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First Contact

Humanity meets alien intelligence.

709 titles

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Social SF 268 Space Opera 123 Colonization 88 Military SF 38 Hard SF 35 Horror 34

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Roger D. Aycock Murray Leinster Evelyn E. Smith Keith Laumer Kris Neville Alan Edward Nourse Jack Sharkey James H. Schmitz

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Cover of Once a Greech by Evelyn E. Smith

Evelyn E. Smith · 1957

First ContactSpace Opera

One Man's Poison

Cover of One Man's Poison by Robert Sheckley

One Man's Poison

Robert Sheckley · 1953

First ContactSocial SF

One Martian Afternoon

Cover of One Martian Afternoon by Tom Leahy

One Martian Afternoon

Tom Leahy · 1958

ColonizationFirst Contact

Cover of One of three by George O. Smith

George O. Smith · 1948

2 hr 52 min read

First ContactHard SF

Cover of Oneness by James H. Schmitz

James H. Schmitz · 1963

First ContactPsychic Powers

Open Invitation

Cover of Open Invitation by H. B. Fyfe

Open Invitation

H. B. Fyfe · 1951

First ContactSpace Opera

Operation Terror

Cover of Operation Terror by Murray Leinster

Operation Terror

Murray Leinster · 1962

2 hr 57 min read

First ContactMilitary SF

Or Darwin, if you prefer

Cover of Or Darwin, if you prefer by Mel Hunter

Or Darwin, if you prefer

Mel Hunter · 1954

First ContactSocial SF

Orphans of the Void

Cover of Orphans of the Void by Michael Shaara

Orphans of the Void

Michael Shaara · 1952

First ContactSpace Opera

Cover of Our Town by Jerome Bixby

Jerome Bixby · 1955

First ContactPost-Apocalyptic

Pastoral Affair

Cover of Pastoral Affair by Charles A. Stearns

Pastoral Affair

Charles A. Stearns · 1959

ColonizationFirst Contact

Cover of Patrol by William L. Hamling

William L. Hamling · 1952

First ContactSpace Opera

Cover of Pattern by Robert H. Rohrer

Robert H. Rohrer · 1962

First ContactHorror

Cover of Peace by Norman Arkawy Stanley Henig

Norman Arkawy Stanley Henig · 1954

DystopiaFirst Contact

Cover of Peacemaker by Alan Edward Nourse

Alan Edward Nourse · 1953

First ContactMilitary SF

Cover of Pen Pal by Stephen Marlowe

Stephen Marlowe · 1951

First ContactSocial SF

Peril of the Blue World

Cover of Peril of the Blue World by Robert Abernathy

Peril of the Blue World

Robert Abernathy · 1942

First ContactMilitary SF

Peril of the Starmen

Cover of Peril of the Starmen by Kris Neville

Peril of the Starmen

Kris Neville · 1954

1 hr 55 min read

First ContactMilitary SF

Cover of Pet Farm by Roger D. Aycock

Roger D. Aycock · 1954

ColonizationFirst Contact

Cover of Picnic by Stephen Marlowe

Stephen Marlowe · 1953

First ContactSpace Opera

Pictures Don't Lie

Cover of Pictures Don't Lie by Katherine MacLean

Pictures Don't Lie

Katherine MacLean · 1951

First ContactHard SF

Cover of Pioneer by William Hardy

William Hardy · 1953

ColonizationFirst Contact

Cover of Pioneers by Basil Wells

Basil Wells · 1955

ColonizationFirst Contact

Cover of Pipe of Peace by James McKimmey

James McKimmey · 1959

First ContactSocial SF

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