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| 2015 || 三体X: 观想之宙 "The Three Body X: Aeon of Contention" || 宝树 (Baoshu) || Novel || Continuation of first contact with Trisolarans and new extraterrestrial challenges. || Translated to English by Ken Liu (unofficial, 2019); Translated to Spanish by Jorge Roberto Perez and Yinhe Wang (2018) || Adversarial aliens, Philosophical depth, Trust and conflict || | | 2015 || 三体X: 观想之宙 "The Three Body X: Aeon of Contention" || 宝树 (Baoshu) || Novel || Continuation of first contact with Trisolarans and new extraterrestrial challenges. || Translated to English by Ken Liu (unofficial, 2019); Translated to Spanish by Jorge Roberto Perez and Yinhe Wang (2018) || Adversarial aliens, Philosophical depth, Trust and conflict || | ||
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| 2015 || "Demain les chats" || Bernard Werber || Novel || More-than-human novel featuring a telepathic cat who communicates with extraterrestrial beings. || || Alien intelligence, Animal Communication, More-than-Human || | | 2015 || "Demain les chats" || Bernard Werber || Novel || More-than-human novel featuring a telepathic cat who communicates with extraterrestrial beings. || || Alien intelligence, Animal Communication, More-than-Human || | ||
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| style="vertical-align: top;" | 1897 || style="vertical-align: top;" | "Auf zwei Planeten" ("Two Planets") || style="vertical-align: top;" | Kurd Laßwitz || style="vertical-align: top;" | Novel || style="vertical-align: top;" | Humanity establishes contact with a technologically advanced Martian civilization, leading to cooperation and conflict; regarded as a foundational German science fiction novel. || style="vertical-align: top;" | English translation by Hans H. Rudnick, 1971. The English edition is abridged, with about 40% of the original text cut. || style="vertical-align: top;" | First contact, Martian civilization, Cooperation, Conflict, Classic SF || | |||
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| style="vertical-align: top;" | 1961 || style="vertical-align: top;" | "Unternehmen Stardust" ("Operation Stardust", Perry Rhodan Series Vol. 1) || style="vertical-align: top;" | Karl-Herbert Scheer & Walter Ernsting (series concept); later continued by multiple authors || style="vertical-align: top;" | Pulp novel series || style="vertical-align: top;" | First contact with the stranded alien race of the Arkonides on the far side of the Moon; triggers humanity’s entry into galactic politics and encounters with many extraterrestrial civilizations. || style="vertical-align: top;" | Translated into English (as "Enterprise Stardust" / "Operation Stardust"), French, Japanese and several other languages. || style="vertical-align: top;" | First contact, Alien species, Galactic empire, Expansion, Long-running serial fiction || | |||
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| style="vertical-align: top;" | 2015 || style="vertical-align: top;" | "Paradox: Am Abgrund der Ewigkeit" ("Paradox: On the Brink of Eternity") || style="vertical-align: top;" | Phillip P. Peterson || style="vertical-align: top;" | Novel || style="vertical-align: top;" | Humanity encounters alien megastructures and signals that warn of cosmic threats; first contact elements framed as a cautionary scenario. || style="vertical-align: top;" | Translated to English by Laura Radosh (2017). || style="vertical-align: top;" | First contact, Cosmic warning, Extraterrestrial probes, Humanity under threat || | |||
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