Questions tagged [alien-invasion]
An alien invasion refers to the invasion of one planet by another species.
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Undulating, ribbon-like invaders coming in through the vents
A pre-1955 short story about people hiding from undulating ribbon-like invaders coming in through the air vents. The ribbons may have been yellow, and the author just might have been Van Vogt. It ...
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YA story where parasitic mind-control aliens invade Earth via mummified head
I'm trying to locate a YA remix of the the body-snatcher/puppet-master theme that gave me nightmares when I read it in Danish some time in the mid-1980s:
Earth is being invaded by parasitic mind-...
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Alien attack novel, a team of humans are sent on a suicide mission with every human on earth to direct them
The book begins after Earth has been attacked several times, already. These alien vessels are being sent into the system and attacking the planet.
An elite team of humans from all over the world (...
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Movie about about alien invasion and resistance by kamikazes wearing bombs in a forest that's sucked by the aliens
I once watched this movie about alien invasion long time ago (maybe 10 years ago). I only have a little clue about it. The only thing I remember is this alien spaceship suck forest and maybe other ...
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Aliens try to invade Earth, but are quickly caught because their template was socially unusual
This is one of those vague memories, probably a short story, science fiction, written before the 1990s. The story is from the perspective of the aliens, who are planning to invade Earth. They either ...
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Aliens plan to invade Earth but hero, scientist, and girl friend stop them [duplicate]
I read this before 1992 or so. It was more of a 'B' novel.
Humans make contact with aliens who begin invading. A human hero, I think he's a military officer (US Navy?), gets to a human scientist ...
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Story identification: Man working from home is isolated, becomes paranoid about invasion outside, blind himself- twist is that he is right
He realises he hasn't communicated with anyone for a couple of days and soon descends into a paranoid state. I think he worked in IT? During story can't tell if he is crazy or not as he is so paranoid ...
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Human agent trapped by aliens and trying to escape
What is the name of the book or author in a science fiction novel in which:
Prior to the events in the book: humanity discovered a means of teleporting between worlds and has established a number of ...
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Despite all odds, humanity prevails against indominitably superior alien invasion [yet again]
This is a series I was planning on reading, at some point:
A vessel from a relatively unstable galactic federation(?) study study earth in passing during the 18th century. Deeming the humanity ...
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90s teen novel about an alien invasion in a small farm town. Showdown in the school at the end of the novel
I read this story in the early 2000's, found it in a hospital gift shop. The story centered around a small town where the kids begin to notice that the adults are acting strangely. I remember there ...
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Where is the Independence day power source?
Recently re-watched Roland Emmrich's movie Independence Day. It got me to thinking about the power systems the Aliens use. According to the statement made by Dr. Okun about the recovered ship in ...
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Yet another Plant People Invasion book title
I read a novella many years ago that I think was written in the '50s or '60s. The story centers around a couple of teenagers who live in a small desert town. They notice that adults in their town are ...
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Short Story: Space probe (Voyager?) discovered by aliens?
I read this story a few years ago in an anthology, but I'm sure it was written in the 70s or 80s. It was only a few pages long and explored a number of scenarios that could occur if aliens were to ...
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Novel Identification Help--Aliens Eating The Locals
I read the first book of a series years ago involving an alien fleet tearing through human worlds, conquering them and eating the population. Humanity puts together a large fleet and jumps through ...
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Aliens Invade and Enslaves Humans. Hero sends A-bomb thru transport to alien planet
I just found this site in my search to try and find a book I read many years ago (pre 1985?). I still remember it, especially the ending. Basically, it's about aliens having conquered earth and ...
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What's the 60's b&w movie where aliens have needles grow out of fingers and victims disappear in a funnel of sand?
White thin-skinned aliens with large heads have needles grow out of their fingers just before stabbing their victims, then retract. Drops of 'venom' fall from the tips. They (victims) and/or aliens (...
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How long had the aliens been present on Earth in "They Live"?
In They Live we see that all advertising is a form of subliminal messaging to control humans.
Since modern advertising arose in the very early 1900's with the work of Edward Bernays, can we conclude ...
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Book with walrus-like aliens invading and using asteroids to wipe out major cities [duplicate]
I remember years ago reading part of a book that was reminiscent of Footfall but I can't remember the name or too much about it.
Some facts that stick out were the invading aliens were described as ...
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Why did the Boglodites wait so long to invade Earth?
I know it makes a more dramatic tale with J going back just at the time of the Boglodite invasion of Earth, but why did they wait so long? There was no ArcNet in place to prevent an attack and Boris ...
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Sci-Fi novel where Earth is taken over by a race called the Cateni(?) [duplicate]
Does anyone know the name of a novel (part of a series, I think) about Earth being taken over by a race of aliens called the Cateni or Cat-something.
Some human people and a renegade from the alien ...
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Alien Invasion Cartoon Movie
I need help finding the name of a cartoon (movie) which I saw in my childhood.
I only have vague memories of the movie, but the details I remember are:
It is about an Alien invasion, and this human ...
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What book has the main alien antagonist as a "Blue poppet"? [duplicate]
I can't remember the title or the author. Ugh! Centers around a soldier that now kills for the conquering alien race that took over Earth. They don't know much about the aliens that control them, ...
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Author and title of SF book about Humans invaded by a Alien Galactic organization how they regain independence with help of an alien huntsmaster
Looking for author and title of SF book with following plot.
Humans have been invaded by a Alien Galactic organization and Earth has been declared an exclusive hunting ground for alien hunters. A new ...
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Book about attack by aliens that decimate entire human fleet and take a single prisoner [duplicate]
I remember reading it in mid-to-late 90s. It was a hardcover with a huge starship drawn on the cover.
The plot was about humans making first contact with a new alien species, when aliens suddenly ...
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How did the invasion begin?
I recently watched the movie adaptation of The Host (I have not read the novel).
Given this is the case, how did the invasion start? How was the first human taken over by a Soul?
I don't recall this ...
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Novel from the 80's about aliens taking over earth and human resistance
One of the main humans was a girl called Steelfinder. The main aliens all look the same and use translators to communicate with humans, and they have another alien that's covered in hair called ...
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Sci Fi short story about an alien invasion where the twist is that the invaders are human?
I read a story in a sci-fi short story collection (about 35 years ago) in which the POV character is fleeing invading aliens with his child in his arms (I think the wife is dead). He knows he's about ...
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Identify sci-fi story about repeated alien invasions
A friend told me about this and I would love to read it:
Humans in the future have colonised various planets throughout the universe.
Periodically (I think every few decades but it might be ...
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Movie where people on seizure medication find out they are aliens
This movie was made in the last 15 years or so.
A high school girl and other random people are on seizure medication, and at a certain age get bumps on their foreheads. They somehow find out that ...
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How do the aliens in the "Darkest Hour" get to the Earth?
In the movie, The Darkest Hour, the aliens' arrival is heralded by a total loss of power, a wicked aurora and the usual proceeding chaos. How did they get to the Earth in the first place? (and more ...
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Help me identify this B-movie about plant-like aliens that crash land
About 12 years ago I was in Blockbuster and while looking for something different I ventured into the VHS section. I can't quite remember my selection vividly because that night I rented 4 VHS for £1 ...
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80s teen novel about an alien virus on a space ship?
I read a book back in the 80's about an alien virus that jumps from person to person on a cruise ship (or may have been a luxury space ship). The book was really well written up until the last two ...
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ID this 90's animated children's film about alien invasion to forest
Probably an animated children film from the 90's.
Small aliens invade earth and land in the forest and evntually defeated by the animals I think or maybe some small other creatures. (the humans never ...
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When was the first alien invasion to feature more than one alien species?
More often than not, when an alien species invades they do so alone. Or they do so and bring their pets/creations in.
I remember back when I played Xcom: Enemy unknown, you face an alliance of aliens ...
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What novel has advanced alternate Earth humans trying to escape through portals from horrific inter-dimensional creatures?
I read this book while on vacation in Canada around 1985. The book seemed to be a recent release and consist of about 50/50 narrative and character action and was short, about 250 pages or so. The ...
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Why didn't the atmosphere kill the aliens in Signs?
If the aliens in the movie Signs could be poisoned by
why didn't the atmosphere kill them? Why would it have to be in liquid form?
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Short story describing an alien invasion where humans are the invaders
I've been searching most of the morning, trying to identify a short story I read in an elementary school English textbook.
The story is the first-person account of a soldier fighting off an alien ...
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Which work of science fiction was first to link alien invaders with Halley's Comet?
The 1985 movie Lifeforce featured space vampires traveling in the tail of Halley's Comet. Is Lifeforce the first work of science fiction to link invaders from space with Halley's Comet?
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Book about aliens who attack Earth and destroy the Sun
I am trying to find the title of a book I read in the 80's. It is about an alien race that attacks earth. Earth has better ships because we have been fighting among ourselves but the aliens have ...
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Old science fiction book about an alien invasion thwarted by robot-made ghosts
I read a sci-fi book about 30 years ago about a war with another race where a plant extract put the entire earth population asleep, except for one guy who used robots to create "ghosts" which scared ...
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What Sci-Fi novel is about aliens who consider it simply convenient to exterminate the human race?
I don't remember the title/author of a Sci-Fi novel, where the author demonstrated that in case of an encounter with a more advanced alien life form, they would consider most convenient for them to ...
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What book features aliens defeating humanity with a sleep inducing virus?
What I remember of the plot is that aliens called Poppers (or something similar) have landed on Earth and released a virus that has put the human population to sleep. Only about one in a hundred ...
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What short story is about an invasion from metallic creatures?
I used to have a bunch of used short form books when I was growing up that I have since long lost, and I remember a story about an invasion of Earth by some metallic creatures that I never finished ...
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