Tropes › First Contact
First Contact
The moment humanity meets something truly alien. Everything we thought we knew about ourselves gets thrown into question.
Refreshed just now · 3 books
- ›1 NEW
The Left Hand of Darkness
Ursula K. Le Guin · Sci-Fi
[Comment by Kim Stanley Robinson, on The Guardian's website][1]: The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K Le Guin (1969) > One of my favorite novels…
space opera · coming of age · political intrigue · first contact
space operacoming of agepolitical intriguefirst contact🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit - ›2 ▼1
Children of Time
Adrian Tchaikovsky · Sci-Fi
The last remnants of the human race left a dying Earth, desperate to find a new home.
space opera · survival · post apocalyptic · first contact
space operasurvivalpost apocalypticfirst contact - ›3 NEW
2001: A Space Odyssey
Arthur C. Clarke · Sci-Fi
A deluxe hardcover edition of the wondrous space adventure that is the basis for Stanley Kubrick’s Oscar-winning film—now celebrating its 50th…
space opera · first contact · high stakes survival
space operafirst contacthigh stakes survival