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👽 Earth Through Alien Eyes

Science fiction that defamiliarizes our world by filtering it through extraterrestrial perception, making the mundane strange and revealing humanity from a radically outside perspective.
The State of the Art
by Iain M. Banks • 1991
A galactic utopia's agent catalogs 1970s Earth and falls for our beautiful, self-destructive mess.
3.82
20k+
💔 Utopia'S Discontents🤝 First Contact Ethics🤖 Machine Sentience
The State of the Art Summary
The State of the Art 91%
A galactic utopia's agent catalogs 1970s Earth and falls for our beautiful, self-destructive mess.
by Iain M. Banks 1991
3.82
20k+ ratings
💔 Utopia'S Discontents🤝 First Contact Ethics🤖 Machine Sentience
Interstellar
by Avi Loeb • 2023
An object from another star defied physics. We weren't ready. A plan to catch the next one.
3.52
626
🧬 Astrobiology🚀 Space Exploration👽 Extraterrestrial Intelligence
Interstellar Summary
Interstellar 90%
An object from another star defied physics. We weren't ready. A plan to catch the next one.
by Avi Loeb 2023
3.52
626 ratings
🧬 Astrobiology🚀 Space Exploration👽 Extraterrestrial Intelligence
Summary of The Sentinel
by Fireside Reads • 2020
A pyramid on the moon waited 500,000 years for us to trip its alarm.
📖 Literary Analysis🚀 Science Fiction Criticism👽 Extraterrestrial Intelligence
Summary of The Sentinel Summary
Summary of The Sentinel 89%
A pyramid on the moon waited 500,000 years for us to trip its alarm.
by Fireside Reads 2020
📖 Literary Analysis🚀 Science Fiction Criticism👽 Extraterrestrial Intelligence
The Secret Life of the Universe
by Nathalie A. Cabrol • 2024
Five thousand exoplanets and a silent cosmos: the search for life is a mirror of Earth's fragility.
4.03
713
🛸 Astrobiology🚀 Space Exploration🧬 Origin Of Life
The Secret Life of the Universe Summary
The Secret Life of the Universe 89%
Five thousand exoplanets and a silent cosmos: the search for life is a mirror of Earth's fragility.
by Nathalie A. Cabrol 2024
4.03
713 ratings
🛸 Astrobiology🚀 Space Exploration🧬 Origin Of Life
If the Universe Is Teeming with Aliens ... WHERE IS EVERYBODY?
by Stephen Webb • 2002
Fifty answers to Fermi's paradox: we're alone, we're doomed, or we're in a galactic zoo.
4.20
1k+
🌌 Extraterrestrial Life🔬 Astrobiology🤔 Fermi Paradox
If the Universe Is Teeming with Aliens ... WHERE IS EVERYBODY? Summary
If the Universe Is Teeming with Aliens ... WHERE IS EVERYBODY? 89%
Fifty answers to Fermi's paradox: we're alone, we're doomed, or we're in a galactic zoo.
by Stephen Webb 2002
4.20
1k+ ratings
🌌 Extraterrestrial Life🔬 Astrobiology🤔 Fermi Paradox
The Dawn of a Mindful Universe
by Marcelo Gleiser • 2023
Life is a near-miracle, and our minds are the universe's only way to mean.
3.91
189
🔭 Cosmic Perspective🧬 Origin Of Life🌍 Planetary Stewardship
The Dawn of a Mindful Universe Summary
The Dawn of a Mindful Universe 89%
Life is a near-miracle, and our minds are the universe's only way to mean.
by Marcelo Gleiser 2023
3.91
189 ratings
🔭 Cosmic Perspective🧬 Origin Of Life🌍 Planetary Stewardship
Pale Blue Dot
by Carl Sagan • 1994
On a single pixel: everyone who ever lived. The scientific case that makes space our only insurance.
4.34
40k+
🔭 Planetary Science🚀 Space Exploration🌌 Cosmic Perspective
Pale Blue Dot Summary
Pale Blue Dot 89%
On a single pixel: everyone who ever lived. The scientific case that makes space our only insurance.
by Carl Sagan 1994
4.34
40k+ ratings
🔭 Planetary Science🚀 Space Exploration🌌 Cosmic Perspective
Carl Sagan's Cosmic Connection
by Carl Sagan • 1973
Searching for alien intelligence is now a testable science, and the silence is a message in itself.
4.25
2k+
🪐 Planetary Science📡 Seti🌌 Cosmic Perspective
Carl Sagan's Cosmic Connection Summary
Carl Sagan's Cosmic Connection 88%
Searching for alien intelligence is now a testable science, and the silence is a message in itself.
by Carl Sagan 1973
4.25
2k+ ratings
🪐 Planetary Science📡 Seti🌌 Cosmic Perspective
Beautyland
by Marie-Helene Bertino • 2024
An alien observer's human life of love and loss is upended by the summons to return home.
4.05
43k+
👽 Alien Passing As Human🛰️ Introspective Sci-Fi👩‍👧 Single Mother Daughter
Beautyland Summary
Beautyland 88%
An alien observer's human life of love and loss is upended by the summons to return home.
by Marie-Helene Bertino 2024
4.05
43k+ ratings
👽 Alien Passing As Human🛰️ Introspective Sci-Fi👩‍👧 Single Mother Daughter
Aliens
by Jim Al-Khalili • 2016
50,000 civilizations may share our galaxy. The search is chemistry, biology, and deep listening.
3.78
1k+
🦠 Astrobiology🪐 Exoplanets🧬 Origin Of Life
Aliens Summary
Aliens 88%
50,000 civilizations may share our galaxy. The search is chemistry, biology, and deep listening.
by Jim Al-Khalili 2016
3.78
1k+ ratings
🦠 Astrobiology🪐 Exoplanets🧬 Origin Of Life
Humans are not from Earth
by Ellis Silver • 2013
Sunlight burns you, chronic illness is universal, and 223 human genes appear nowhere else on Earth.
3.72
807
🛸 Ancient Astronauts🏺 Forbidden Archaeology🦠 Panspermia Theory
Humans are not from Earth Summary
Humans are not from Earth 88%
Sunlight burns you, chronic illness is universal, and 223 human genes appear nowhere else on Earth.
by Ellis Silver 2013
3.72
807 ratings
🛸 Ancient Astronauts🏺 Forbidden Archaeology🦠 Panspermia Theory
Cosmos
by Carl Sagan • 1980
From exploding stars to conscious minds: a cosmic journey that ends with a choice.
4.40
160k+
🔭 Cosmology🚀 Space Exploration👽 Extraterrestrial Life
Cosmos Summary
Cosmos 88%
From exploding stars to conscious minds: a cosmic journey that ends with a choice.
by Carl Sagan 1980
4.40
160k+ ratings
🔭 Cosmology🚀 Space Exploration👽 Extraterrestrial Life
Children of Strife
by Adrian Tchaikovsky • 2026
A planet tormented by five quarrelsome gods meets its unlikely savior: a monster capable of empathy.
4.26
5k+
🧠 Uploaded Consciousness🕷️ Uplifted Animals👑 Godlike Beings
Children of Strife Summary
Children of Strife 88%
A planet tormented by five quarrelsome gods meets its unlikely savior: a monster capable of empathy.
by Adrian Tchaikovsky 2026
4.26
5k+ ratings
🧠 Uploaded Consciousness🕷️ Uplifted Animals👑 Godlike Beings
Sin noticias de Gurb
by Eduardo Mendoza • 2001
An alien searches Barcelona for his lost partner, recording every human absurdity in his diary.
3.75
24k+
👽 Alien Observer🎭 Absurdist Satire🐟 Fish Out Of Water
Sin noticias de Gurb Summary
Sin noticias de Gurb 88%
An alien searches Barcelona for his lost partner, recording every human absurdity in his diary.
by Eduardo Mendoza 2001
3.75
24k+ ratings
👽 Alien Observer🎭 Absurdist Satire🐟 Fish Out Of Water
Child of Another Kind
by Steven Decker • 2023
A mother dies for her telepathic daughter and meets the aliens who created the girl.
4.28
6k+
🔮 Mind Reading👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bond🌌 Speculative Afterlife
Child of Another Kind Summary
Child of Another Kind 88%
A mother dies for her telepathic daughter and meets the aliens who created the girl.
by Steven Decker 2023
4.28
6k+ ratings
🔮 Mind Reading👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bond🌌 Speculative Afterlife
Gods of Another Kind
by Steven Decker • 2023
A hermit talks to animals, learns he's engineered, and follows a telepath to a perfect world.
4.40
964
🌐 Alien Utopia⛓️ Dystopian Hierarchy🐕 Animal Telepathy
Gods of Another Kind Summary
Gods of Another Kind 88%
A hermit talks to animals, learns he's engineered, and follows a telepath to a perfect world.
by Steven Decker 2023
4.40
964 ratings
🌐 Alien Utopia⛓️ Dystopian Hierarchy🐕 Animal Telepathy
UFOs for the 21st Century Mind
by Richard M. Dolan • 2014
Government lies, crash retrievals, and hidden science: why the UFO truth is about to break.
4.26
437
🛸 Modern Ufology🤫 Ufo Cover-Ups👽 Ancient Astronauts
UFOs for the 21st Century Mind Summary
UFOs for the 21st Century Mind 88%
Government lies, crash retrievals, and hidden science: why the UFO truth is about to break.
by Richard M. Dolan 2014
4.26
437 ratings
🛸 Modern Ufology🤫 Ufo Cover-Ups👽 Ancient Astronauts
Cibola Burn
by James S.A. Corey • 2014
On a new world, a mediator tries to stop a corporate land war as an ancient alien machine awakens.
4.23
130k+
🛸 First Contact🏢 Corporate Colony⚖️ Frontier Justice
Cibola Burn Summary
Cibola Burn 88%
On a new world, a mediator tries to stop a corporate land war as an ancient alien machine awakens.
by James S.A. Corey 2014
4.23
130k+ ratings
🛸 First Contact🏢 Corporate Colony⚖️ Frontier Justice
Kalyx
by Karen Lynch
A teen rescues a crashed alien panther. The military wants it back at any cost.
4.38
202
🛸 First Contact🐾 Creature Bond👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family
Kalyx Summary
Kalyx 88%
A teen rescues a crashed alien panther. The military wants it back at any cost.
by Karen Lynch
4.38
202 ratings
🛸 First Contact🐾 Creature Bond👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family
All Tomorrows
by Nemo Ramjet • 2006
Humanity colonizes the galaxy, then an ancient species breaks it into a thousand bizarre new forms.
4.16
11k+
🧬 Speculative Biology⏳ Future History🦴 Deep Time
All Tomorrows Summary
All Tomorrows 88%
Humanity colonizes the galaxy, then an ancient species breaks it into a thousand bizarre new forms.
by Nemo Ramjet 2006
4.16
11k+ ratings
🧬 Speculative Biology⏳ Future History🦴 Deep Time
The 12th Planet
by Zecharia Sitchin • 1976
A 12th planet sent alien gods to Earth, where they engineered humans to mine gold.
3.98
6k+
👽 Ancient Astronaut Theory📜 Alternative History🏛️ Sumerian Mythology
The 12th Planet Summary
The 12th Planet 88%
A 12th planet sent alien gods to Earth, where they engineered humans to mine gold.
by Zecharia Sitchin 1976
3.98
6k+ ratings
👽 Ancient Astronaut Theory📜 Alternative History🏛️ Sumerian Mythology
Speaker for the Dead
by Orson Scott Card • 1986
A Speaker must learn why Lusitania's piggies killed two scientists, with a colony's fate at stake.
4.11
273k+
🛸 First Contact👽 Alien Anthropology🏠 Found Family
Speaker for the Dead Summary
Speaker for the Dead 88%
A Speaker must learn why Lusitania's piggies killed two scientists, with a colony's fate at stake.
by Orson Scott Card 1986
4.11
273k+ ratings
🛸 First Contact👽 Alien Anthropology🏠 Found Family
A Fire Upon the Deep
by Vernor Vinge • 1992
A galaxy-devouring intelligence awakens. Stranded on an alien world, two siblings are the only hope.
4.13
67k+
🤝 First Contact🧠 Alien Consciousness👁️ Ancient Superintelligence
A Fire Upon the Deep Summary
A Fire Upon the Deep 88%
A galaxy-devouring intelligence awakens. Stranded on an alien world, two siblings are the only hope.
by Vernor Vinge 1992
4.13
67k+ ratings
🤝 First Contact🧠 Alien Consciousness👁️ Ancient Superintelligence
Science Fiction
by David Seed • 2011
How space voyages, aliens, and time travel turned science fiction into the literature of ideas.
3.31
554
📖 Literary Criticism📜 Science Fiction History👽 Alien Encounters
Science Fiction Summary
Science Fiction 88%
How space voyages, aliens, and time travel turned science fiction into the literature of ideas.
by David Seed 2011
3.31
554 ratings
📖 Literary Criticism📜 Science Fiction History👽 Alien Encounters
Doctor Who
by Lance Parkin • 2002
A time machine auction could start a war, but the Doctor knows it's a con.
3.62
202
🃏 Con Artist📡 Surveillance State👽 Alien Invasion
Doctor Who Summary
Doctor Who 88%
A time machine auction could start a war, but the Doctor knows it's a con.
by Lance Parkin 2002
3.62
202 ratings
🃏 Con Artist📡 Surveillance State👽 Alien Invasion
The Human Division
by John Scalzi • 2013
With Earth gone, a diplomatic ship's forgotten crew must save humanity from a hidden enemy.
4.09
39k+
🚀 Episodic Space Opera🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller🫂 Found Family
The Human Division Summary
The Human Division 88%
With Earth gone, a diplomatic ship's forgotten crew must save humanity from a hidden enemy.
by John Scalzi 2013
4.09
39k+ ratings
🚀 Episodic Space Opera🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller🫂 Found Family
The Android's Dream
by John Scalzi • 2006
A diplomatic fart kills a negotiator. Peace requires one extinct sheep: a woman who never knew.
3.99
24k+
🛸 Comic Space Opera🦸 Reluctant Hero🤖 AI Companion
The Android's Dream Summary
The Android's Dream 88%
A diplomatic fart kills a negotiator. Peace requires one extinct sheep: a woman who never knew.
by John Scalzi 2006
3.99
24k+ ratings
🛸 Comic Space Opera🦸 Reluctant Hero🤖 AI Companion
The Alien Agendas
by Richard M. Dolan • 2020
Multiple alien species, competing agendas, and a hybridization program that may already be complete.
4.18
440
🛸 Ufology👽 Alien Abduction🕵️ Government Cover-Ups
The Alien Agendas Summary
The Alien Agendas 88%
Multiple alien species, competing agendas, and a hybridization program that may already be complete.
by Richard M. Dolan 2020
4.18
440 ratings
🛸 Ufology👽 Alien Abduction🕵️ Government Cover-Ups
WE WILL NEVER LET YOU DOWN
by Elena Danaan • 2021
A Venusian offered Eisenhower free energy. MJ-12 chose a rival pact, and Earth's secret war began.
4.60
176
👽 Exopolitics🛸 Contactee Narratives🌌 Galactic History
WE WILL NEVER LET YOU DOWN Summary
WE WILL NEVER LET YOU DOWN 88%
A Venusian offered Eisenhower free energy. MJ-12 chose a rival pact, and Earth's secret war began.
by Elena Danaan 2021
4.60
176 ratings
👽 Exopolitics🛸 Contactee Narratives🌌 Galactic History
A Brief History of Earth
by Andrew H. Knoll • 2021
Earth's four-billion-year story: how rock spawned life, and why that knowledge now falls to us.
3.94
5k+
🌍 Earth History🧬 Origin Of Life🔀 Plate Tectonics
A Brief History of Earth Summary
A Brief History of Earth 88%
Earth's four-billion-year story: how rock spawned life, and why that knowledge now falls to us.
by Andrew H. Knoll 2021
3.94
5k+ ratings
🌍 Earth History🧬 Origin Of Life🔀 Plate Tectonics
2001
by Arthur C. Clarke • 1968
A monolith wakes on the moon and signals Saturn; two astronauts and a secretive computer follow.
4.18
339k+
🔬 Hard Sci-Fi🛸 First Contact🗿 Ancient Aliens
2001 Summary
2001 88%
A monolith wakes on the moon and signals Saturn; two astronauts and a secretive computer follow.
by Arthur C. Clarke 1968
4.18
339k+ ratings
🔬 Hard Sci-Fi🛸 First Contact🗿 Ancient Aliens
The Fourth Mind
by Whitley Strieber • 2025
Leaked documents describe alien bodies built like equipment. Their minds see all time as one moment.
4.13
339
🛸 Ufo Disclosure👽 Alien Abduction🧠 Nonhuman Intelligence
The Fourth Mind Summary
The Fourth Mind 88%
Leaked documents describe alien bodies built like equipment. Their minds see all time as one moment.
by Whitley Strieber 2025
4.13
339 ratings
🛸 Ufo Disclosure👽 Alien Abduction🧠 Nonhuman Intelligence
A Deepness in the Sky
by Vernor Vinge • 1999
Ambushed traders, enslaved by mind-controlling rivals, orbit a star that shuts off for centuries.
4.32
35k+
🚀 Hard Science Fiction👽 First Contact Aliens🕸️ Alien Civilization Building
A Deepness in the Sky Summary
A Deepness in the Sky 88%
Ambushed traders, enslaved by mind-controlling rivals, orbit a star that shuts off for centuries.
by Vernor Vinge 1999
4.32
35k+ ratings
🚀 Hard Science Fiction👽 First Contact Aliens🕸️ Alien Civilization Building
UFO
by Garrett M. Graff • 2023
The Pentagon's 75-year UFO hunt was classified. The public was told it never happened.
3.69
1k+
🛸 Ufo History🔒 Government Secrecy✈️ Cold War Aviation
UFO Summary
UFO 88%
The Pentagon's 75-year UFO hunt was classified. The public was told it never happened.
by Garrett M. Graff 2023
3.69
1k+ ratings
🛸 Ufo History🔒 Government Secrecy✈️ Cold War Aviation
Orbital
by Samantha Harvey • 2023
One day in orbit: six astronauts, sixteen sunrises, a typhoon's eye, and a beautiful fragile Earth.
3.49
150k+
🧘 Meditative Fiction🚀 Introspective Sci-Fi👥 Crew Dynamics
Orbital Summary
Orbital 88%
One day in orbit: six astronauts, sixteen sunrises, a typhoon's eye, and a beautiful fragile Earth.
by Samantha Harvey 2023
3.49
150k+ ratings
🧘 Meditative Fiction🚀 Introspective Sci-Fi👥 Crew Dynamics
Timefulness
by Marcia Bjornerud • 2018
The climate crisis has a hidden dimension: time. Why the billion-year view matters now.
4.07
2k+
⏳ Deep Time🌍 Earth History🔭 Long-Term Thinking
Timefulness Summary
Timefulness 87%
The climate crisis has a hidden dimension: time. Why the billion-year view matters now.
by Marcia Bjornerud 2018
4.07
2k+ ratings
⏳ Deep Time🌍 Earth History🔭 Long-Term Thinking
A Closed and Common Orbit
by Becky Chambers • 2016
An AI wakes inside a body and must find a self she was never designed to want.
4.37
90k+
🕰️ Dual Timeline🌌 Slice-Of-Life Sci-Fi🤖 AI Personhood
A Closed and Common Orbit Summary
A Closed and Common Orbit 87%
An AI wakes inside a body and must find a self she was never designed to want.
by Becky Chambers 2016
4.37
90k+ ratings
🕰️ Dual Timeline🌌 Slice-Of-Life Sci-Fi🤖 AI Personhood
Edge of Victory I
by Greg Keyes • 2001
Aliens the Force cannot touch hunt the Jedi to extinction. The Skywalker family scatters to survive.
3.84
8k+
🛸 Alien Invasion🚀 Space Battles🎖️ Morally Gray War
Edge of Victory I Summary
Edge of Victory I 87%
Aliens the Force cannot touch hunt the Jedi to extinction. The Skywalker family scatters to survive.
by Greg Keyes 2001
3.84
8k+ ratings
🛸 Alien Invasion🚀 Space Battles🎖️ Morally Gray War
Eyes of the Void
by Adrian Tchaikovsky • 2022
The Architects return. A haunted navigator must uncover their secret while every faction hunts him.
4.19
21k+
🏛️ Alien Ruins🤝 Found Family😟 Reluctant Hero
Eyes of the Void Summary
Eyes of the Void 87%
The Architects return. A haunted navigator must uncover their secret while every faction hunts him.
by Adrian Tchaikovsky 2022
4.19
21k+ ratings
🏛️ Alien Ruins🤝 Found Family😟 Reluctant Hero
A Half-Built Garden
by Ruthanna Emrys • 2022
Aliens land offering the stars, but a mother refuses to abandon the Earth she still tends.
3.60
3k+
🔆 Solarpunk👽 First Contact🏡 Found Family
A Half-Built Garden Summary
A Half-Built Garden 87%
Aliens land offering the stars, but a mother refuses to abandon the Earth she still tends.
by Ruthanna Emrys 2022
3.60
3k+ ratings
🔆 Solarpunk👽 First Contact🏡 Found Family
Dawn
by Octavia E. Butler • 1987
After nuclear war, a woman wakes on an alien ship: her rescuers demand a genetic merger.
4.15
65k+
🛸 Alien Abduction🌍 First Contact🧬 Forced Evolution
Dawn Summary
Dawn 87%
After nuclear war, a woman wakes on an alien ship: her rescuers demand a genetic merger.
by Octavia E. Butler 1987
4.15
65k+ ratings
🛸 Alien Abduction🌍 First Contact🧬 Forced Evolution
Invisible Planets
by Ken Liu • 2016
Explore China's science fiction renaissance: translated tales of alien worlds and cultural survival.
4.04
5k+
🐉 Chinese Science Fiction📚 Speculative Anthology👽 Alien Civilizations
Invisible Planets Summary
Invisible Planets 87%
Explore China's science fiction renaissance: translated tales of alien worlds and cultural survival.
by Ken Liu 2016
4.04
5k+ ratings
🐉 Chinese Science Fiction📚 Speculative Anthology👽 Alien Civilizations
Homecoming
by Christie Golden • 2003
Voyager returns home after seven years. Earth blames the crew for a plague and hologram uprising.
3.92
3k+
🖖 Star Trek🤖 Ai Personhood🏠 Homecoming Aftermath
Homecoming Summary
Homecoming 87%
Voyager returns home after seven years. Earth blames the crew for a plague and hologram uprising.
by Christie Golden 2003
3.92
3k+ ratings
🖖 Star Trek🤖 Ai Personhood🏠 Homecoming Aftermath
The Sparrow
by Mary Doria Russell • 1996
They went to meet God's other children. One priest returned, broken, and will not say why.
4.13
83k+
🛐 Jesuits In Space🪐 First Contact Gone Wrong👽 Alien Anthropology
The Sparrow Summary
The Sparrow 87%
They went to meet God's other children. One priest returned, broken, and will not say why.
by Mary Doria Russell 1996
4.13
83k+ ratings
🛐 Jesuits In Space🪐 First Contact Gone Wrong👽 Alien Anthropology
Mickey7
by Edward Ashton • 2022
An expendable colonist survives a mission and returns to find his duplicate already living his life.
3.78
58k+
🧠 Consciousness Transfer👥 Accidental Duplicate👽 Sentient Aliens
Mickey7 Summary
Mickey7 87%
An expendable colonist survives a mission and returns to find his duplicate already living his life.
by Edward Ashton 2022
3.78
58k+ ratings
🧠 Consciousness Transfer👥 Accidental Duplicate👽 Sentient Aliens
Children of Ruin
by Adrian Tchaikovsky • 2019
A mission to an octopus civilization sparks war and wakes a parasite that learns by consuming minds.
4.05
64k+
🛸 First Contact🐙 Uplifted Animals🧬 Alien Biology
Children of Ruin Summary
Children of Ruin 87%
A mission to an octopus civilization sparks war and wakes a parasite that learns by consuming minds.
by Adrian Tchaikovsky 2019
4.05
64k+ ratings
🛸 First Contact🐙 Uplifted Animals🧬 Alien Biology
Human Universe
by Brian Cox • 2014
The galaxy should teem with life. The silence hints we might be alone in asking why.
4.28
5k+
🌌 Cosmology🧬 Astrobiology👽 Fermi Paradox
Human Universe Summary
Human Universe 87%
The galaxy should teem with life. The silence hints we might be alone in asking why.
by Brian Cox 2014
4.28
5k+ ratings
🌌 Cosmology🧬 Astrobiology👽 Fermi Paradox
The Galaxy, and the Ground Within
by Becky Chambers • 2021
Five travelers from four species stranded by debris at a remote rest stop, going nowhere.
4.40
43k+
🫖 Cozy Sci-Fi🚀 Found Family In Space🛑 Stranded Together
The Galaxy, and the Ground Within Summary
The Galaxy, and the Ground Within 87%
Five travelers from four species stranded by debris at a remote rest stop, going nowhere.
by Becky Chambers 2021
4.40
43k+ ratings
🫖 Cozy Sci-Fi🚀 Found Family In Space🛑 Stranded Together
Back to Earth
by Nicole Stott • 2021
From orbit, Earth has no borders. An astronaut's argument for upgrading from passenger to crew.
3.91
219
🚀 Astronaut Memoirs🌿 Ecological Memoir🌎 The Overview Effect
Back to Earth Summary
Back to Earth 87%
From orbit, Earth has no borders. An astronaut's argument for upgrading from passenger to crew.
by Nicole Stott 2021
3.91
219 ratings
🚀 Astronaut Memoirs🌿 Ecological Memoir🌎 The Overview Effect
Forbidden Science
by Jacques F. Vallée • 1993
A classified memo proved the UFO inquiry was a front. The real mystery predates the space age.
4.35
116
🛸 Government Ufo Secrecy🧚 Folklore And Ufos🏛️ Scientific Dogmatism
Forbidden Science Summary
Forbidden Science 87%
A classified memo proved the UFO inquiry was a front. The real mystery predates the space age.
by Jacques F. Vallée 1993
4.35
116 ratings
🛸 Government Ufo Secrecy🧚 Folklore And Ufos🏛️ Scientific Dogmatism
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