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My Life Among the Aliens

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By Gail Gauthier

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Two brothers begin to wonder if it is their mother's unusual cooking that is attracting the aliens that keep showing up at their house.

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Worldwar: In the Balance

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By Harry Turtledove

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This is the first part of a four-book alternative history set during World War II. Pearl Harbor was bombed, Panzers rolled through Paris--and then the real enemy lands.
Can the combined forces of all the Earth's armies stop the invading aliens?
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The Man-Kzin Wars

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By Larry Niven

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When the tiger-like race of the Kzinti encounter peaceful humans in an unarmed starship, they mistakenly believe they have found yet more easy prey.

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The High Crusade

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By Poul Anderson

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Aliens land on the green and pleasant fields of medieval England and get more than they bargained for. The bow may not be mightier than the ray-gun, but English hearts are made of stouter stuff than the invaders from space imagined!
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Janissaries

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By Jerry Pournelle

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Soldiers are rescued from certain death in an African civil war by aliens. They are transported to the planet Tran where they discover the reason for their hosts' merciful intervention.
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First Lensman

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By E. E. "Doc" Smith

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Virgil Samms is the first human to be gifted by the Arisians with a lens that gives him telepathic powers. He will need them-- together with the newly-formed Galactic Patrol-- to put paid to the planet-conquering Eddorians.

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Marvin Redpost: A Flying Birthday Cake

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By Louis Sachar

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Was that really a flying saucer Marvin saw? And who is this new kid, Joe Normal, who seems so strange?
 

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