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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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Vital Ingredient

Cover of Vital Ingredient by Charles V. De Vet

Vital Ingredient

Charles V. De Vet · 1959

First ContactHard SF

Cover of Volpla by Wyman Guin

Wyman Guin · 1956

First ContactSocial SF

Cover of Wailing Wall by Roger D. Aycock

Roger D. Aycock · 1952

First ContactSocial SF

Cover of Walls of Acid by Henry Hasse

Henry Hasse · 1949

First ContactPost-Apocalyptic

Wanderer of Infinity

Cover of Wanderer of Infinity by Harl Vincent

Wanderer of Infinity

Harl Vincent · 1933

First ContactSpace Opera

Wandl the Invader

Cover of Wandl the Invader by Ray Cummings

Wandl the Invader

Ray Cummings · 1932

3 hr 26 min read

First ContactSpace Opera

Cover of Warlord of Kor by Terry Carr

Terry Carr · 1963

2 hr 12 min read

First ContactSpace Opera

Warning from the Stars

Cover of Warning from the Stars by Ron Cocking

Warning from the Stars

Ron Cocking · 1959

First ContactSocial SF

Cover of Warrior Race by Robert Sheckley

Robert Sheckley · 1952

First ContactMilitary SF

Cover of Watch the Sky by James H. Schmitz

James H. Schmitz · 1961

First ContactSocial SF

We Didn't Do Anything Wrong, Hardly

Cover of We Didn't Do Anything Wrong, Hardly by Roger Kuykendall

We Didn't Do Anything Wrong, Hardly

Roger Kuykendall · 1959

First ContactSocial SF

We're Civilized!

Cover of We're Civilized! by Mark Clifton Alex Apostolides

We're Civilized!

Mark Clifton Alex Apostolides · 1953

First ContactSocial SF

We're Friends, Now

Cover of We're Friends, Now by Henry Hasse

We're Friends, Now

Henry Hasse · 1960

1 hr 25 min read

First ContactSocial SF

Weak on Square Roots

Cover of Weak on Square Roots by Russell Burton

Weak on Square Roots

Russell Burton · 1959

First ContactSocial SF

Welcome to Paradise

Cover of Welcome to Paradise by Allyn Donnelson

Welcome to Paradise

Allyn Donnelson · 1954

First ContactSocial SF

West of the sun

Cover of West of the sun by Edgar Pangborn

West of the sun

Edgar Pangborn · 1953

4 hr 37 min read

ColonizationFirst Contact

What Inhabits Me?

Cover of What Inhabits Me? by Robert Moore Williams

What Inhabits Me?

Robert Moore Williams · 1953

First ContactSpace Opera

Cover of What is POSAT? by Phyllis Sterling Smith

Phyllis Sterling Smith · 1951

First ContactSocial SF

What's He Doing in There?

Cover of What's He Doing in There? by Fritz Leiber

What's He Doing in There?

Fritz Leiber · 1957

First ContactSocial SF

Cover of Wheels Within by Charles V. De Vet

Charles V. De Vet · 1952

First ContactSocial SF

When You Giffle...

Cover of When You Giffle... by Jr. L. J. Stecher

When You Giffle...

Jr. L. J. Stecher · 1963

First ContactSocial SF

Where the Phph Pebbles Go

Cover of Where the Phph Pebbles Go by Miriam Allen De Ford

Where the Phph Pebbles Go

Miriam Allen De Ford · 1963

ColonizationFirst Contact

Cover of White spot by Murray Leinster

Murray Leinster · 1955

1 hr 8 min read

ColonizationFirst Contact

Who Goes There?

Cover of Who Goes There? by Charles H. Davis

Who Goes There?

Charles H. Davis · 1950

First ContactSpace Opera

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