (1), first contact (1), transdimensional (1)
1985-05-00 NOVEL English Footfall Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle     generation ship (2), military (1), kinetic weapons (1), nuclear war (1), suspended animation (1), Kansas (1), Alpha Centauri (1), lasers (1), Kremlin (1), alien psychology (1), contemporary (1), war in space (1), White House (1), first contact (1), Project Orion (1), Bussard ramjet (1), alien point of view (1), survivalists (1), SF fandom (1), SF authors (1), United States (1), africa (1), killer asteroid (1), alien invasion (1), science fiction (1)
1985-07-00 NOVEL English Tom O'Bedlam Robert Silverberg     science fiction (1), first contact (1), telepathy (1), post apocalypse (1)
1984-00-00 SHORTFICTION English Pied Piper Ann Ruffell     juvenile sf (1), first contact (1), post apocalypse (1)
1984-05-05 SHORTFICTION Croatian Plakon
Damir Mikuličić?Damir Mikulcic
     first contact (1)
1984-07-00 NOVEL English Planet of Whispers James Patrick Kelly     first contact (1)
1984-00-00 SHORTFICTION English Urn Burial Robert Westall     juvenile sf (1), first contact (1)
1984-00-00 SHORTFICTION English Zone of Silence Monica Hughes     first contact (1)
1983-05-00 SHORTFICTION English Amanda and the Alien Robert Silverberg     into-movie (1), adolescent girls (1), horror (1), humor (1), contemporary (1), first contact (1), shapeshifting alien (1)
1983-11-22 SHORTFICTION German Begegnung Peter Schattschneider     alien perspective (1), first contact (1), science fiction (1)
1983-06-00 NOVEL English Code of the Lifemaker James P. Hogan     lost colony (1), evolution (1), artificial intelligence (1), von neuman replication (1), hard sf (1), saturn-titan (1), first contact (1), science fiction (1)
1983-05-00 NOVEL English Day of the Dragonstar David Bischoff and Thomas F. Monteleone     first contact (1)
1983-11-00 SHORTFICTION English Second Coming Frederik Pohl     first person point of view (1), aliens (1), jesus (1), first contact (1), contemporary (1), humor (1)
1982-10-00 NOVEL English 2010: Odyssey Two Arthur C. Clarke     science fiction (3), artificial intelligence (3), into-movie (3), first contact (1), aerobraking (1), incorporeal beings (1), Europa (1), Jupiter (1), Von Neumann replication (1)
1982-08-00 SHORTFICTION German Die Heldentat des Luke Smith Uwe Anton     everyday life (1), first contact (1)
1982-00-00 SHORTFICTION Croatian Dosadan let
Damir Mikuličić?Damir Mikulcic
     first contact (1)
1982-09-00 NOVEL English Nor Crystal Tears Alan Dean Foster     first contact (1), science fiction (1), Abebooks: 50 Essential SF Books (1)
1982-00-00 SHORTFICTION Croatian Odgovor
Damir Mikuličić?Damir Mikulcic
     first contact (1)
1982-00-00 SHORTFICTION Croatian Odluka Velikog Koordinatora
Damir Mikuličić?Damir Mikulcic
     first contact (1)
1982-05-00 SHORTFICTION English Playing for Keeps Jack C. Haldeman, II     first contact (1), eight year old (1), Play (1), alien invasion (1), contemporary (1)
1981-07-06 SHORTFICTION English Exposures Gregory Benford     first contact (1), astronomy (1), religion (1), science fiction (1), hard sf (1)
1981-08-03 SHORTFICTION English Slac// Michael P. Kube-McDowell     first contact (1), alien planet (1), alien psychology (1), alien language (1)
1981-08-00 NOVEL English Voyagers Ben Bova     first contact (1), science fiction (1)
1980-06-00 SHORTFICTION English Alien Lover Ted Reynolds and William F. Wu     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)
1980-05-00 NOVEL English Dragon's Egg Robert L. Forward     first contact (2), hard sf (1), alien perspective (1), high gravity (1), science fiction (1), neutron star (1)
1980-06-05 SHORTFICTION Croatian Gruda
Damir Mikuličić?Damir Mikulcic
     first contact (1)
1980-09-05 SHORTFICTION Serbian Klateri Vladimir Ivkov     first contact (1)
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