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SF: Alien Beings

Science fiction stories that focus on depicting creatures who are fundamentally different.

Authors & Titles

• Anderson, Poul: Fire Time
  
• Anderson, Poul: For Love and Glory
  
• Ashwell, Pauline: Project Farcry
  
• Asimov, Isaac: The Gods Themselves
  
• Barton, William: Acts of Conscience
  
• Barton, William & Capobianco, Michael: White Light
  
• Bear, Greg: Forge of God series
  
  1. The Forge of God
     
  2. Anvil of Stars
     
• Blish, James: A Case of Conscience
  
• Bova, Ben: Jupiter
  
• Brown, Eric: Kéthani
  
• Chalker, Jack: Well World series
  
  1. Midnight at the Well of Souls
     
  2. Exiles at the Well of Souls
     
  3. Quest for the Well of Souls
     
  4. The Return of Nathan Brazil
     
  5. Twilight at the Well of Souls
     
  6. The Sea is Full of Stars
     
  7. Ghost of the Well of Souls
     
• Chalker, Jack: Watchers at the Well series (follows the Well World series)
  
  1. Watchers at the Well of Souls
     
  2. Shadow of the Well of Souls
     
  3. Gods of the Well of Souls
     
• Cherryh, C.J.: At the Edge of Space
  
• Cherryh, C.J.: Chanur series (aka Pride of Chanur series)
  
  1. The Pride of Chanur
     
  2. Chanur's Venture
     
  3. The Kif Strike Back
     (books 1-3 are collected in one volume as The Chanur Saga )
     
  4. Chanur's Homecoming
     
  5. Chanur's Legacy
     
• Cherryh, C.J.: Foreigner series
  
  1. Foreigner
     
  2. Invader
     
  3. Inheritor
     
  4. Precursor
     
  5. Defender
     
  6. Explorer
     
  7. Destroyer
     
  8. Pretender
     
  9. Deliverer
     
  10. Conspirator
      
• Clement, Hal: Barlennan series
  
  1. Mission of Gravity
     
  2. Star Light
     
• Cook, Paul: The Engines of Dawn
  
• Crispin, A.C.: Starbridge series
  
  1. Starbridge
     
  2. Silent Dances
     
  3. Shadow World
     
  4. Serpent's Gift
     
  5. Silent Songs
     
  6. Ancestor's World
     
  7. Voices of Chaos
     
• Czerneda, Julie E.: In the Company of Others
  
• Czerneda, Julie E.: Species Imperative series
  
  1. Survival
     
  2. Migration
     
• Czerneda, Julie E.: Web Shifters series
  
  1. Beholder's Eye
     
  2. Changing Vision
     
  3. Hidden in Sight
     
• Delany, Samuel R.: The Einstein Intersection
  
• Destination: Future (edited by Z.S. Adani & Eric T. Reynolds)
  
• Dickson, Gordon R.: Dilbia series
  
  1. Spacial Delivery
     
  2. Spacepaw
     (published in one volume as The Right to Arm Bears )
     
• Emshwiller, Carol: The Mount
  
• Fantastic Voyage series
  
  1. Fantastic Voyage by Isaac Asimov
     
  2. Fantastic Voyage II by Isaac Asimov
     
  3. Fantastic Voyage: Microcosm by Kevin J. Anderson
     
• Farrell, Matthew: Thunder Rift
  
• Finch, Sheila: The Guild of Xenolinguists
  
• Foster, Alan Dean: Taken series
  
  1. Lost and Found
     
  2. The Light-Years Beneath My Feet
     
  3. The Candle of Distant Earth
     
• Foster, M.A.: Book of the Ler series
  
  1. The Gameplayers of Zan
     
  2. The Warriors of Dawn
     
  3. The Day of the Klesh
     (omnibus volume) The Book of the Ler (includes all three titles)
     
• Gotlieb, Phyllis: Lyhhrt series
  
  1. Flesh and Gold
     
  2. Violent Stars
     
  3. Mindworlds
     
• Gotlieb, Phyllis: Starcats series
  
  1. A Judgment of Dragons
     
  2. Emperor, Sword, Pentacles
     
  3. The Kingdom of the Cats
     
• Gunn, James: Gift From the Stars
  
• Gunn, James: The Listeners
  
• Haldeman, Joe: Guardian
  
• Haldeman, Joe: Marsbound series
  
  1. Marsbound
     
  2. Starbound
     
• Heinlein, Robert A.: Red Planet
  
• Heinlein, Robert A.: The Star Beast
  
• Hoffman, Nina Kiriki: Catalyst
  
• Hogan, James P.: Giants series
  
  1. Inherit the Stars
     
  2. The Gentle Giants of Ganymede
     
  3. Giants' Star
     
  4. Entoverse
     
  5. Mission to Minerva
     (omnibus volume) The Minervan Experiment (aka The Giants Novels) (contains Inherit the Stars, The Gentle Giants of Ganymede, and Giant's Star)
     
• Hoyle, Fred: The Black Cloud
  
• I, Alien (edited by Mike Resnick)
  
• Kagan, Janet: Hellspark
  
• Kenyon, Kay: The Braided World
  
• Kress, Nancy: Greentrees series
  
  1. Crossfire
     
  2. Crucible
     
• Kress, Nancy: Probability series
  
  1. Probability Moon
     
  2. Probability Sun
     
  3. Probability Space
     
• Kress, Nancy: Steal Across the Sky
  
• Laumer, Keith: Retief series
  
  1. Envoy to New Worlds
     
  2. Galactic Diplomat
     
  3. Retief's War
     
  4. Retief and the Warlords
     
  5. Retief: Ambassador to Space
     
  6. Retief of the CDT
     
  7. Retief's Ransom
     
  8. Retief: Emissary to the Stars
     
  9. Retief at Large
     
  10. Retief Unbound
      
  11. Retief: Diplomat at Arms
      
  12. Retief to the Rescue
      
  13. The Return of Retief
      
  14. Retief in the Ruins
      
  15. Retief and the Pangalactic Pageant of Pulchritude
      
  16. Reward for Retief
      
  17. Retief and the Rascals
      
  18. Retief! (edited by Eric Flint)
      
  19. Retief's Peace (by William H. Keith)
      
• Lem, Stanislaw: Solaris
  
• MacLeod, Ken: Second Sphere series (aka Engines of Light series)
  
  1. Cosmonaut Keep
     
  2. Dark Light
     
  3. Engine City
     
• Man/Kzin Wars series (created by Larry Niven)
  
  1. Man/Kzin Wars
     
  2. Man/Kzin Wars II
     
  3. Man/Kzin Wars III
     
  4. Man/Kzin Wars IV
     
  5. Man/Kzin Wars V
     
  6. Man/Kzin Wars VI
     
  7. Man/Kzin Wars VII
     
  8. Choosing Names: Man/Kzin Wars VIII
     
  9. Man/Kzin Wars IX
     (no number) The Best of All Possible Wars: The Best of the Man/Kazin Wars
     (no number) Cathouse
     (no number) A Darker Geometry
     (nonfiction) Annals of the Man/Kzin Wars: An Unofficial Companion Guide
     
• McCaffrey, Anne: Doona series
  
  1. Decision at Doona
     
  2. Crisis on Doona (with Jody Lynn Nye)
     
  3. Treaty at Doona (with Jody Lynn Nye)
     
• McDevitt, Jack: Infinity Beach
  
• Niven, Larry & Pournelle, Jerry: Mote series
  
  1. The Mote in God's Eye
     
  2. The Gripping Hand
     
• Pohl, Frederik: Heechee series (aka Gateway series)
  
  1. Gateway
     
  2. Beyond the Blue Event Horizon
     
  3. Heechee Rendezvous
     
  4. Annals of the Heechee
     
  5. The Gateway Trip: Tales and Vignettes of the Heechee
     
  6. The Boy Who Would Live Forever
     
• Pohl, Frederik & Williamson, Jack: Land's End
  
• Resnick, Mike: A Miracle of Rare Design
  
• Reynolds, Alastair: Troika
  
• Sakers, Don: The Leaves of October
  (NOTE: This title is part of the Scattered Worlds series, listed under Space Opera)
  
• Sakers, Don: Tales of Hylggra series
  
  • The Mauzy Broadway Show
    
  • Parental Discretion
    
• Sakers, Don: A Voice in Every Wind
  (NOTE: This title is part of the Scattered Worlds series, listed under Space Opera)
  
• Tepper, Sheri S.: The Companions
  
• Thomson, Amy: Storyteller
  
• Traviss, Karen: Shan Frankland series (aka Wess'har Wars series)
  
  1. City of Pearl
     
  2. Crossing the Line
     
  3. The World Before
     
  4. Matriarch
     
• Vance, Jack: The Dragon Masters
  
• Viehl, S.L.: Bio Rescue
  
• Vinge, Vernor: A Fire Upon the Deep
  
• White, James: Sector General series
  
  1. Hospital Station
     
  2. Star Surgeon
     
  3. Major Operation
     
  4. Ambulance Ship
     
  5. Sector General
     
  6. Star Healer
     
  7. Code Blue -- Emergency
     
  8. The Genocidal Healer
     
  9. The Galactic Gourmet
     
  10. Final Diagnosis
      
  11. Mind Changer
      
  12. Double Contact
      
• Williamson, Jack: Eldren series
  
  1. Lifeburst
     
  2. Mazeway
     
• Williamson, Jack & Pohl, Frederik: Land's End
  
• Wilson, Robert Charles: Blind Lake
  
• Wright, Susan: Slave Trade series
  
  1. Slave Trade
     
  2. Slave Masters
     
  3. Slaves Unchained
     
• Zahn, Timothy: Dragonback series
  
  1. Dragon and Thief
     
  2. Dragon and Soldier
     
  3. Dragon and Slave
     
• Zahn, Timothy: Manta's Gift