Science fiction about first contact

1897 serialized novel by H. G. Wells

2016 science fiction film by Denis Villeneuve

1997 film by Robert Zemeckis

1972 film directed by Andrei Tarkovsky

1977 film directed by Steven Spielberg

1961 novel by Stanisław Lem

1995 film by Roger Donaldson

2002 film by Steven Soderbergh

1924 film by Yakov Protazanov

science fiction novel by Liu Cixin

novel by H. G. Wells

1953 novel by Arthur C. Clarke

Project Hail Mary is a 2021 hard science fiction novel by American writer Andy Weir. It centers on school teacher and former biologist Ryland Grace, who wakes up aboard a spacecraft, afflicted with amnesia.

common theme in science fiction stories and film

novel by Stanisław Lem

work by Lucian of Samosata

novel by Carl Sagan

1996 film directed by David Twohy

1959 novel by Stanisław Lem

1923 novel by Tolstoy

1968 Soviet television film based on the novel Solaris by Stanisław Lem

novel by Stanisław Lem

1955 novel by Jack Finney

1968 novel by Stanisław Lem

Moscow-Cassiopeia () is a Soviet science fiction film directed by based on a script by Isai Kuznetsov and . Followed by Teens in the Universe (second part, 1975).

1974 novel by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle

1975 film by Richard Viktorov

hard science fiction novel by Peter Watts

1958 novel by James Blish

1981 film directed by Richard Viktorov

science fiction theme about the first meeting between Earth humans and extraterrestrial lifeforms

1986 novel by Stanisław Lem

Anathem is a science fiction novel by American writer Neal Stephenson, published in 2008. Major themes include the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics and the philosophical debate between Platonic realism and nominalism.

1946 novel by Stanisław Lem

1955 short story by Arthur C. Clarke

1950 novel by A. E. van Vogt

British television science fiction drama serial

short story by J.-H. Rosny aîné

1987 novel by Greg Bear

short story by Harry Bates

1954 science fiction novel by François Bordes

1996 novel by Mary Doria Russell