Prompts

What is your favorite story of "first contact"?

By
@bnsfly
Ben SaufleySupporter

I expect most answers would be science fiction, but I wouldn't specifically limit it to such.

Project Hail Mary

2021 • 4,947 Readers • 496 pages • 4.5

Solaris

1961 • 906 Readers • 222 pages • 3.8

The Sparrow

#1 of 2 in The Sparrow

1996 • 658 Readers • 515 pages • 4

Stories of Your Life and Others

2002 • 1,184 Readers • 281 pages • 4.3

Grass

#1 of 3 in Arbai

1989 • 137 Readers • 484 pages • 3.8

The Left Hand of Darkness

#4 of 18 in Hainish Cycle

1969 • 1,670 Readers • 267 pages • 4.1

The Black Cloud

1957 • 73 Readers • 250 pages • 3.5

Lilith's Brood

#1-3 of 3 in Xenogenesis

1987 • 183 Readers • 752 pages • 4

Eon

#1 of 3 in The Way

1985 • 192 Readers • 504 pages • 3.6

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet

#1 of 4 in Wayfarers

2014 • 1,847 Readers • 423 pages • 4.1

Dragon's Egg

#1 of 2 in Cheela

1980 • 135 Readers • 363 pages • 4.1

Space Opera

#1 of 1 in Space Opera

2017 • 298 Readers • 304 pages • 3.3