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First Contact

Humanity meets alien intelligence.

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

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Cover of Acid Bath by Bill Garson

Bill Garson · 1953

First ContactSpace Opera

Action on Azura

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Action on Azura

Robertson Osborne · 1949

First ContactSpace Opera

Cover of Aide Memoire by Keith Laumer

Keith Laumer · 1962

First ContactSpace Opera

Cover of Alien by George O. Smith

George O. Smith · 1946

Alien Equivalent

Cover of Alien Equivalent by Richard Rein Smith

Alien Equivalent

Richard Rein Smith · 1955

ColonizationFirst Contact

Cover of Alien Minds by E. Everett Evans

E. Everett Evans · 1955

4 hr 24 min read

First ContactPsychic Powers

Cover of Alien Offer by Al Sevcik

Al Sevcik · 1959

First ContactSpace Opera

All That Earthly Remains

Cover of All That Earthly Remains by C. C. MacApp

All That Earthly Remains

C. C. MacApp · 1962

Always a Qurono

Cover of Always a Qurono by Jim Harmon

Always a Qurono

Jim Harmon · 1962

Amateur in Chancery

Cover of Amateur in Chancery by George O. Smith

Amateur in Chancery

George O. Smith · 1961

An Earthman on Venus (Originally titled "The Radio Man")

Cover of An Earthman on Venus (Originally titled "The Radio Man") by Ralph Milne Farley

An Earthman on Venus (Originally titled "The Radio Man")

Ralph Milne Farley · 1924

3 hr 13 min read

First ContactSpace Opera

An Incident on Route 12

Cover of An Incident on Route 12 by James H. Schmitz

An Incident on Route 12

James H. Schmitz · 1962

And the Gods Laughed

Cover of And the Gods Laughed by Fredric Brown

And the Gods Laughed

Fredric Brown · 1944

First ContactSpace Opera

Cover of Angel's Egg by Edgar Pangborn

Edgar Pangborn · 1951

Answer, please answer

Cover of Answer, please answer by Ben Bova

Answer, please answer

Ben Bova · 1962

First ContactHard SF

Anything You Can Do ...

Cover of Anything You Can Do ... by Randall Garrett

Anything You Can Do ...

Randall Garrett · 1963

3 hr 40 min read

First ContactHard SF

Anything You Can Do!

Cover of Anything You Can Do! by Randall Garrett

Anything You Can Do!

Randall Garrett · 1962

1 hr 55 min read

First ContactHard SF

Cover of Assassin by Jesse F. Bone

Jesse F. Bone · 1958

Assignment's End

Cover of Assignment's End by Roger D. Aycock

Assignment's End

Roger D. Aycock · 1954

At the mountains of madness

Cover of At the mountains of madness by H. P. Lovecraft

At the mountains of madness

H. P. Lovecraft · 1936

2 hr 33 min read

First ContactLost World

Cover of Atavism by Erik Fennel

Erik Fennel · 1947

First ContactMilitary SF

Cover of Attitude by Hal Clement

Hal Clement · 1943

1 hr 24 min read

First ContactSpace Opera

Cover of Baker's Dozens by Jim Harmon

Jim Harmon · 1959

Cover of Beach Scene by Marshall King

Marshall King · 1960

First ContactPsychic Powers

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