I'm sure I've missed many stories and novels, so please mail me with any additions, suggestions or corrections. Title links will lead to reviews of the work.
| Abbey, Lynn. "The Toshita Project." Alien Encounters. Edited by Jan Finder. |
| Adams, Terry A. Sentience: A Novel of First Contact. DAW, 1986 |
Aldrin, Buzz & John Barnes. Encounter with Tiber. Warner, 1996.  |
| Anderson, Poul. The Enemy Stars. Lippincott, 1959. |
| Anderson, Poul. The High Crusade. , 1960. |
| Asimov, Isaac. The Gods Themselves. Ballentine,
1972. |
| Asimov, Isaac. "Found!." Omni, 10/78. |
| Asimov, Isaac. "Not Final!." Astounding, 10/41. |
| Asimov, Isaac. "Nothing for Nothing." IASFM, 2/79. |
| Asimov, Isaac. "Victory Unintentional." Super Science Stories, 8/42. |
| Baker, Linda P. "The Allure of Bone and Ice." First Contact. Edited by Martin H. Greenberg & Larry
Segriff. DAW, 1997. |
| Bear, Greg. Anvil of Stars. Tor, 1992. |
| Bear, Greg. The Forge of God. Tor,
1987. |
| Berkwits, Jeff. "First Contact." Keen! 8/96. |
| Bilgrey, Marc. "Random Acts." First Contact. Edited by Martin H. Greenberg & Larry
Segriff. DAW, 1997. |
| Bischoff, David. "The Xaxrling of J. Arnold
Boysenberry." First Contact. Edited by Martin H.
Greenberg & Larry Segriff. DAW, 1997. |
| Blish, James. A Case of Conscience. Ballantine, 1958. |
| Bova, Ben. Voyagers. Tor, 1981. |
| Bradbury, Ray. "Here There Be Tygers." Amazing, April-May, 1953. |
| Braunbeck, Gary A.. "Kite People." First Contact. Edited by Martin H. Greenberg & Larry
Segriff. DAW, 1997. |
| Brin, David. "Fortitude." Science Fiction Age, January 1996. |
| Brown, Fredric. "The Waveries." Astounding, 1/45. |
| Butler, Octavia, Dawn Warner, 1987. |
| Campbell, John W. (as Don A. Stuart). "Who Goes There?" Astounding, 8/38. |
| Card, Orson Scott. Ender's Game. Tor, 1985. |
| Carr, Carol & Karen Haber. "First Contact, Sort of." The Ultimate Alien. Edited by Keith R. A. DeCandido, John Betancourt and Byron Preiss. Dell, 1995. |
| Carr, Jayge. "The Wonderous Works of His Hands." Alien Encounters. Edited by Jan Finder. |
| Cherryh, C.J. Foreigner. DAW, 1994. |
| Clarke, Arthur C. 2001: A Space
Odyssey. NAL, 1968. |
| Clarke, Arthur C. "Before Eden." Amazing, 6/61. |
| Clarke, Arthur C. Childhood's End. Ballantine,
1953. |
| Clarke, Arthur C. Expedition to Earth.
Ballantine, 1953. |
| Clarke, Arthur C. "Loophole." Astounding, 4/46. |
| Clarke, Arthur C. "No Morning After." Time to Come, edited by August Derleth, Farrar, Starus & Young, 1954. |
| Clarke, Arthur C. "Publicity Campaign." 1953. |
| Clarke, Arthur C. Rendezvous with Rama. Harcourt
Brace, 1973. |
| Clement, Hal. Cycle Of Fire. Ballantine, 1957. |
| Clement, Hal. Mission Of Gravity. Doubleday, 1954. |
| Clement, Hal. Needle. Doubleday, 1951. |
| Corrick, James. "A Perfect Day." Alien Encounters. Edited by Jan Finder. |
| Crowther, Peter. "Palindromic." First Contact. Edited by Martin H. Greenberg & Larry
Segriff. DAW, 1997. |
| Czerneda, Julie E.. "First Contact, Inc." First Contact. Edited by Martin H. Greenberg & Larry
Segriff. DAW, 1997. |
| DeChancie, John. "The Seepage Factor." First Contact. Edited by Martin H. Greenberg & Larry
Segriff. DAW, 1997. |
| Del Rey, Lester. Outpost Of Jupiter. Holt Rinehart, 1963. |
| Delaplace, Barbara. "Black Ops." First Contact. Edited by Martin H. Greenberg & Larry
Segriff. DAW, 1997. |
| Dellinger, Paul. "Absolution." First Contact. Edited by Martin H. Greenberg & Larry
Segriff. DAW, 1997. |
| Dickson, Gordon R. The Alien Way. Bantam, 1965. |
| Dickson, Gordon R. "Dolphin's Way." Analog, 6/64. |
| Dickson, Gordon R. "In The Bone." Worlds of IF, 10/66. |
| Dillard, J.M. Star Trek: First Contact. Pocket, 1996. Based on a screenplay by Brannon Bragga and Ron Moore |
| Dunteman, Jeff. "Marlowe." Alien Encounters. Edited by Jan Finder. |
| Edgehill, Rosemary. "We Have Met the Enemy." First Contact. Edited by Martin H. Greenberg & Larry
Segriff. DAW, 1997. |
| Eklund, Gordon. "Objects Unidentified
(Flying)." First Contact. Edited by Martin H.
Greenberg & Larry Segriff. DAW, 1997. |
| Feintuch, David. Midshipman's Hope. Warner
Aspect, 1994. |
| Forward, Robert L. Dragon's Egg. NEL, 1980. |
| Foster, Alan Dean. Nor Crystal Tears. Del Rey, 1982. |
| Foster, Alan Dean. Quozl. Ace, 1989. |
| Fowler, Karen Joy. Sarah Canary. Henry Holt,
1991. |
| Fyfe, H.B. "In Value Deceived." Astounding, 11/50. |
| Gier, Scott G. Genellan: Planetfall, Del Rey,
1995. |
| Gunn, James E. The Listeners. Scribner's, 1972. |
| Guthridge, George Florance . "Taken on Faith." Alien Encounters. Edited by Jan Finder. |
| Haldeman II, Jack C.. "If Pigs Could Fly." First Contact. Edited by Martin H. Greenberg & Larry
Segriff. DAW, 1997. |
| Hamilton, Peter F. The Nano Flower. Pan, 1995. |
| Heinlein, Robert (as Anson MacDonald). "Goldfish Bowl." Astounding, 3/42. |
| Heinlein, Robert. Have Spacesuit, Will Travel. Scribners, 1958. |
| Henneberg, Charles. "The Blind Pilot." F&SF, 1/60. |
Hogan, James P. Inherit the Stars.
Del Rey, 1977.  |
| Hoffman, Nina Kiriki. "Heavenly Host." First Contact. Edited by Martin H. Greenberg & Larry
Segriff. DAW, 1997. |
| Killough, Lee. "The Lying Ear." Alien Encounters. Edited by Jan Finder. |
| Klass, Morton. "Earthman's Burden". Astounding, 5/54. |
| Kornbluth, C.M. "The Silly Season." F&SF, Fall 1950. |
| Leiber, Fritz. The Wanderer. Ballantine, 1964 |
| Leigh, Stephen. Alien Tongue. Bantam Spectra, 1991. |
| Leigh, Stephen. Dark
Water's Embrace. Avon Eos, 1998. |
| Leinster, Murray. "De Profundis". Thrilling Wonder Stories, Winter 1945. |
| Leinster, Murray. "The Castaway". Universe, 6/53. |
| Leinster, Murray. "First Contact", Astounding, 1945. |
| Leinster, Murray. The Greks Bring Gifts. MacFadden, 1964. |
| Leinster, Murray. "Nobody Saw The Ship". The Big Book of Science Fiction, edited by Groff Conklin. Crown, 1950. |
| Leinster, Murray. "Propagandist". Astounding, 8/47. |
| Leinster, Murray. "Proxima Centauri." Astounding Stories, 3/35. |
| Leinster, Murray. "This Star Shall Be Free". Invaders of Earth, edited by Groff Conklin, 1952. |
| Lewis, C.S. Out of The Silent Planet. Lane, 1938.
|
| Lindskold, Jane. "Small Heroes." First Contact. Edited by Martin H. Greenberg & Larry
Segriff. DAW, 1997. |
| Longyear, Barry B.. "Misencounter." Alien Encounters. Edited by Jan Finder. |
| McCaffrey, Anne. Decision at Doona.
Del Rey, 1969. |
| McCaffrey, Anne. The Rowan. Ace,
1991. |
| McCaffrey, Anne and Jody Lynn Nye. Treaty at
Doona. Ace, 1994. |
| McDevitt, Jack. The Hercules Text. Ace, 1986. |
| McDonald, Ian. Chaga (a.k.a. Evolution's Shore). Gollancz, 1995. |
| McGarry, Mark J. "Harmony." Alien Encounters. Edited by Jan Finder. |
| McKenna, Richard. "Mine Own Ways." Casey Agonistes, edited by Richard McKenna. 1960. |
| Moffitt, Donald. The Jupiter Theft. Del Rey 1977. |
| Monteleone, Richard F. & David F. Bischoff. Day of the Dragonstar. 1983. |
| Moon, Elizabeth. Remnant
Population. Baen, 1996. |
| Montana, Ron. "Loosely Translated." Alien Encounters. Edited by Jan Finder. |
| Murphy, Derryl. "Lost Jenny." On
Spec, Fall ,1999. |
| Nesvadba, Josef. "Captain Nemo's Last
Adventure." Translated by Iris Unwin. View
from Another Shore. Edited by Franz Rottensteiner. Liverpool
University Press, 1999. |
| Niven, Larry & Jerry Pournelle. Footfall. Del
Rey, 1985. |
| Niven, Larry & Jerry Pournelle. The Mote In God's
Eye. Simon & Shuster, 1974. |
| Norman, Lisanne. Fortune's Wheel. DAW,
1995. |
| Norman, Lisanne. Turning Point. DAW,
1993. |
| Nye, Jody Lynn. "Take Me To Your Leader." First Contact. Edited by Martin H. Greenberg & Larry
Segriff. DAW, 1997. |
| Paul, Barbara. "Earth Surrenders." First Contact. Edited by Martin H. Greenberg & Larry
Segriff. DAW, 1997. |
| Pohl, Frederik. The Day the Martians Came. Tor, 1988. |
| Pollotta, Nick & Phil Foglio. Illegal Alien. TSR, 1988. |
| Pierce, Hayford. "Mail Supremacy". Analog, 3/75. |
| Robinson, Nigel. First Contact. Scholastic UK, 1994. |
| Rusch, Kristine Katherine. "Fit to Print." First Contact. Edited by Martin H. Greenberg & Larry
Segriff. DAW, 1997. |
| Russell, Mary Doria. The
Sparrow. Villard, 1996. |
| Sagan, Carl. Contact. Simon & Schuster, 1985.
|
| Sawyer, Robert. Illegal
Alien. Ace, 1997. |
| Sherman, Josepha. "A Game of Mehen." First Contact. Edited by Martin H. Greenberg & Larry
Segriff. DAW, 1997. |
| Silverberg, Robert. Collision Course. Avalon, 1961. |
| Silverberg, Robert. Tower of Glass. Scribner's, 1970. |
| Simak, Clifford D. Way Station. Doubleday. 1963. |
| Smith, Dean Wesley. "Ambassador to the Promised
Land." First Contact. Edited by Martin H. Greenberg
& Larry Segriff. DAW, 1997. |
| Steussy, Marti. Forest of the Night. Del
Rey, 1987. |
| Sturgeon, Theodore. "Affair With A Green Monkey". A Touch of Strange, edited by Theodore Sturgeon. Doubleday, 1958. |
| Sturgeon, Theodore. "The Hurkle is a Happy Beast." F&SF, Fall 1949. |
| Sturgeon, Theodore. "Killdozer". Astounding, 11/44 |
| Sturgeon, Theodore. "To Marry Medusa". Galaxy, 8/58. |
| Tompkins, Dorothy Guin. "Gift." Alien Encounters. Edited by Jan Finder. |
| Turtledove, Harry. Noninterference. Del Rey, 1988. |
| Turtledove, Harry. "The Road Not Taken". Analog, 11/85. |
| Turtledove, Harry. A World of
Difference. Del Rey, 1990. |
| Turtledove, Harry. Worldwar:
In the Balance. Del Rey, 1992. |
| Walters, Hugh. First Contact?, Nelson, 1971. |
| Watson, Ian. "Now! You Can Banish Embarrassing Foot Odor Forever! The Ultimate One-Word First contact Story." Alien Encounters. Edited by Jan Finder. |
| Watson, Ian. "Peace." Alien Encounters. Edited by Jan Finder. |
| Weinbaum, Stanley G. "A Martian Odyssey". Wonder Stories, 1934 |
| Wells, H.G. "In the Abyss". Pearson's Magazine, 8/1896 |
| Wells, H.G. The War of the Worlds. Heinemann,
1898. |
| White, James. All Judgment Fled,
Ballentine, 1969. |
| Wilder, Cherry. "The Ark of James Carlyle." New Writers in SF 24. 1974. |
| Williams, Ralph. "Pax Galactica." Astounding, 11/52. |
| Yefremov, Ivan. "Cor Serpentis (Serdtse Zmei)" ("Heart of the Serpent"), 1959. |
| Zahn, Timothy. Conqueror's Pride Bantam Spectra,
1994. |
Very special thanks to Susan Stewart. Thanks to Steve Dierwechter, Jan H. Finder, Neyir Cenk Gokce, Larry Klaes, Joe McCauley, Derryl Murphy, Daniel Pyke, Shane Supple and Nick Willis.
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