First Contact Theme in Science Fiction

The stories/novels below are those which either have the First Contact theme as the major premise, or have recognizable First Contact situations as an integral part of the plot. They were compiled from my own reading and the contributions from the science fiction literary discussion list, SF-LIT. Thanks for everybody who contributed to the list. To learn more about SF-LIT, send e-mail to LISTPROC@LOC.GOV with no subject line and the word help within the message body.

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From SF-LIT

The stories are sorted according to the Author Surnames in alphabetical order

A B C D F G H K L M N P S W

A

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B

Anvil of Stars

A Case of Conscience

Here There Be Tygers

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C

Who Goes There?

Ender's Game

Before Eden

Childhood's End

Expedition to Earth

Loophole

No Morning After

Publicity Campaign

Rendez-vous with Rama

Cycle Of Fire

Mission Of Gravity

Needle

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D

Outpost Of Jupiter

Dolphin's Way

In The Bone

The Alien Way

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F

Nor Crystal Tears

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G

The Listeners

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H

The Nano Flower

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K

Earthman's Burden

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L

The Wanderer

De Profundis

First Contact

Nobody Saw The Ship

Propagandist

Proxima Centauri

The Castaway

This Star Shall Be Free

Pictures Don't Lie

Chaga

Mine Own Ways

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N

Footfall

The Mote In God's Eye

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P

Mail Supremacy

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S

Contact

Collision Course

Tower of Glass

Way Station

Affair With A Green Monkey

Killdozer

To Marry Medusa

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W

A Martian Odyssey

Pax Galactica

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