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For use as the generic term 'alien' which generally refers to a life-form not of Earth, but it can also be used to describe anything, including objects, from another world or system. Use [aliens-1986] for the sequel to the 1979 film Alien; use [alien-franchise] for that entire franchise.
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Earliest avian aliens in sci fi
These don't count as alien, but are certainly works of fantasy featuring birds that are sapient:
Note that in many early European myths/legends (e.g. Norse myths) birds have their own language which t …
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What is the earliest work to have a species deliberately falsify its level of technology?
Around the same time-frame as @Spencer's answer, the Lensman series by E. E. Smith, the first novel (Triplanetary) of which was published in 1948, but initially serialized in 1934, has not just one, b …
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Children's story about an adopted orphan boy with weird hair, who turns out to be an alien
This sounds like a partial match to Half-Breed by Isaac Asimov. This was first published in Astonishing Stories, February 1940. It was also reprinted in "The Early Asimov" (1972) as part of a bookform …
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Short story about aliens who melt into one another when they are being intimate
This might also partially match the Ware Tetralogy by Rudy Rucker, published between 1982 and 2000 for the 4 books.
This is a series about competition between human (not alien!) and self-replicating …
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Short story about humans as beasts of burden for another race, read about 30 years ago
He is assured that tests have been performed which showed "not human" and the Lani are legally recognized as non-human aliens by the courts on Kardon, so can be used as animals. …
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