| 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)
|
| 2013-06-22 |
NOVEL |
English |
Xenophobia |
Peter Cawdron |
|
|
first contact (1)
|
| 2012-06-19 |
NOVEL |
English |
Existence |
David Brin |
|
|
science fiction (1), first contact (1), global warming (1), cyborg (1), artificial intelligence (1), polyamory (1), intelligent dolphins (1)
|
| 2012-01-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Outpost |
Allan Baillie |
|
|
juvenile sf (1), teen science fiction (1), first contact (1), aliens (1)
|
| 2011-09-01 |
NOVEL |
English |
Anomaly |
Peter Cawdron |
|
|
first contact (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)
|
| 2011-10-06 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Belonging |
Eric Del Carlo |
|
|
first contact (1)
|
| 2011-10-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Bullfrog Radio Astronomy Project |
Brad R. Torgersen |
|
|
first contact (1)
|
| 2011-03-16 |
NOVEL |
English |
Triptych |
J. M. Frey |
|
|
first contact (1), time travel (1), LGBTQ+ (1), gender identity (1), family (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 |
|
|
science (1), first contact (1), entanglement (1), Europa (1), Callisto (1), Ganymede (1), Io (1), Jovians (1), scientists (1), historical characters (1), italy (1), religion (1), planetary sentience (1), time travel (1), science fiction (1), Renaissance (1), Jupiter (1), historical (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)
|
| 2009-08-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Under the Shouting Sky |
Karl Bunker |
|
|
survival (1), accident (1), sacrifice (1), saturn (1), first contact (1), aliens (1), science fiction (1), Enceladus (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)
|
| 2007-10-30 |
NOVEL |
English |
Contact Harvest |
Joseph Staten |
|
|
space opera (1), science fiction (1), first contact (1), forerunner artifacts (1), military sf (1), aliens (1), rebellion (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), research (1), into-tv (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), medieval (1), Black Death (1), alien (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), exploration (1), fusion power (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)
|
| 2004-07-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Clapping Hands of God |
Michael F. Flynn |
|
|
sympathy (1), war between alien species (1), travel through hyperspace (1), first contact (1), interstellar travel (1), Muslim protagonist (1), weight of leadership (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), echolocation (1), horror (1), stealth diving suit (1), interstellar travel (1)
|
| 2004-08-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Tribes of Bela |
Albert E. Cowdrey |
|
|
mining colony (1), alien religion (1), alien ecology (1), gone native (1), war with aliens (1), murder mystery (1), interstellar travel (1), first contact (1), epistolary structure (1), strong female characters (1), first person point of view (1), serial killer (1), planet with extreme climate (1)
|
| 2003-09-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Looking Through Lace |
Ruth Nestvold |
|
|
science fiction (1), aliens (1), first contact (1)
|
| 2003-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Stranger Inside |
S. Andrew Swann |
|
|
science fiction (1), first contact (1), possession (1), young adult thriller (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)
|
| 2001-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Nothing Ever Happens in Rock City |
Jack McDevitt |
|
|
aliens (1), first contact (1), short short (1), astronomy (1), astronomers (1), SETI (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), science fiction (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), into-movie (1)
|
| 1997-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Dance of the Hunting Sun |
Barry B. Longyear |
|
|
first person point of view (1), alien point of view (1), first contact (1), greed versus conscience (1), primitive aliens (1)
|
| 1997-05-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
We Will Drink a Fish Together ... |
Bill Johnson |
|
|
science fiction (1), aliens (1), first contact (1), bodyguard (1), honor (1), Dakotas (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)
|
| 1996-12-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
First Contact |
J. M. Dillard |
|
|
time travel (1), science fiction (1), novelization (1), star trek (1), Star Trek: The Next Generation Movies (1), Star Trek VIII: First Contact (1), Borg (1), first contact (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)
|
| 1996-10-00 |
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)
|
| 1995-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Siblings |
Warren Lapine |
|
|
first contact (1), interstellar travel (1), female protagonist (1), strong female character (1), telepathy (1), childhood abuse (1), miscommunication (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)
|
| 1994-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
A Whisper of Time |
Paula King |
|
|
science fiction (1), archaeology (1), aliens (1), first contact (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)
|
| 1994-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Flowering Mandrake |
George Turner |
|
|
aliens (1), first contact (1), plant life (1), Sentient plants (1), space war (1), Australian aborigines (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 (3), alien artifact (1), archeology (1), first contact (1)
|
| 1994-10-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Search |
Diane Carey |
|
|
science fiction (2), aliens (1), shapeshifters (1), first contact (1), planetary adventure (1), novelization (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), science fiction (1)
|
| 1993-12-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Turning Point |
Lisanne Norman |
|
|
first contact (1)
|
| 1992-02-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Anvil of Stars |
Greg Bear |
|
|
genocide (1), robots (1), education (1), transmutation (1), deception (1), planetary engineering (1), mathematics (1), dreams (1), religion (1), artificial intelligence (1), alien artifacts (1), interstellar war (1), guilt (1), revenge (1), aliens (1), interstellar travel (1), ethics (1), force fields (1), space opera (1), first contact (1), science fiction (1), war with machines (1), neutronium (1), neutrinos (1), strategy (1), ansible (1), nanotechnology (1), LGBTQ (1), smell (1), love (1), berserkers (1), Von Neumann machines (1), antimatter (1), supernova (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)
|
| 1992-05-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Timemaster |
Robert L. Forward |
|
|
Alpha Centauri (1), space elevator (1), fashion (1), genetic engineering (1), intergalactic travel (1), virtual reality (1), anger (1), power generation (1), robots (1), horses (1), courtroom drama (1), Proxima Centauri (1), Epsilon Eridani (1), longevity (1), obsessive-compulsive disorder (1), egotism (1), superrich (1), bullying (1), terrorism (1), asteroids (1), set in 2060s (1), science fiction (1), aliens (1), first contact (1), interstellar travel (1), interplanetary travel (1), New Jersey (1), set in 2030s (1), set in 2040s (1), set in 2050s (1), drugs (1), set in 2070s (1), wormholes (1), negative matter (1), negative energy (1), time travel (1), superconduction (1), holography (1), exploration (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), alternate Mars (1)
|
| 1990-10-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Invaders |
John Kessel |
|
|
time travel (1), multiple narratives (1), drugs (1), cocaine (1), first contact (1), aliens (1), Pizarro (1), Incas (1), Inca (1), metafiction (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)
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