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Unwillingly to School

Pauline Ashwell

First published January 1958
Type Short Fiction
Length Novelette
Series Lysistrata "Lizzie" Lee

Synopsis

The daughter of a wealthy farmer on a mining planet inadvertently becomes a civilizing influence on the clientele of a notoriously rowdy tavern, which leads to enrolling in the university maintaining the institution as a laboratory for sociological research.

Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
1959 Hugo Award Best Novelette Nominee/Finalist

Publications (6)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
January 1958 Astounding Science Fiction, January 1958 Street & Smith Publications, Inc. MAGAZINE 8
February 1986 Uncollected Stars Avon Anthology 116
August 1992 Unwillingly to Earth Tor Collection 1
February 1995 Unwillingly to Earth Pan Books Collection 1
August 2019 Science Fiction by Women (1958-1963) Journey Press Anthology 205
September 2019 Science Fiction by Women (1958-1963) Journey Press Anthology |205