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  • Cover of The Visitors
    The VisitorsNovel

    Clifford D. Simak · standalone novel · 1980

    First contact, tense in tone, about survival, set in north america.

    “WorldCat: Intelligent, alien creatures arrive on Earth from outer space, threatening world stability and presaging the destruction of civilization.”

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  • Cover of Chocky
    ChockySeries

    series · 2 books · 1968

    Science fiction, mysterious in tone, about aliens, set in contemporary.

    “The BBC produced a radio adaption by John Tydeman in 1967.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Chocky →

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  • Cover of Sinister Barrier
    Sinister BarrierNovel

    Eric Frank Russell · standalone novel · 1939

    Tense in tone, about surveillance.

    “Russell revised and expanded the book for its first US publication by Fantasy Press in 1948.”

    from the catalogue

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  • Cover of The Hercules Text
    The Hercules TextNovel

    Jack McDevitt · standalone novel · 1986

    First contact, reflective in tone, about space exploration, set in north america.

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  • Cover of Childhood's End
    Childhood's EndNovel

    Arthur C. Clarke · standalone novel · 1953

    First contact, bittersweet in tone, about technological singularity, set in near future.

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    The X-FilesUniverse

    universe · 91 books · 1994

    Set in north america.

    “Working them are two FBI agents who agree on almost nothing — Fox Mulder, who wants to believe, and Dana Scully, the pathologist sent to debunk him — and a truth that keeps receding the closer they get.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Goblins →

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    includes Jonathan Maberry's X-Files Anthologies, The X-Files Young Readers Series, The X-Files Young Adult Series, The X-Files Origins