| 2018-01-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
One to Watch |
Andrew Barton |
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science fiction (1), alien artifacts (1)
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| 2018-01-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Hydraulic Emperor |
Arkady Martine |
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science fiction (1), aliens (1), auction (1), alien artifacts (1), Films (1), feelies (1), collectors (1), sacrifice (1)
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| 2018-08-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Veilonaut's Dream |
Henry Szabranski |
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|
alien artifacts (1), science fiction (1), FTL travel (1)
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| 2012-01-17 |
NOVEL |
English |
Shadows in Flight |
Orson Scott Card |
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science fiction (1), bickering (1), genetic engineering (1), giants (1), relativistic time dilation (1), enhanced intelligence (1), children (1), interstellar travel (1), alien artifacts (1), telepathy (1)
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| 2004-10-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Boy Who Would Live Forever |
Frederik Pohl |
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science fiction (1), alien artifacts (1), interstellar travel (1), black holes (1), aliens (1), artificial intelligence (1)
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| 1996-06-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Encounter with Tiber |
Buzz Aldrin and John Barnes |
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first contact (1), science fiction (1), alien artifacts (1), Alpha Centauri (1), Earth (1), set in 2000s (1), historians (1)
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| 1996-12-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
There Is a Violence |
Sally McBride |
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first person point of view (1), alien artifacts (1), archaeology (1), female protagonist (1), family (1), alien psychology (1), torture (1), repatriation (1), collector (1)
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| 1995-09-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Brightness Reef |
David Brin |
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space opera (1), science fiction (1), colonization (1), aliens (1), amnesia (1), robots (1), alien artifacts (1), music (1)
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| 1993-05-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Fossil Hunter |
Robert J. Sawyer |
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|
aviation (1), aliens (1), dinosaurs (1), science fiction (1), alien artifacts (1), interstellar travel (1), Geology (1), paleontology (1), religion (1), higher intelligence (1), evolution (1), genetic engineering (1), alien perspective (1)
|
| 1992-02-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Anvil of Stars |
Greg Bear |
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nanotechnology (1), space opera (1), first contact (1), science fiction (1), war with machines (1), neutronium (1), neutrinos (1), strategy (1), ansible (1), force fields (1), LGBTQ (1), smell (1), love (1), berserkers (1), Von Neumann machines (1), antimatter (1), supernova (1), artificial intelligence (1), robots (1), education (1), transmutation (1), deception (1), planetary engineering (1), mathematics (1), dreams (1), religion (1), genocide (1), alien artifacts (1), interstellar war (1), guilt (1), revenge (1), aliens (1), interstellar travel (1), ethics (1)
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| 1992-07-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Breakups |
Harry Turtledove |
|
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alien artifacts (1), ancient aliens (1), aliens (1), interstellar travel (1), hard sf (1), Crab Nebula (1)
|
| 1990-08-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Inconstant Star |
Poul Anderson |
|
|
science fiction (1), alien artifacts (1), black holes (1), aliens (1), faster than light travel (1), interstellar travel (1)
|
| 1988-06-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Cradle |
Arthur C. Clarke and Gentry Lee |
|
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science fiction (1), Florida (1), robots (1), first contact (1), alien artifacts (1), genetic engineering (1)
|
| 1987-06-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Sphere |
Michael Crichton |
|
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into-movie (2), science fiction (2), imagination (1), squid (1), Pacific Ocean (1), alien artifacts (1)
|
| 1986-12-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Iron |
Poul Anderson |
|
|
asteroid impact (1), red dwarfs (1), aliens (1), alien artifacts (1), science fiction (1)
|
| 1986-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Lungfish |
David Brin |
|
|
war with machines (1), android (1), asteroid belt (1), alien artifacts (1), Fermi paradox (1)
|
| 1984-05-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Heechee Rendezvous |
Frederik Pohl |
|
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science fiction (1), alien artifacts (1), interstellar travel (1), black holes (1), aliens (1)
|
| 1984-01-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Crystal Spheres |
David Brin |
|
|
science fiction (1), Fermi paradox (1), interstellar travel (1), alien artifacts (1), suspended animation (1), black hole (1)
|
| 1983-09-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Startide Rising |
David Brin |
|
|
space opera (2), uplift (1), aquatic (1), 3-award-winner (1), dolphin (1), 2-award-winner (1), science fiction (1), hard sf (1), apes (1), alien artifacts (1), aliens (1), interstellar war (1), tsunami (1), Poetry (1), alien perspective (1), artificial intelligence (1), ancient library (1), trojan horse (1), ancient aliens (1), water world (1), strong female characters (1), dolphins (1), dolphin point of view (1), genetic engineering (1), interstellar travel (1), war in space (1), mysterious planetary ecology (1), genetic monsters (1)
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| 1983-02-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Wall Around a Star |
Frederik Pohl and Jack Williamson |
|
|
dyson sphere (1), alien artifacts (1), science fiction (1), linguistics (1)
|
| 1980-02-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Beyond the Blue Event Horizon |
Frederik Pohl |
|
|
science fiction (2), black holes (2), advanced aliens (1), oort cloud (1), food synthesis (1), child raised by machines (1), recorded personalities (1), primitive hominids (1), big bang (1), gosh numbers (1), alien starships (1), alien artifacts (1), artificial food (1), dreams (1), uploaded personalities (1), interstellar travel (1), artificial intelligence (1)
|
| 1979-06-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Juniper Time |
Kate Wilhelm |
|
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science fiction (2), Oregon (2), space station (2), native americans (2), linguistics (2), desert (2), drought (2), climate change (2), SF: The 100 Best Novels 1949-1984 (1), strong female characters (1), alien artifacts (1), Washington, DC (1), boston (1), holism (1), decryption (1), academia (1), cold war (1), cold war politics (1), translation (1), space program (1), near future (1), astronauts (1), translating machine (1)
|
| 1977-04-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Gateway |
Frederik Pohl |
|
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5-award-winner (1), space opera (1), science fiction (1), hard sf (1), alternating chapter structure (1), interstellar travel (1), alien artifacts (1), survivor guilt (1), time dilation (1), black holes (1), into-video game (1)
|
| 1977-10-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
In the Ocean of Night |
Gregory Benford |
|
|
war with machines (1), science fiction (1), first contact (1), ship AI (1), only Earth (1), contemporary (1), alien probe (1), bigfoot (1), asteroid impact (1), lupus erythematosus (1), lunar exploration (1), SETI (1), genetic engineering (1), nuclear weapons (1), disease (1), alien artifacts (1), Fermi paradox (1), Earth (1)
|
| 1975-02-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Farthest Star |
Frederik Pohl and Jack Williamson |
|
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mega-engineering (1), diplomacy (1), mind cloning (1), dyson sphere (1), Clones (1), aliens (1), interstellar travel (1), teleportation (1), alien artifacts (1), death (1), Nuclear pulse propulsion (1), edited organisms (1), conflict with aliens (1), love (1), extragalactic objects (1), tachyon communication (1), translators (1), flying (1), taming alien species (1), confederation of humans and alien species (1), exploration (1), modified chimp (1)
|
| 1974-11-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Butcher's Bill |
David Drake |
|
|
interstellar colonies (1), human warfare (1), mercenaries (1), alien artifacts (1)
|
| 1972-07-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Merchants of Venus |
Frederik Pohl |
|
|
science fiction (1), satire (1), social commentary (1), Capitalism (1), alien artifacts (1), exploration (1)
|
| 1970-07-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
A Maze of Death |
Philip K. Dick |
|
|
science fiction (2), death (1), murder (1), interstellar travel (1), alien artifacts (1), suicide (1), colonization (1), insanity (1), human experiment (1), tattoos (1), virtual reality (1)
|
| 1969-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Across a Billion Years |
Robert Silverberg |
|
|
dyson sphere (1), young-adult sf (1), interstellar travel (1), alien artifacts (1), science fiction (1), archaeology (1), telepathy (1), first person point of view (1), coming of age (1)
|
| 1969-02-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Man in the Maze |
Robert Silverberg |
|
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alien invasion (1), psychic abilities (1), science fiction (1), Sophocles (1), interstellar travel (1), alien artifacts (1), Beta Hydri (1), aliens (1), telepathy (1), zombies (1)
|
| 1967-02-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Soft Weapon |
Larry Niven |
|
|
hard sf (1), interstellar travel (1), war with aliens (1), alien artifacts (1), into-tv (1), force fields (1), time distortion (1), Beta Lyrae (1), time stasis (1)
|
| 1966-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Gifts of the Gods |
Arthur Sellings |
|
|
alien artifacts (1), first contact (1), contemporary sf (1)
|
| 1965-04-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Wrong-Way Street |
Larry Niven |
|
|
science fiction (1), moon (1), alien artifacts (1), time travel (1), aliens (1)
|
| 1955-11-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Star |
Arthur C. Clarke |
|
|
religion (2), science fiction (2), supernova (2), Family Theatre (1), into-tv (1), hard sf (1), alien artifacts (1), aliens (1), nebula (1), astrophysicists (1)
|
| 1953-05-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Jupiter Five |
Arthur C. Clarke |
|
|
science fiction (2), Jupiter (2), alien artifacts (1), Martians (1), museums (1), art (1), Jovian Moons (1), orbital mechanics (1)
|
| 1953-07-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Hypnoglyph |
John Ciardi |
|
|
interstellar travel (1), hypnosis (1), aliens (1), science fiction (1), alien artifacts (1), prospecting (1)
|
| 1951-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Between Planets |
Robert A. Heinlein |
|
|
science fiction (1), juvenile sf (1), young-adult sf (1), New Mexico (1), mars (1), space station (1), interplanetary travel (1), rebellion (1), venus (1), alien artifacts (1)
|
| 1951-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Seetee Ship |
Jack Williamson |
|
|
hard sf (1), asteroid (1), asteroid belt (1), time paradox (1), alien artifacts (1), antimatter (1), mining (1), science fiction (1), time in reverse (1)
|
| 1950-07-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Enchanted Village |
A. E. van Vogt |
|
|
music (1), assimilation (1), science fiction (1), mars (1), shipwreck (1), alien artifacts (1)
|
| 1950-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Farmer in the Sky |
Robert A. Heinlein |
|
|
young-adult sf (1), juvenile sf (1), Ganymede (1), terraforming (1), Earth (1), overpopulation (1), quakes (1), alien artifacts (1), 1950 (1), science fiction (1)
|
| 1947-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Rocket Ship Galileo |
Robert A. Heinlein |
|
|
juvenile sf (2), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), science fiction (1), into-movie (1), nazis (1), space travel (1), moon (1), alien artifacts (1)
|
| 1946-11-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Mewhu's Jet |
Theodore Sturgeon |
|
|
alien artifacts (1), children (1), aliens (1), United States (1), science fiction (1), first contact (1), NESFA Core Reading List (1)
|
| 1941-10-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
By His Bootstraps |
Robert A. Heinlein |
|
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time travel (1), paradox (1), contemporary (1), time loop (1), music (1), alcohol (1), slavery (1), alien artifacts (1), NESFA Core Reading List (1), distant future (1), empathy (1)
|
| 1934-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
After Worlds Collide |
Edwin Balmer and Philip Wylie |
|
|
science fiction (1), domed cities (1), alien artifacts (1), colonization (1), disease (1), extrasolar planet (1), NESFA Core Reading List (1)
|
| 1933-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
When Worlds Collide |
Edwin Balmer and Philip Wylie |
|
|
natural disaster (1), science fiction (1), Abebooks: 50 Essential SF Books (1), into-movie (1), end of the world (1), astronomy (1), scientists (1), tsunami (1), earthquakes (1), United States (1), alien artifacts (1), into-music (1), extrasolar planet (1), NESFA Core Reading List (1)
|
| 1929-11-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Stellar Missile |
Ed Earl Repp |
|
|
suspended animation (1), alien artifacts (1)
|
| 1898-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The War of the Worlds |
H. G. Wells |
|
|
into-movie (3), war with aliens (2), alien invasion (2), into-radio drama (1), aliens (1), Librivox (1), mars (1), science fiction (1), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), Abebooks: 50 Essential SF Books (1), into-tv (1), first person point of view (1), london (1), england (1), Martians (1), evolution (1), bacteria (1), chemical weapons (1), disease (1), genocide (1), interplanetary travel (1), Earth (1), alien artifacts (1), into-music (1), into-radio (1), into-video game (1), into-game (1), into-play (1), Horror: Another 100 Best Books (1), NESFA Core Reading List (1), 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (1)
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