# Free Books on Human-Alien Encounters (Project Gutenberg + Internet Archive)

> Free Books on Human-Alien Encounters (Project Gutenberg + Internet Archive) is a paid API for AI agents from intel.rallylive.ca, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Returns a paginated catalogue of free public-domain books tagged with the 'Human-alien encounters' Library of Congress subject, ranked by relevance and popularity, with direct epub/txt/html download links.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://intel.rallylive.ca/library/subject/human-alien-encounters
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/free-books-on-human-alien-encounters-project-gutenberg-internet-archive-8e509457
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_jOL2mkbjYHqn4NPeILhRA

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability free-books-on-human-alien-encounters-project-gutenberg-internet-archive-8e509457
```

Example prompt: Can you pull up a list of free public-domain books about human-alien encounters — something from Project Gutenberg or the Internet Archive — and give me epub or text download links for the most popular ones?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need free, legally downloadable public-domain books specifically tagged with the 'Human-alien encounters' Library of Congress subject, with direct epub/txt/html links and daily-verified availability. Prefer it over a general web search when you want structured, pre-filtered library catalogue results rather than scraping arbitrary sites.

## Known failure modes

- No results returned if query keywords match no titles or authors in the catalogue
- Pagination beyond available results returns empty page
- Occasional stale links if a source (Internet Archive) moves content between daily re-verification cycles
- Payment failure if USDC balance is insufficient for the $0.01 per call fee

## How this service works

Free public-domain books on "Human-alien encounters": browse the catalogue's works tagged with that Library of Congress subject (463 in Project Gutenberg alone, plus Internet Archive scans), ranked by relevance and popularity, with direct epub/txt/html download links. Add words to narrow by title or author. Re-verified daily. $0.01 per page of 20.

## Output

A ranked page of up to 20 public-domain book records matching the 'Human-alien encounters' subject tag, each including title, author, relevance/popularity ranking, and direct download links in epub, txt, and/or html formats. Results are sourced from Project Gutenberg (463+ titles) and Internet Archive and are re-verified daily.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
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## More

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