16 Top science fiction books like First Contact by Murray Leinster

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First Contact

By: Murray Leinster

3.84

Format: 2 pages, Audible Audio

A dilemma in the Nebula! Two spaceships meet in deep space. How do they establish trust, not only b…

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Cover of Scanners Live in Vain by Cordwainer Smith

1. Scanners Live in Vain

By: Cordwainer Smith

3.98

Format: 41 pages, Kindle Edition

Man has conquered space, but not without costs. To maintain the space lanes, Scanners have to under… read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
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2. Surface Tension

By: James Blish

3.90

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

In this acclaimed short story, a human colonization ship crash lands on a distant planet where the … read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
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3. That Only a Mother

By: Judith Merril

3.52

Format: None pages,

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  • science fiction
  • short stories

4. A Martian Odyssey

By: Stanley G. Weinbaum

4.53

Format: 194 pages,

A Martian Odyssey is a science fiction short story by Stanley G. Weinbaum originally published in t… read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
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5. Coming Attraction

By: Fritz Leiber

3.69

Format: 98 pages,

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  • science fiction
  • short stories

6. Nightfall

By: Isaac Asimov , Robert Silverberg

3.00

Format: 108 pages, Paperback

Imagine living on a planet with six suns that never experiences Darkness. Imagine never having seen… read more

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7. The Weapon Shops of Isher

By: A.E. van Vogt

3.95

Format: 253 pages,

With the publication, in the July 1941 issue of Astounding Science Fiction magazine, of the story S… read more

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8. Fondly Fahrenheit

By: Alfred Bester

3.67

Format: 363 pages,

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9. Arena

By: Fredric Brown

3.74

Format: 646 pages,

It was hot, and he was lying on sand, and a rock embedded in the sand was hurting his back. He roll… read more

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10. Huddling Place

By: Clifford D. Simak

3.69

Format: 384 pages,

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11. Mimsy Were The Borogoves

By: Lewis Padgett

4.05

Format: None pages, Audio Cassette

Millions of years in the distant future, a posthuman scientist is attempting to build a time machin… read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories

12. Twilight

By: John W. Campbell Jr.

3.39

Format: None pages, None

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
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13. Microcosmic God

By: Theodore Sturgeon

4.14

Format: 20 pages, None

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
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14. Helen O'Loy

By: Lester del Rey

3.34

Format: 36 pages, Kindle Edition

RACCONTO (15 pagine) - FANTASCIENZA - Avere una donna di casa che pulisce, stira e cucina senza dov… read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
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15. The Roads Must Roll

By: Robert A. Heinlein

3.79

Format: 44 pages, Kindle Edition

Robert Anson Heinlein was an American novelist and science fiction writer. Often called "the dean o… read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
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16. It's a Good Life

By: Jerome Bixby

4.09

Format: 1 pages, Audible Audio

What is more idyllic than a small Midwestern agricultural town? Peaksville would sound like a scene… read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
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17. The Country of the Kind

By: Damon Knight

3.30

Format: 22 pages, Paperback

The story is set in a future world in which violence and crime have been almost entirely eradicated… read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories

18. Mars is Heaven

By: Ray Bradbury

4.04

Format: None pages, ebook

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
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19. The Little Black Bag

By: C.M. Kornbluth

4.00

Format: 38 pages, Kindle Edition

"The Little Black Bag" is a science fiction short story by American Cyril M. Kornbluth, first publi… read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
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20. First Contact

By: Murray Leinster

3.84

Format: 2 pages, Audible Audio

A dilemma in the Nebula! Two spaceships meet in deep space. How do they establish trust, not only b… read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
Cover of The Quest for Saint Aquin by Anthony Boucher

21. The Quest for Saint Aquin

By: Anthony Boucher

4.14

Format: None pages, None

Thomas, secretly a Catholic priest in post-apocalyptic America, travels in search of the lost tomb … read more

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  • science fiction

15 Best short stories books like First Contact by Murray Leinster

Transform Your Habits

Scanners Live in Vain

Cordwainer Smith

3.98

Transform Your Habits

Surface Tension

James Blish

3.90

Transform Your Habits

That Only a Mother

Judith Merril

3.52

A Martian Odyssey

Stanley G. Weinbaum

4.53

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Transform Your Habits

A Rose for Ecclesiastes

Roger Zelazny , Theodore Sturgeon

4.03

Transform Your Habits

Scanners Live in Vain

Cordwainer Smith

3.98

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Surface Tension

James Blish

3.90

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The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One, 1929-1964

Isaac Asimov , Robert Silverberg , Robert A. Heinlein , Clifford D. Simak , Ray Bradbury , Fritz Leiber , Arthur C. Clarke , Roger Zelazny , Damon Knight , Alfred Bester , Richard Matheson , Daniel Keyes , James Blish , Murray Leinster , Theodore Sturgeon , C.M. Kornbluth , Lester del Rey , Fredric Brown , A.E. van Vogt , Jerome Bixby , Anthony Boucher , Tom Godwin , Cordwainer Smith , Judith Merril , John W. Campbell Jr. , Stanley G. Weinbaum , Lewis Padgett

4.32

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