Alien Encounter Science Fiction
Do you like all those first contact situations, or maybe seeing things through an alien's point of view? This is the sub-genre for you, then, dear reader - with the focus on our chums from the stars. Nasty alien invasions and occupations of Earth get their own sub-genre, though.
- Foreigner by C.J. Cherryh
- Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky
- The Mote in God's Eye by Larry Niven
- The Memory of Earth by Orson Scott Card
- In Ascension by Martin MacInnes
- Survivor by Octavia E. Butler
- Children of Memory by Adrian Tchaikovsky
- Clay's Ark by Octavia E. Butler
- The Gripping Hand by Larry Niven
- Xenocide by Orson Scott Card
- Way Station by Clifford D. Simak
- Children of Ruin by Adrian Tchaikovsky
- With Friends Like These by Alan Dean Foster
- A Darkling Sea by James L. Cambias
- The Rift by Nina Allan
- The Star Beast by Robert A. Heinlein
- All Flesh is Grass by Clifford D. Simak
- Adulthood Rites by Octavia E. Butler
- The Alien Way by Gordon R. Dickson
- Survival by Ben Bova
- Invader by C.J. Cherryh
- Rendezvous with Rama by Sir Arthur C. Clarke
- Hunter of Worlds by C.J. Cherryh
- Three Miles Down by Harry Turtledove
- Cycle of Fire by Hal Clement
- The Telling by Ursula K. Le Guin
- Brightness Reef by David Brin
- Remnant Population by Elizabeth Moon
- Voyagers by Ben Bova
- Alien Embassy by Ian Watson
- Shakespeare's Planet by Clifford D. Simak
- The Last Hawk by Catherine Asaro
- Ancient Shores by Jack McDevitt
- Cluster by Piers Anthony
- Servants of the Wankh by Jack Vance
- City of the Chasch by Jack Vance
- Transfigurations by Michael Bishop
- The Faded Sun: Kesrith by C.J. Cherryh
- Precursor by C.J. Cherryh
- The Dark Light Years by Brian Aldiss
- The Howling Stones by Alan Dean Foster
- Berserker's Planet by Fred Saberhagen
- Berserker by Fred Saberhagen
- The Faded Sun: Kutath by C.J. Cherryh
- Tainted Trail by Wen Spencer
- Viscous Circle by Piers Anthony
- A Funeral for the Eyes of Fire by Michael Bishop
- Berserker Man by Fred Saberhagen
- The Long Result by John Brunner
- The Gentle Giants of Ganymede by James P. Hogan
- The Trouble with Aliens by Christopher Anvil
- The Dramaturges of Yan by John Brunner
- Transcendence by Charles Sheffield
- The Faded Sun: Shon'jir by C.J. Cherryh
- Star Light by Hal Clement
- The Star Dwellers by James Blish
- The Legend That Was Earth by James P. Hogan
- Bedlam Planet by John Brunner
- Rama II by Sir Arthur C. Clarke
- Star Child by James P. Hogan
- The Interpreter by Brian Aldiss
- Seven from the Stars by Marion Zimmer Bradley
- A Million Open Doors by John Barnes
- Apes and Angels by Ben Bova
- Encounter With Tiber by John Barnes
- Pandora's Legions by Christopher Anvil
- Brother Termite by Patricia Anthony
- Ocean on Top by Hal Clement
- Specimens by Fred Saberhagen
- Earth Made of Glass by John Barnes
- The Inheritor by Marion Zimmer Bradley
- Moon Flower by James P. Hogan
- The Trouble with Humans by Christopher Anvil
- The Mind Pool by Charles Sheffield
- Brother Berserker by Fred Saberhagen
- The Greks Bring Gifts by Murray Leinster
- The Man Who Pulled Down the Sky by John Barnes
- Cradle of Splendor by Patricia Anthony
- Enigma from Tantalus by John Brunner
- Partnership by Margaret Ball
- Arkad's World by James L. Cambias
- Bander Snatch by Kevin O'Donnell Jr.
- Strangers in Paradise by Christopher Anvil
- Fossil by Hal Clement
- Shanji by James C. Glass
- Interference by Terry Grimwood
- alt.human by Keith Brooke
- Reefs by Kevin O'Donnell Jr.
- An Alien Darkness by Adam-Troy Castro
- I Speak for Earth by John Brunner
- The Translation of Bastian Test by Tom Arden
- The Songs of Distant Earth by Sir Arthur C. Clarke
- 3001: The Final Odyssey by Sir Arthur C. Clarke
- Rama Revealed by Sir Arthur C. Clarke
- The Starmen of Llyr by Leigh Brackett
- Eater by Gregory Benford
