Display Shelf | Alien Contact

by Melissa DeWild
Aug 14, 2023 | Filed in Reviews+

While those on Earth continue to contemplate whether life exists elsewhere, there are definitely aliens inhabiting library bookshelves. Gather up these riveting space operas and stories of first contact for an out-of-this-world display.

While those on Earth continue to contemplate whether life exists elsewhere, there are definitely aliens inhabiting library bookshelves. Gather up these riveting space operas and stories of first contact for an out-of-this-world display. View the full list of 32 titles here.

Agent to the Stars by John Scalzi, Dawn by Octavia E. Butler, Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki, The Blue Beautiful World by Karen Lord, Station Eternity by Mur Lafferty, Light Years from Home by Mike Chen, On Earth as It Is on Television by Emily Jane, Translation State by Ann Leckie, Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir, Chilling Effect by Valerie Valdes, To Each This World by Julie E. Czerneda, The Road to Roswell by Connie Willis

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