Title: Unwillingly to School
Title Record # 55651
Author: Pauline Ashwell
Date: 1958-01-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Series: Lysistrata "Lizzie" Lee
Language: English
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Author: Pauline Ashwell
Date: 1958-01-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Series: Lysistrata "Lizzie" Lee
Language: English
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.
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Awards
| Place | Year and Award | Category |
|---|---|---|
| Finalists | 1959 Hugo | Best Novelette |
Publications
| Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Astounding Science Fiction, January 1958 | 1958-01-00 | ed. John W. Campbell, Jr. | Street & Smith Publications, Inc. | $0.35?$: US dollar |
164 | digest?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125". |
mag | Freas |  |
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| Uncollected Stars | 1986-02-00 | ed. Piers Anthony, Martin H. Greenberg, Barry N. Malzberg, Charles G. Waugh | Avon | 0-380-89596-X | $3.50?$: US dollar |
vii+ 312 |
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
anth | |
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| Unwillingly to Earth | 1992-08-00 | Pauline Ashwell | Tor | 0-812-51929-9 | $3.99?$: US dollar |
280 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
coll | Boris Vallejo | |
| Unwillingly to Earth | 1995-02-00 | Pauline Ashwell | Pan Books | 0-330-34023-9 | £?£: UK pound |
288 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
coll | ||
| Science Fiction by Women (1958-1963) | 2019-08-00 | ed. uncredited | Journey Press | 978-1-951320-00-3 | $14.99?$: US dollar |
[4]+ viii+ 263 |
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
anth | Frank Kelly Freas | |
| Science Fiction by Women (1958-1963) | 2019-09-02 | ed. uncredited | Journey Press | 978-1-951320-01-0 | $5.99?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
anth | Frank Kelly Freas |
Reviews
- Review by Janice L. Newman [as by Janice Marcus] (2019) in Science Fiction by Women (1958-1963) , reprinted in:
- [as by Janice Marcus] Science Fiction by Women (1958-1963) (2019)