| 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)
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| 1993-07-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Into the Miranda Rift |
G. David Nordley |
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only humans (1), Miranda (Uranus moon) (1), marriage (1), spelunking (1), intelligent robots (1), survival (1), first person point of view (1), hard sf (1), science fiction (1), alien artifacts (1), Uranus (1)
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| 1992-02-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Anvil of Stars |
Greg Bear |
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genocide (1), robots (1), education (1), transmutation (1), deception (1), planetary engineering (1), mathematics (1), dreams (1), religion (1), artificial intelligence (1), alien artifacts (1), interstellar war (1), guilt (1), revenge (1), aliens (1), interstellar travel (1), ethics (1), force fields (1), space opera (1), first contact (1), science fiction (1), war with machines (1), neutronium (1), neutrinos (1), strategy (1), ansible (1), nanotechnology (1), LGBTQ (1), smell (1), love (1), berserkers (1), Von Neumann machines (1), antimatter (1), supernova (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)
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| 1990-08-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Inconstant Star |
Poul Anderson |
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science fiction (1), alien artifacts (1), black holes (1), aliens (1), faster than light travel (1), interstellar travel (1)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 1986-12-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Iron |
Poul Anderson |
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asteroid impact (1), red dwarfs (1), aliens (1), alien artifacts (1), science fiction (1)
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| 1986-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Lungfish |
David Brin |
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war with machines (1), android (1), asteroid belt (1), alien artifacts (1), Fermi paradox (1)
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| 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)
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| 1984-01-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Crystal Spheres |
David Brin |
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science fiction (1), Fermi paradox (1), interstellar travel (1), alien artifacts (1), suspended animation (1), black hole (1), Firstborn hypothesis (1)
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| 1983-09-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Startide Rising |
David Brin |
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space opera (2), alien perspective (1), genetic monsters (1), mysterious planetary ecology (1), war in space (1), interstellar travel (1), genetic engineering (1), dolphin point of view (1), dolphins (1), strong female characters (1), water world (1), ancient aliens (1), trojan horse (1), ancient library (1), artificial intelligence (1), Poetry (1), tsunami (1), interstellar war (1), aliens (1), alien artifacts (1), apes (1), hard sf (1), science fiction (1), 2-award-winner (1), dolphin (1), 3-award-winner (1), aquatic (1), uplift (1)
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| 1983-02-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Wall Around a Star |
Frederik Pohl and Jack Williamson |
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dyson sphere (1), alien artifacts (1), science fiction (1), linguistics (1)
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| 1980-02-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Beyond the Blue Event Horizon |
Frederik Pohl |
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black holes (2), science fiction (2), big bang (1), artificial intelligence (1), interstellar travel (1), uploaded personalities (1), dreams (1), artificial food (1), alien artifacts (1), alien starships (1), gosh numbers (1), primitive hominids (1), recorded personalities (1), child raised by machines (1), food synthesis (1), oort cloud (1), advanced aliens (1)
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| 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), decryption (1), translating machine (1), astronauts (1), near future (1), space program (1), translation (1), cold war politics (1), cold war (1), academia (1), SF: The 100 Best Novels 1949-1984 (1), holism (1), boston (1), Washington, DC (1), alien artifacts (1), strong female characters (1)
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| 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)
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| 1977-10-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
In the Ocean of Night |
Gregory Benford |
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lupus erythematosus (1), Earth (1), Fermi paradox (1), alien artifacts (1), disease (1), nuclear weapons (1), genetic engineering (1), SETI (1), lunar exploration (1), war with machines (1), asteroid impact (1), bigfoot (1), alien probe (1), contemporary (1), only Earth (1), ship AI (1), first contact (1), science fiction (1)
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| 1975-02-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Farthest Star |
Frederik Pohl and Jack Williamson |
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edited organisms (1), modified chimp (1), exploration (1), confederation of humans and alien species (1), taming alien species (1), flying (1), translators (1), tachyon communication (1), extragalactic objects (1), love (1), conflict with aliens (1), mega-engineering (1), Nuclear pulse propulsion (1), death (1), alien artifacts (1), teleportation (1), interstellar travel (1), aliens (1), Clones (1), dyson sphere (1), mind cloning (1), diplomacy (1)
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| 1974-11-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Butcher's Bill |
David Drake |
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interstellar colonies (1), human warfare (1), mercenaries (1), alien artifacts (1)
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| 1972-07-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Merchants of Venus |
Frederik Pohl |
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science fiction (1), satire (1), social commentary (1), Capitalism (1), alien artifacts (1), exploration (1)
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| 1970-07-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
A Maze of Death |
Philip K. Dick |
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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)
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| 1969-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Across a Billion Years |
Robert Silverberg |
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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)
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| 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)
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| 1967-02-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Soft Weapon |
Larry Niven |
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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)
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| 1966-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Gifts of the Gods |
Arthur Sellings |
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alien artifacts (1), first contact (1), contemporary sf (1)
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| 1965-04-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Wrong-Way Street |
Larry Niven |
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science fiction (1), moon (1), alien artifacts (1), time travel (1), aliens (1)
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| 1955-11-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Star |
Arthur C. Clarke |
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religion (3), science fiction (2), supernova (2), Family Theatre (1), into-tv (1), hard sf (1), alien artifacts (1), aliens (1), nebula (1), astrophysicists (1), Jesuits (1)
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| 1953-05-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Jupiter Five |
Arthur C. Clarke |
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science fiction (2), Jupiter (2), alien artifacts (1), Martians (1), museums (1), art (1), Jovian Moons (1), orbital mechanics (1)
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| 1953-07-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Hypnoglyph |
John Ciardi |
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interstellar travel (1), hypnosis (1), aliens (1), science fiction (1), alien artifacts (1), prospecting (1)
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| 1951-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Between Planets |
Robert A. Heinlein |
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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)
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| 1951-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Seetee Ship |
Jack Williamson |
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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)
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| 1950-07-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Enchanted Village |
A. E. van Vogt |
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science fiction (2), mars (2), music (1), assimilation (1), shipwreck (1), alien artifacts (1), into-comics (1), astronaut (1), crash landing (1), crashed spacecraft (1), survival (1), deserted town (1), desert (1)
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| 1950-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Farmer in the Sky |
Robert A. Heinlein |
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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)
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| 1947-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Rocket Ship Galileo |
Robert A. Heinlein |
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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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 1934-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
After Worlds Collide |
Edwin Balmer and Philip Wylie |
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science fiction (1), domed cities (1), alien artifacts (1), colonization (1), disease (1), extrasolar planet (1), NESFA Core Reading List (1)
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| 1933-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
When Worlds Collide |
Edwin Balmer and Philip Wylie |
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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)
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| 1929-11-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Stellar Missile |
Ed Earl Repp |
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suspended animation (1), alien artifacts (1)
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| 1898-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The War of the Worlds |
H. G. Wells |
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into-movie (3), war with aliens (2), alien invasion (2), chemical weapons (1), 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (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), bacteria (1), evolution (1), Martians (1), england (1), london (1), first person point of view (1), into-tv (1), Abebooks: 50 Essential SF Books (1), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), science fiction (1), mars (1), Librivox (1), aliens (1), into-radio drama (1)
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