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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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Cover of In the Garden by R. A. Lafferty

R. A. Lafferty · 1961

ColonizationFirst Contact

Cover of Inconstancy by Roger D. Aycock

Roger D. Aycock · 1962

ColonizationFirst Contact

Cover of Infiltration by Algis Budrys

Algis Budrys · 1958

First ContactHorror

Cover of Inhibition by James Causey

James Causey · 1955

First ContactSocial SF

Cover of Inside Earth by Poul Anderson

Poul Anderson · 1951

1 hr 9 min read

First ContactMilitary SF

Cover of Insidekick by Jesse F. Bone

Jesse F. Bone · 1959

First ContactPsychic Powers

Invaders from the Infinite

Cover of Invaders from the Infinite by Jr. John W. Campbell

Invaders from the Infinite

Jr. John W. Campbell · 1932

4 hr 2 min read

First ContactSpace Opera

Cover of Invasion by Murray Leinster

Murray Leinster · 1933

First ContactMilitary SF

Is That You Xeluchli?

Cover of Is That You Xeluchli? by Dick Hetschel

Is That You Xeluchli?

Dick Hetschel · 1952

First ContactSpace Opera

It Takes a Thief

Cover of It Takes a Thief by Walter M. Miller

It Takes a Thief

Walter M. Miller · 1952

ColonizationFirst Contact

Jabberwock, Beware!

Cover of Jabberwock, Beware! by Richard A. Sternbach

Jabberwock, Beware!

Richard A. Sternbach · 1953

First ContactSocial SF

Jackie sees a star

Cover of Jackie sees a star by Marion Zimmer Bradley

Jackie sees a star

Marion Zimmer Bradley · 1954

First ContactJuvenile

Jekyll-Hyde Planet

Cover of Jekyll-Hyde Planet by Jack Lewis

Jekyll-Hyde Planet

Jack Lewis · 1956

ColonizationFirst Contact

Jimsy and the Monsters

Cover of Jimsy and the Monsters by Walter J. Sheldon

Jimsy and the Monsters

Walter J. Sheldon · 1952

First ContactJuvenile

Joe Carson's Weapon

Cover of Joe Carson's Weapon by James R. Adams

Joe Carson's Weapon

James R. Adams · 1945

First ContactMilitary SF

Cover of Join Our Gang? by Sterling E. Lanier

Sterling E. Lanier · 1961

First ContactSocial SF

Jubilation, U.S.A.

Cover of Jubilation, U.S.A. by G. L. Vandenburg

Jubilation, U.S.A.

G. L. Vandenburg · 1960

First ContactSocial SF

Cover of Judas Ram by Sam Merwin

Sam Merwin · 1950

First ContactSocial SF

Cover of Junior by Robert Abernathy

Robert Abernathy · 1956

First ContactSocial SF

Keep Your Shape

Cover of Keep Your Shape by Robert Sheckley

Keep Your Shape

Robert Sheckley · 1953

First ContactSpace Opera

Know Thy Neighbor

Cover of Know Thy Neighbor by Elisabeth R. Lewis

Know Thy Neighbor

Elisabeth R. Lewis · 1953

First ContactSocial SF

Kreativity For Kats

Cover of Kreativity For Kats by Fritz Leiber

Kreativity For Kats

Fritz Leiber · 1961

First ContactSocial SF

La guerre des mondes

Cover of La guerre des mondes by H. G. Wells

La guerre des mondes

H. G. Wells · 1898

4 hr 29 min read

First ContactMilitary SF

Cover of Laboratory by Jerome Bixby

Jerome Bixby · 1955

First ContactHard SF

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