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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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Woman from another planet

Cover of Woman from another planet by Frank Belknap Long

Woman from another planet

Frank Belknap Long · 1960

3 hr 1 min read

First ContactSocial SF

Cover of Woman's touch by Evelyn E. Smith

Evelyn E. Smith · 1957

ColonizationFirst Contact

World in a Mirror

Cover of World in a Mirror by Albert Teichner

World in a Mirror

Albert Teichner · 1962

First ContactHard SF

Cover of Writing Class by Robert Sheckley

Robert Sheckley · 1952

First ContactSocial SF

Cover of Wrong Analogy by Joseph Shallit

Joseph Shallit · 1956

First ContactSocial SF

Cover of Yachting Party by Fox B. Holden

Fox B. Holden · 1952

First ContactSpace Opera

Year of the Big Thaw

Cover of Year of the Big Thaw by Marion Zimmer Bradley

Year of the Big Thaw

Marion Zimmer Bradley · 1954

First ContactSocial SF

You Don't Walk Alone

Cover of You Don't Walk Alone by Frank M. Robinson

You Don't Walk Alone

Frank M. Robinson · 1955

First ContactPsychic Powers

You Too Can Be A Millionaire

Cover of You Too Can Be A Millionaire by Noel M. Loomis

You Too Can Be A Millionaire

Noel M. Loomis · 1952

First ContactSocial SF

Cover of Youth by Isaac Asimov

Isaac Asimov · 1952

First ContactSocial SF

Zehru of Xollar

Cover of Zehru of Xollar by Hal K. Wells

Zehru of Xollar

Hal K. Wells · 1932

First ContactSpace Opera

Cover of Zen by Jerome Bixby

Jerome Bixby · 1952

First ContactSocial SF

Cover of Zero Hour by Ray Bradbury

Ray Bradbury · 1947

First ContactHorror

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