| 1955-03-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Diabologic |
Eric Frank Russell |
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first contact (1), dominance (1), psychology (1), humor (1), bureaucracy (1), exploration (1), aliens (1)
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| 1955-06-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Soldier from the Stars |
Poul Anderson |
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science fiction (1), aliens (1), first contact (1), mercenaries (1), Portugal (1)
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| 1954-01-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Mission of Gravity |
Hal Clement |
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hard sf (2), first contact (1), science fiction (1), aliens (1), alien perspective (1), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), SF: The 100 Best Novels 1949-1984 (1), high gravity (1), Abebooks: 50 Essential SF Books (1)
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| 1954-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Star Beast |
Robert A. Heinlein |
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aliens (2), Young Adult (1), science fiction (1), first contact (1), young-adult sf (1), juvenile sf (1), pets (1), diplomacy (1), Earth (1)
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| 1954-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet |
Eleanor Cameron |
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juvenile sf (1), fungi (1), mushrooms (1), california (1), interplanetary travel (1), aliens (1), first contact (1), chickens (1)
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| 1954-05-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Zoological Specimen |
A. Bertram Chandler |
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horror (1), space opera (1), science fiction (1), first contact (1), aliens (1)
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| 1953-08-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Childhood's End |
Arthur C. Clarke |
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peace (1), into-radio (1), alien invasion (1), Earth (1), higher intelligence (1), telepathy (1), end of the world (1), last man on Earth (1), incorporeal beings (1), aliens (1), deepsea environment (1), submarine (1), squid (1), whales (1), time viewer (1), hibernation (1), Australia (1), telekinesis (1), Utopia (1), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), The 5-Parsec Shelf (1), SF: The 100 Best Novels 1949-1984 (1), science fiction (1), into-tv (1), cosy catastrophe (1), museum (1), virtual reality (1), first contact (1), tsunami (1), winged flight (1), creativity (1), antigravity (1), music (1), art (1), interstellar travel (1)
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| 1953-06-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Encounter in the Dawn |
Arthur C. Clarke |
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science fiction (1), aliens (1), exploration (1), Earth (1), first contact (1)
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| 1953-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Iceworld |
Hal Clement |
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first contact (1), science fiction (1), Earth (1), tobacco (1), narcotics (1), alien perspective (1)
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| 1953-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Sentinels from Space |
Eric Frank Russell |
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science fiction (1), mutants (1), telepathy (1), paranormal powers (1), telekinesis (1), interplanetary war (1), body swap (1), interstellar travel (1), mind control (1), interrogation (1), venus (1), first contact (1), aliens (1)
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| 1953-11-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Book |
Michael Shaara |
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SF (1), interstellar exploration (1), humanoid aliens (1), first contact (1)
|
| 1953-05-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Liberation of Earth |
William Tenn |
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machine intelligence (1), first person point of view (1), only Earth (1), interstellar war (1), first contact (1), alien war (1), satire (1), looking backward (1), aliens (1)
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| 1953-03-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Monsters |
Robert Sheckley |
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first contact (1), nonhuman point of view (1), space travel (1), SF (1), into-tv (1), alien perspective (1)
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| 1953-05-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
When Half-Gods Go |
Poul Anderson |
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interstellar empire (1), first contact (1), aliens (1), science fiction (1), cynicism (1)
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| 1952-02-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Firewater |
William Tenn |
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science fiction (1), first contact (1), enhanced intelligence (1), Earth (1), aliens (1), paranormal powers (1)
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| 1952-10-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Grenville's Planet |
Michael Shaara |
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alien conflict (1), water planet (1), interstellar travel (1), first contact (1), karma (1)
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| 1952-05-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Lost Memory |
Peter Phillips |
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first contact (1), robots (1), nonhuman point of view (1)
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| 1952-12-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Deep |
Isaac Asimov |
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alien perspective (1), aliens (1), interstellar travel (1), culture shock (1), first contact (1), teleportation (1), telepathy (1), science fiction (1), maternal feelings (1)
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| 1952-10-07 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Space Ship Under the Apple Tree |
Louis Slobodkin |
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juvenile sf (1), antigravity (1), invisibility (1), computers (1), aliens (1), first contact (1), Boy Scouts (1), New York State (1)
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| 1952-05-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Youth |
Isaac Asimov |
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Librivox (1), science fiction (1), first contact (1), children (1)
|
| 1951-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
A Handful of Dust |
unknown |
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horror (1), first contact (1)
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| 1951-07-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Beachhead |
Clifford D. Simak |
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microbes (1), iron (1), exploration (1), interstellar travel (1), first contact (1), aliens (1), science fiction (1), telepathic helmet (1), robots (1)
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| 1951-09-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Cabin Boy |
Damon Knight |
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children (1), science fiction (1), first contact (1), alien perspective (1), life in vacuum (1), smell (1), interstellar travel (1), interplanetary travel (1)
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| 1951-08-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Pictures Don't Lie |
Katherine MacLean |
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X Minus 1 (1), aliens (1), first contact (1), science fiction (1), Earth (1)
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| 1951-03-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Special Aptitude |
Theodore Sturgeon |
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first person point of view (1), interplanetary travel (1), venus (1), moral lesson (1), misfit (1), first contact (1), bullying (1), twist ending (1)
|
| 1951-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Fire Balloons |
Ray Bradbury |
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science fiction (1), mars (1), first contact (1), higher intelligence (1)
|
| 1951-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Man Who Rode the Saucer |
August Derleth |
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science fiction (1), flying saucer (1), human experiment (1), first contact (1)
|
| 1951-01-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Peaceful Martian |
J. T. Oliver |
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first contact (1), mars (1)
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| 1951-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Sentinel |
Arthur C. Clarke |
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moon (2), alien artifact (2), science fiction (2), force fields (1), first contact (1), into-movie (1), Moon artifacts (1)
|
| 1951-02-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Trouble with the Natives |
Arthur C. Clarke |
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aliens (1), science fiction (1), first contact (1), england (1), Martians (1)
|
| 1950-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
An Ounce of Prevention |
Paul A. Carter |
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science fiction (1), time travel (1), mars (1), first contact (1)
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| 1950-05-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Dear Devil |
Eric Frank Russell |
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Martians (1), post-apocalypse (1), first contact (1), post apocalypse (1), plague (1), Poetry (1), poet (1)
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| 1950-07-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Invasion |
Frank Belknap Long |
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science fiction (1), first contact (1), robots (1)
|
| 1950-04-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Isolationist |
Mack Reynolds |
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first person point of view (1), first contact (1), science fiction (1), aliens (1), North Dakota (1), nuclear warfare (1)
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| 1950-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Needle |
Hal Clement |
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first contact (2), science fiction (1), The 5-Parsec Shelf (1), aliens (1), symbionts (1), Earth (1), Pacific Ocean (1), alien perspective (1), 1950 (1), NESFA Core Reading List (1)
|
| 1950-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Night Meeting |
Ray Bradbury |
|
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science fiction (1), mars (1), first contact (1), fantasy (1), surrealism (1)
|
| 1950-05-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Nobody Saw the Ship |
Murray Leinster |
|
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aliens (1), science fiction (1), first contact (1), Coyote (1), dogs (1), sheep (1)
|
| 1950-01-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Ylla |
Ray Bradbury |
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female protagonist (1), married couple (1), near future (1), only aliens (1), fantasy (1), mars (1), first contact (1), precognition (1)
|
| 1949-08-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Action on Azura |
Robertson Osborne |
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science fiction (1), interstellar travel (1), first contact (1), aliens (1), diplomacy (1)
|
| 1949-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Dear Pen Pal |
A. E. van Vogt |
|
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science fiction (1), body swap (1), first contact (1)
|
| 1949-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Open, Sesame! |
August Derleth |
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science fiction (1), first contact (1), alien invasion (1), body swap (1)
|
| 1949-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The One Who Waits |
Ray Bradbury |
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science fiction (1), horror (1), mars (1), body swap (1), possession (1), first contact (1)
|
| 1949-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Outer Limit |
Graham Doar |
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X Minus 1 (2), Dimension X (1), Escape (Radio) (1), Beyond This World (Radio) (1), Suspense (1), science fiction (1), first contact (1), interstellar travel (1), nuclear weapons (1), alien perspective (1), quarantine (1)
|
| 1948-08-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Monster |
A. E. van Vogt |
|
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science fiction (1), last man on Earth (1), alien invasion (1), teleportation (1), enhanced intelligence (1), end of the world (1), resurrection (1), universal translator (1), museum (1), genocide (1), NESFA Core Reading List (1), longevity (1), Earth (1), ray guns (1), paranormal powers (1), first contact (1), interstellar travel (1), nuclear bombs (1)
|
| 1946-11-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Mewhu's Jet |
Theodore Sturgeon |
|
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alien artifacts (1), children (1), aliens (1), United States (1), science fiction (1), first contact (1), NESFA Core Reading List (1)
|
| 1946-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Skylark of Space |
Lee Hawkins Garby and Edward E. Smith |
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first contact (1), space opera (1), action-adventure (1), inventor (1), wireless telephone (1), Librivox (1), science fiction (1), Competition (1), near future (1), NESFA Core Reading List (1)
|
| 1945-02-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
De Profundis |
Murray Leinster |
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first contact (1), sea adventure (1), sea (1), science fiction (1), NESFA Core Reading List (1)
|
| 1945-05-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
First Contact |
Murray Leinster |
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X Minus 1 (2), Dimension X (1), Exploring Tomorrow (1), microwaves (1), nebula (1), first contact (1), science fiction (1), universal translator (1), NESFA Core Reading List (1), into-radio (1), aliens (1), interstellar travel (1)
|
| 1945-06-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Ethical Equations |
Murray Leinster |
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science fiction (1), interplanetary travel (1), first contact (1), mathematics (1), ethics (1), nitrogen (1), isotopes (1), NESFA Core Reading List (1)
|
| 1944-09-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Culture |
Jerry Shelton |
|
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science fiction (1), first contact (1), higher intelligence (1), interstellar travel (1)
|
| 1943-07-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Stellar Vampires |
Frank Belknap Long |
|
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vampires (1), space opera (1), first contact (1)
|
| 1942-03-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Wings of Night |
Lester del Rey |
|
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science fiction (1), moon (1), first contact (1), refuge (1), radioactivity (1), NESFA Core Reading List (1)
|
| 1941-10-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Not Final! |
Isaac Asimov |
|
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force field (1), Jovians (1), first contact (1), Ganymede (1), Jupiter (1), science fiction (1), aliens (1)
|
| 1941-07-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Lost Street |
Carl Jacobi and Clifford D. Simak |
|
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science fiction (1), first contact (1), apocalypse (1), United States (1), recluse (1), philosophy (1), Alternate World (1), plague (1), tobacco (1), set in 1960s (1)
|
| 1941-01-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Way Back |
Sam Moskowitz |
|
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science fiction (1), action-adventure (1), first contact (1), heroic fantasy (1)
|
| 1941-07-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Whispering Spheres |
R. R. Winterbotham |
|
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science fiction (1), first contact (1), alien invasion (1), war (1), world war ii (1)
|
| 1940-10-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Farewell to the Master |
Harry Bates |
|
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science fiction (1), NESFA Core Reading List (1), voice recording (1), Washington, DC (1), Earth (1), first contact (1), robots (1), aliens (1), into-movie (1), into-comics (1), assassination (1)
|
| 1939-09-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Cosmic Stage |
Robert Arthur |
|
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science fiction (1), first contact (1), alien invasion (1), humorous (1)
|
| 1939-02-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Living Fossil |
L. Sprague de Camp |
|
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murder (1), alien perspective (1), first contact (1), Pennsylvania (1), evolution (1), far future (1), science fiction (1), primates (1)
|
| 1938-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Out of the Silent Planet |
C. S. Lewis |
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science fiction (2), first contact (1), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), linguistics (1), religion (1), kidnapping (1), interplanetary travel (1), aliens (1), mars (1), Martians (1), NESFA Core Reading List (1)
|
| 1938-08-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Who Goes There? |
John W. Campbell, Jr. |
|
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cold (1), aliens (1), isolation (1), paranoia (1), into-movie (1), first contact (1), antarctica (1), horror (1), science fiction (1), NESFA Core Reading List (1), into-video game (1)
|
| 1936-12-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Devolution |
Edmond Hamilton |
|
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telepathy (1), mental control of matter (1), mind control (1), conqueror alien (1), first contact (1), Canada (1), science fiction (1), NESFA Core Reading List (1)
|
| 1936-06-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Shadow Out of Time |
H. P. Lovecraft |
|
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Cthulhu Mythos (1), body swap (1), horror (1), first contact (1), science fiction (1), aliens (1), split personality (1), Western Australia (1), expedition (1), amnesia (1)
|
| 1932-05-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Vaults of Yoh-Vombis |
Clark Ashton Smith |
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horror (1), science fiction (1), mars (1), first contact (1)
|
| 1932-01-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Wolves of Darkness |
Jack Williamson |
|
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werewolf (2), fantasy (1), horror (1), mad scientist (1), first contact (1), undead (1), transdimensional (1), alien invasion (1)
|
| 1931-09-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Lunar Chrysalis |
Raymond Z. Gallun |
|
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space flight to moon (1), moon (1), Moon caverns (1), Lunarians (1), mechanical voice simulator (1), suspended animation (1), first contact (1)
|
| 1930-03-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Space Visitors |
Edmond Hamilton |
|
|
first contact (1), science fiction (1), alien invasion (1)
|
| 1928-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
Russian |
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|
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science fiction (1), Baikal lake (1), first contact (1), flying saucer (1), shared culture (1)
|
| 1928-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
Russian |
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|
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science fiction (1), african coast (1), friendly aliens (1), first contact (1)
|
| 1928-04-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Miracle of the Lily |
Clare Winger Harris |
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insect apocalypse (1), world reborn (1), Venusians (1), first contact (1)
|
| 1927-11-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Machine Man of Ardathia |
Francis Flagg |
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time travel (1), machine man (1), cyborg (1), XXth century (1), first contact (1)
|
| 1926-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
German |
Wunder im Mond |
Kurt K. Doberer |
|
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moon (1), aliens (1), first contact (1)
|
| 1923-00-00 |
NOVEL |
Russian |
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science fiction (1), russia (1), communist revolution (1), Space ship (1), mars (1), first contact (1)
|
| 1901-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
Russian |
|
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|
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Mont-blanc (1), accident (1), first contact (1), Martians (1), science fiction (1)
|
| 1901-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The First Men in the Moon |
H. G. Wells |
|
|
first moon voyage (2), into-movie (2), science fiction (2), antigravity (1), caverns (1), Selenites (1), moon (1), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), Moonmen (1), Librivox (1), into-tv (1), first contact (1), england (1), first person point of view (1), aliens (1), interplanetary travel (1), into-video game (1), NESFA Core Reading List (1)
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