Scientists dig up alien technology that has been buried in glacial ice for centuries, revealing secrets nobody expectedīiopunk is a subgenre that grapples with the implications of biotechnology.Aliens take over Earth’s prison systems so they can use human criminals as slaves.Alien parasites can infiltrate the human body and make people commit crimes.A human falls in love with an alien and they have a child together.Aliens have taken over the Earth, and a family must try to survive against all odds.Aliens can mind control the human race, except for a certain demographic of people.

Aliens speak a language you have to learn how to decipher.Humans invade a peaceful alien planet to steal their secrets.An alien race comes to planet Earth to help solve global warming.Alien students come to study on Earth for a foreign exchange program.A child finds out her pet has been an alien all along.You run a hotel on Earth where various alien species come to stay on vacation.Different writers have envisioned countless scenarios for what might happen if we discovered other life in the universe. The alien subgenre is a classic in science fiction literature.

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