First Contact

First Contact

Author: Marc Kaufman

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2012-03-13

Total Pages: 226

ISBN-13: 143910901X

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Kaufman details the incredible true story of science's search for the beginnings of life on Earth and the probability that it exists elsewhere in the universe.


Star Trek: First Contact: The Making of the Classic Film

Star Trek: First Contact: The Making of the Classic Film

Author: Joe Fordham

Publisher: National Geographic Books

Published: 2022-10-11

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 1789098556

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An in-depth look at the making of Star Trek: First Contact, featuring rare and previously unseen production art and new and exclusive cast and crew interviews. Twenty-five years ago, Star Trek: First Contact saw Picard, Data, and the Enterprise crew go back in time to stop the Borg before they could prevent Earth’s first contact with an alien species and assimilate the entire planet. Celebrate this landmark anniversary by taking a deep dive into the stories behind this beloved film. This beautiful coffee-table book is full to the brim of archival material, behind-the-scenes photography, concept art, production designs, and much more, and includes new and exclusive interviews with cast and crew, including Jonathan Frakes, Alice Krige, Rick Berman, Brannon Braga, Ronald D. Moore, Marina Sirtis, Herman Zimmerman, and Michael Westmore.


Contact

Contact

Author: Carl Sagan

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2016-12-20

Total Pages: 384

ISBN-13: 150117231X

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Pulitzer Prize-winning author and astronomer Carl Sagan imagines the greatest adventure of all—the discovery of an advanced civilization in the depths of space. In December of 1999, a multinational team journeys out to the stars, to the most awesome encounter in human history. Who—or what—is out there? In Cosmos, Carl Sagan explained the universe. In Contact, he predicts its future—and our own.


In Search of First Contact

In Search of First Contact

Author: Annette Kolodny

Publisher: Duke University Press

Published: 2012-05-29

Total Pages: 447

ISBN-13: 0822352869

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A radically new interpretation of two medieval Icelandic tales, known as the Vinland sagas, considering what the they reveal about native peoples, and how they contribute to the debate about whether Leif Eiriksson or Christopher Columbus should be credited as the first "discoverer" of America.


Framing First Contact

Framing First Contact

Author: Kate Elliott

Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press

Published: 2020-10-29

Total Pages: 301

ISBN-13: 0806168226

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Representations of first contact—the first meetings of European explorers and Native Americans—have always had a central place in our nation’s historical and visual record. They have also had a key role in shaping and interpreting that record. In Framing First Contact author Kate Elliott looks at paintings by artists from George Catlin to Charles M. Russell and explores what first contact images tell us about the process of constructing national myths—and how those myths acquired different meanings at different points in our nation’s history. First contact images, with their focus on beginnings rather than conclusive action or determined outcomes, might depict historical events in a variety of ways. Elliott argues that nineteenth-century artists, responding to the ambiguity and indeterminacy of the subject, used the visualized space between cultures meeting for the first time to address critical contemporary questions and anxieties. Taking works from the 1840s through the 1910s as case studies—paintings by Robert W. Weir, Thomas Moran, and Albert Bierstadt, along with Catlin and Russell—Elliott shows how many first contact representations, especially those commissioned and conceived as official history, speak blatantly of conquest, racial superiority, and imperialism. Yet others communicate more nuanced messages that might surprise contemporary viewers. Elliott suggests it was the very openness of the subject of first contact that allowed artists, consciously or not, to speak of contemporary issues beyond imperialism and conquest. Uncovering those issues, Framing First Contact forces us to think about why we tell the stories we do, and why those stories matter.


First Contact 02-2022

First Contact 02-2022

Author: Buster Johnstone

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2021-05-28

Total Pages: 93

ISBN-13: 1663221715

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This is about my life growing up with the thought that there were Aliens, then the confirmation from my dad and his friends after not talking about it to anyone for so long. This book is written because of the signs I’ve received and feel I have been guided into this path to share with all people that we are going to have first contact in February 2022. I call them our Ancient Ancestors because they are so much older than us; probably billions of years. Twenty or thirty years ago, most people may not have been ready to receive their presence but with the technology they’ve shared to come this far in a short time and now disclosure in many forms preparing us for their arrival. Everyone has a comment or an opinion about Aliens, but the truth is a ‘Human Being’ cannot be the only speck in a vast Universe with life in it.


First Contacts

First Contacts

Author: Murray Leinster

Publisher: New England Science Fiction Association

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 472

ISBN-13:

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Wherever Seeds May Fall

Wherever Seeds May Fall

Author: Peter Cawdron

Publisher:

Published: 2021-01-17

Total Pages: 515

ISBN-13:

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The Prince of Darkness is coming. Comet Anduru skimmed the clouds of Saturn. Rather than being drawn into the gas giant, it skipped back out into space. With the comet heading for Jupiter, speculation is mounting it's an alien spacecraft making its way to Earth. Lieutenant Colonel Nolan Landis and Dr. Kath McKenzie are caught between an angry public and an anxious President as they grapple with the scientific, social, and political implications of First Contact.FIRST CONTACT is a series of stand-alone novels that explore the concept of humanity's first interaction with extraterrestrial life. Like BLACK MIRROR or THE TWILIGHT ZONE, the series is based on a common theme rather than common characters, allowing these books to be read in any order. Technically, they're all first as they all deal with how we might initially respond to contact with aliens, exploring the social, political, religious, and scientific aspects of First Contact.


Cold Eyes

Cold Eyes

Author: Peter Cawdron

Publisher: Independently Published

Published: 2021-10-16

Total Pages: 394

ISBN-13:

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Cold Eyes is a First Contact novel, written as a tribute to the 1974 science fiction classic, The Mote in God's Eye, by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle. The UN warship Magellan is twelve light-years from Earth, exploring a cold eye, a tidally-locked super-earth called Bee. At least two advanced, intelligent species evolved on the planet, but the crew's attempts at radio communication result in garbled replies. No one is waiting for them in orbit. The crew has to figure out why. Any misunderstandings could lead to war. FIRST CONTACT is similar to BLACK MIRROR or THE TWILIGHT ZONE in that the series is based on a common theme rather than common characters. This allows these books to be read in any order. Technically, they're all first as they all deal with how we might initially respond to contact with aliens, exploring the social, political, religious, and scientific aspects of First Contact. Some of the other highly acclaimed novels in this series include Jury Duty, Anomaly, 3zekiel, Losing Mars, Xenophobia, Wherever Seeds May Fall, and Welcome to the Occupied States of America.