First Contact

First Contact

The moment we meet the other, for better or worse.

Humanity's first brush with alien intelligence: wondrous, terrifying, and endlessly reinvented. From gentle emissaries to unknowable horrors.

30 titles

"Hey Ma, Where's Willie?"

Cover of "Hey Ma, Where's Willie?" by I. M. Bukstein

"Hey Ma, Where's Willie?"

I. M. Bukstein · 1952

"Phone Me in Central Park"

Cover of "Phone Me in Central Park" by James V. McConnell

"Phone Me in Central Park"

James V. McConnell · 1954

First ContactPost-Apocalyptic

"To Invade New York...."

Cover of "To Invade New York...." by Irwin Lewis

"To Invade New York...."

Irwin Lewis · 1955

First ContactMilitary SF

Cover of 30-day wonder by Richard Wilson

Richard Wilson · 1960

4 hr 33 min read

First ContactSocial SF

A Bad Day for Vermin

Cover of A Bad Day for Vermin by Keith Laumer

A Bad Day for Vermin

Keith Laumer · 1964

A City Near Centaurus

Cover of A City Near Centaurus by William R. Doede

A City Near Centaurus

William R. Doede · 1962

ColonizationFirst Contact

A Columbus of Space

Cover of A Columbus of Space by Garrett Putman Serviss

A Columbus of Space

Garrett Putman Serviss · 1911

4 hr 8 min read

First ContactSpace Opera

A Gift For Terra

Cover of A Gift For Terra by Fox B. Holden

A Gift For Terra

Fox B. Holden · 1954

A Gift from Earth

Cover of A Gift from Earth by Manly Banister

A Gift from Earth

Manly Banister · 1955

First ContactSocial SF

A Gleeb for Earth

Cover of A Gleeb for Earth by Charles Schafhauser

A Gleeb for Earth

Charles Schafhauser · 1953

A Little Knowledge

Cover of A Little Knowledge by R. R. Winterbotham

A Little Knowledge

R. R. Winterbotham · 1956

A Martian Odyssey

Cover of A Martian Odyssey by Stanley G. Weinbaum

A Martian Odyssey

Stanley G. Weinbaum · 1934

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A Matter of Ethics

Cover of A Matter of Ethics by R. R. Winterbotham

A Matter of Ethics

R. R. Winterbotham · 1955

A Matter of Protocol

Cover of A Matter of Protocol by Jack Sharkey

A Matter of Protocol

Jack Sharkey · 1962

A Planet for Your Thoughts

Cover of A Planet for Your Thoughts by James Norman

A Planet for Your Thoughts

James Norman · 1941

First ContactSocial SF

A Pride of Islands

Cover of A Pride of Islands by C. C. MacApp

A Pride of Islands

C. C. MacApp · 1960

ColonizationFirst Contact

A Toothache on Zenob

Cover of A Toothache on Zenob by Boyd Ellanby

A Toothache on Zenob

Boyd Ellanby · 1958

First ContactSpace Opera

A Trace of Memory

Cover of A Trace of Memory by Keith Laumer

A Trace of Memory

Keith Laumer · 1963

4 hr 36 min read

First ContactSpace Opera

A Trip to Venus: A Novel

Cover of A Trip to Venus: A Novel by John Munro

A Trip to Venus: A Novel

John Munro · 1897

3 hr 10 min read

First ContactSpace Opera

A Voyage to Arcturus

Cover of A Voyage to Arcturus by David Lindsay

A Voyage to Arcturus

David Lindsay · 1920

First ContactSpace Opera

A Zloor for Your Trouble!

Cover of A Zloor for Your Trouble! by Mack Reynolds

A Zloor for Your Trouble!

Mack Reynolds · 1953

First ContactSpace Opera

A message from Mars

Cover of A message from Mars by Richard Ganthony

A message from Mars

Richard Ganthony · 1900

1 hr 52 min read

A trace of memory

Cover of A trace of memory by Keith Laumer

A trace of memory

Keith Laumer · 1962

4 hr 10 min read

First ContactSpace Opera

A voice from the inner world

Cover of A voice from the inner world by A. Hyatt Verrill

A voice from the inner world

A. Hyatt Verrill · 1927

First ContactLost World

Cover of Acid Bath by Bill Garson

Bill Garson · 1953

First ContactSpace Opera

Action on Azura

Cover of Action on Azura by Robertson Osborne

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

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Cover of Alien Minds by E. Everett Evans

E. Everett Evans · 1955

4 hr 24 min read

First ContactPsychic Powers

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