Hegira
by Greg Bear | 
The Metaconcert
by Julian May | 
Cally's War
by John Ringo | 
The Pnume
by Jack Vance | 
Probability Space
by Nancy Kress | 
The Man in the Maze
by Robert Silverberg | 
The Weapon Makers
by A. E. van Vogt | 
Interstellar Patrol
by Christopher Anvil | 
Earthman, Come Home
by James Blish | 
The Star King
by Jack Vance | 
The Genesis Machine
by James P. Hogan | 
Luna: New Moon
by Ian McDonald | 
A World Between
by Norman Spinrad | 
All Judgment Fled
by James White | 
Redshift Rendezvous
by John E. Stith | 
The Crystal World
by J. G. Ballard | 
Night Work
by Thomas Glavinic | 
Immodest Proposals
by William Tenn | 
The Human Angle
by William Tenn | 
The Square Root of Man
by William Tenn |
Giant, technologically superior aliens have conquered Earth, but humankind survives - even flourishes in a way. Men and women live like mice in burrows in the massive walls of the huge homes of the aliens, scurrying about under their feet, stealing from them. A complex social and religious order has evolved, with women preserving knowledge and working as healers, and men serving as warriors and thieves. For the aliens, men and women are just a nuisance, neither civilized nor intelligent, and certainly not a worthy adversary. In fact, they are regarded as vermin, to be exterminated. Which, ironically, may just be humankind's strength and point the way forward.