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  • Trevor Williams First contact sci-fi but with a twist Book cover of The Last Astronaut Book cover of Saturn Run Book cover of Devolution: A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre Book cover of Spin Book cover of Childhood's End
  • Arnie Benn Sci-fi classics that offer insight into human nature Book cover of Contact Book cover of Dune Book cover of Stranger in a Strange Land Book cover of Non-Stop Book cover of The Moon is Hell
  • Mark Landau Fantasy/sci-fi saving, ending, and starting worlds Book cover of Stranger in a Strange Land Book cover of Childhood's End Book cover of More Than Human Book cover of Ender's Game Book cover of Speaker for the Dead
  • Felice Picano Sci-fi you missed because they were novellas Book cover of Tales of Pirx the Pilot Book cover of Binti Book cover of Roadside Picnic: Volume 16 Book cover of All Systems Red Book cover of Consider Phlebas
  • Nick DiChario First-contact for sci-fi fans and the uninitiated Book cover of Contact Book cover of Gateway Book cover of Roadside Picnic: Volume 16 Book cover of The Martian Chronicles Book cover of Star Maker
  • Ken Goudsward Rational UFO stories Book cover of The Ancient Alien Question Book cover of The Day After Roswell Book cover of Ancient Aliens and Secret Societies Book cover of Forbidden Archeology Book cover of UFOs: Generals, Pilots and Government Officials Go On the Record
  • Matthew Bowman Understanding the UFO phenomenon Book cover of Communion Book cover of Passport to Magonia: From Folklore to Flying Saucers Book cover of The Resonance of Unseen Things: Poetics, Power, Captivity, and UFOs in the American Uncanny Book cover of American Cosmic: UFOs, Religion, Technology Book cover of The Myth and Mystery of UFOs
  • Catherine Egan Middle-grade sci fi – with bonus aliens Book cover of Bloom Book cover of Dragon Pearl Book cover of Jillian VS Parasite Planet Book cover of The True Meaning of Smekday Book cover of Last Gate of the Emperor
  • Paul L. Arvidson Character driven science fiction you can't put down Book cover of The Fairy's Tale Book cover of Warpworld Book cover of Struggling With the Current Book cover of Rosewater Book cover of Lagoon
  • Craig A. Falconer How things will change when the aliens show up Book cover of Contact Book cover of Childhood's End Book cover of Sphere Book cover of The War of the Worlds Book cover of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
  • Sonia Orin Lyris Classic sci-fi and fantasy that offer profound nuggets of wisdom Book cover of Dune Book cover of The Lord of the Rings Book cover of The Princess Bride: S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure Book cover of A Wizard of Earthsea Book cover of Stranger in a Strange Land
  • John Gribbin Science fiction by scientists Book cover of Rendezvous with Rama Book cover of Dragon's Egg Book cover of Contact Book cover of Cosm Book cover of The Coming of the Quantum Cats: A Novel of Alternate Universes
  • Jools Cantor Real-life time machines through sci fi Book cover of The War of the Worlds Book cover of Prelude To Space Book cover of Solaris Book cover of The Forever War Book cover of Snow Crash
  • Tom Julian Sci-fi books that would make great movies Book cover of The Forever War Book cover of Spin Book cover of Darwin's Radio Book cover of Rendezvous with Rama Book cover of Dune
  • Carl Abbott Science fiction with really cool cities Book cover of Perdido Street Station Book cover of New York 2140 Book cover of Lagoon Book cover of Terminal World Book cover of The City, Not Long After
  • Devri Walls Not requiring a genealogy chart to track the story Book cover of A Darker Shade of Magic Book cover of Revelator Book cover of Aurora Rising Book cover of The Left-Handed Booksellers of London Book cover of The Demon King
  • Katherine E. Bishop Plants in science fiction Book cover of The Day of the Triffids Book cover of Annihilation Book cover of Rosewater Book cover of Semiosis Book cover of Flora Curiosa: Cryptobotany, Mysterious Fungi, Sentient Trees, and Deadly Plants in Classic Science Fiction and Fantasy
  • Eric Kay Sci-Fi mindbenders that will have you questioning everything Book cover of 1984 Book cover of A Scanner Darkly Book cover of There Is No Antimemetics Division Book cover of Solaris Book cover of Diaspora
  • Bruce Balfour Science fiction about Mars colonization Book cover of Red Mars Book cover of Moving Mars Book cover of Mars Book cover of Stranger in a Strange Land Book cover of The Martian Chronicles
  • Oliver Strong First contact science fiction Book cover of Enemy Mine Book cover of Childhood's End Book cover of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Book cover of Enterprise Stardust Book cover of Terms of Enlistment
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