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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the GalaxyUniverse

universe18 books1979

Set in space and far future.

“The Earth is scheduled for demolition to make way for a hyperspace bypass, and honestly, nobody filed the paperwork properly.”
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includes Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Dirk Gently

My Teacher Is an AlienSeries

series4 books1989

“Susan Simmons can tell that her new substitute teacher is really weird.”
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FootfallNovel

Larry Niven & Jerry Pournellestandalone novel1985

Alien invasion and first contact, tense in tone, set in our world.

“When aliens travel to Earth from Alpha Centauri, differences between alien and human psychology result in an unprovoked invasion, and the resulting resistance results in the aliens' use of a devastating weapon.”
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Tip and J. LoSeries

series2 books2007

Science fiction, adventurous and funny in tone, about aliens, set in contemporary and north america.

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Agent to the StarsNovel

John Scalzistandalone novel2005

First contact.

“There's just one problem: They're hideously ugly and they smell like rotting fish.”
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H. G. Wells' War of the WorldsUniverse

universe65 books1898

Alien invasion.

“No one would have believed, in the closing years of the nineteenth century, that human affairs were being watched keenly and closely from the timeless worlds of space.”
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includes The War of the Worlds

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