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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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The Last Brave Invader

Cover of The Last Brave Invader by Charles L. Fontenay

The Last Brave Invader

Charles L. Fontenay · 1957

First ContactSocial SF

The Last Gentleman

Cover of The Last Gentleman by Rory Magill

The Last Gentleman

Rory Magill · 1953

First ContactSocial SF

Cover of The Last Laugh by Bryce Walton

Bryce Walton · 1951

First ContactSocial SF

The Last Martian

Cover of The Last Martian by Ray Van Houten

The Last Martian

Ray Van Houten · 1942

First ContactPost-Apocalyptic

The Last Place on Earth

Cover of The Last Place on Earth by Jim Harmon

The Last Place on Earth

Jim Harmon · 1962

First ContactSocial SF

The Last Trespasser

Cover of The Last Trespasser by Jim Harmon

The Last Trespasser

Jim Harmon · 1960

First ContactSocial SF

The Last Victory

Cover of The Last Victory by Tom Godwin

The Last Victory

Tom Godwin · 1957

First ContactSocial SF

Cover of The Leech by Robert Sheckley

Robert Sheckley · 1952

First ContactHorror

The Lights on Precipice Peak

Cover of The Lights on Precipice Peak by Stephen Tall

The Lights on Precipice Peak

Stephen Tall · 1955

First ContactHard SF

Cover of The Link by Alan Edward Nourse

Alan Edward Nourse · 1963

First ContactSocial SF

The Little Man Who Wasn't Quite

Cover of The Little Man Who Wasn't Quite by William W. Stuart

The Little Man Who Wasn't Quite

William W. Stuart · 1961

First ContactSocial SF

The Little Monsters Come

Cover of The Little Monsters Come by Ray Cummings

The Little Monsters Come

Ray Cummings · 1948

1 hr 6 min read

First ContactHorror

The Little Pets of Arkkhan

Cover of The Little Pets of Arkkhan by Bill Garson

The Little Pets of Arkkhan

Bill Garson · 1947

First ContactSpace Opera

The Long Remembered Thunder

Cover of The Long Remembered Thunder by Keith Laumer

The Long Remembered Thunder

Keith Laumer · 1963

First ContactPsychic Powers

The Long, Silvery Day

Cover of The Long, Silvery Day by Magnus Ludens

The Long, Silvery Day

Magnus Ludens · 1962

First ContactSocial SF

The Longsnozzle Event

Cover of The Longsnozzle Event by Hal Annas

The Longsnozzle Event

Hal Annas · 1951

First ContactSocial SF

The Lunarian Professor and His Remarkable Revelations Concerning the Earth, the Moon and Mars

Cover of The Lunarian Professor and His Remarkable Revelations Concerning the Earth, the Moon and Mars by James B. Alexander

The Lunarian Professor and His Remarkable Revelations Concerning the Earth, the Moon and Mars

James B. Alexander · 1909

4 hr 8 min read

First ContactSocial SF

The Madcap Metalloids

Cover of The Madcap Metalloids by Verne Athanas

The Madcap Metalloids

Verne Athanas · 1949

First ContactSpace Opera

The Man Who Played to Lose

Cover of The Man Who Played to Lose by Laurence M. Janifer

The Man Who Played to Lose

Laurence M. Janifer · 1961

First ContactSocial SF

The Man Who Saved the Earth

Cover of The Man Who Saved the Earth by Austin Hall

The Man Who Saved the Earth

Austin Hall · 1919

1 hr 11 min read

First ContactHard SF

Cover of The Margenes by Miriam Allen De Ford

Miriam Allen De Ford · 1956

First ContactPost-Apocalyptic

The Marrying Man

Cover of The Marrying Man by Joseph Farrell

The Marrying Man

Joseph Farrell · 1958

First ContactSocial SF

Cover of The Martian by A. R. Hilliard

A. R. Hilliard & Allen Glasser · 1932

First ContactSocial SF

The Martians and the Coys

Cover of The Martians and the Coys by Mack Reynolds

The Martians and the Coys

Mack Reynolds · 1951

First ContactSocial SF

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