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What is the name of the early to mid-1950's sci-fi short story in which an asteroid miner and his wife decide to have their pretty, intelligent daughter dumbed down and made less attractive?
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What is the name of the early to mid-1950's sci-fi short story in which an asteroid miner and his wife decide to have their pretty, intelligent daughter dumbed down and made less attractive?
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I was thinking of Vonnegut's Harrison Bergeron, which has the dumbing down and making less attractive (and less physically fit) in common, but the main character is a boy (though there is a girl who is given the same treatment), and it takes place on Earth, so probably not it?
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Hi, welcome to SF&F! You might be able to improve this question by checking out the suggestions.
– DavidW
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I was thinking of Vonnegut's Harrison Bergeron, which has the dumbing down and making less attractive (and less physically fit) in common, but the main character is a boy (though there is a girl who is given the same treatment), and it takes place on Earth, so probably not it?
– Darrel Hoffman
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Hi, welcome to SF&F! You might be able to improve this question by checking out the suggestions.
– DavidW
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I was thinking of Vonnegut's Harrison Bergeron, which has the dumbing down and making less attractive (and less physically fit) in common, but the main character is a boy (though there is a girl who is given the same treatment), and it takes place on Earth, so probably not it?
– Darrel Hoffman
yesterday
Hi, welcome to SF&F! You might be able to improve this question by checking out the suggestions.
– DavidW
yesterday
Hi, welcome to SF&F! You might be able to improve this question by checking out the suggestions.
– DavidW
yesterday
I was thinking of Vonnegut's Harrison Bergeron, which has the dumbing down and making less attractive (and less physically fit) in common, but the main character is a boy (though there is a girl who is given the same treatment), and it takes place on Earth, so probably not it?
– Darrel Hoffman
yesterday
I was thinking of Vonnegut's Harrison Bergeron, which has the dumbing down and making less attractive (and less physically fit) in common, but the main character is a boy (though there is a girl who is given the same treatment), and it takes place on Earth, so probably not it?
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It's not an exact match - the parents aren't miners, they're farmers, and the setting is a planet at Deneb, not an asteroid - but I'm still going to suggest this is No Charge for Alterations by H.L. Gold.
The time frame matches (first published in 1953, anthologized 1955), as does the plot. (The daughter is not a good fit for a farming planet, so is "altered" to be happier and productive.)
You can read the entire story online at Project Gutenberg.
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It's weird how in both questions, the OP thinks things happen with miners on an asteroid instead of farmers on a planet.
– Echox
yesterday
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@Echox Yeah, I meant to come back and put a comment to that effect. I'm still considering that there may be another story out there, but so far I can't find it.
– DavidW
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It's not an exact match - the parents aren't miners, they're farmers, and the setting is a planet at Deneb, not an asteroid - but I'm still going to suggest this is No Charge for Alterations by H.L. Gold.
The time frame matches (first published in 1953, anthologized 1955), as does the plot. (The daughter is not a good fit for a farming planet, so is "altered" to be happier and productive.)
You can read the entire story online at Project Gutenberg.
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It's weird how in both questions, the OP thinks things happen with miners on an asteroid instead of farmers on a planet.
– Echox
yesterday
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@Echox Yeah, I meant to come back and put a comment to that effect. I'm still considering that there may be another story out there, but so far I can't find it.
– DavidW
yesterday
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It's not an exact match - the parents aren't miners, they're farmers, and the setting is a planet at Deneb, not an asteroid - but I'm still going to suggest this is No Charge for Alterations by H.L. Gold.
The time frame matches (first published in 1953, anthologized 1955), as does the plot. (The daughter is not a good fit for a farming planet, so is "altered" to be happier and productive.)
You can read the entire story online at Project Gutenberg.
Also the (unaccepted) answer to this question
answered yesterday
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It's weird how in both questions, the OP thinks things happen with miners on an asteroid instead of farmers on a planet.
– Echox
yesterday
1
@Echox Yeah, I meant to come back and put a comment to that effect. I'm still considering that there may be another story out there, but so far I can't find it.
– DavidW
yesterday
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It's not an exact match - the parents aren't miners, they're farmers, and the setting is a planet at Deneb, not an asteroid - but I'm still going to suggest this is No Charge for Alterations by H.L. Gold.
The time frame matches (first published in 1953, anthologized 1955), as does the plot. (The daughter is not a good fit for a farming planet, so is "altered" to be happier and productive.)
You can read the entire story online at Project Gutenberg.
Also the (unaccepted) answer to this question
answered yesterday
DavidWDavidW
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It's not an exact match - the parents aren't miners, they're farmers, and the setting is a planet at Deneb, not an asteroid - but I'm still going to suggest this is No Charge for Alterations by H.L. Gold.
The time frame matches (first published in 1953, anthologized 1955), as does the plot. (The daughter is not a good fit for a farming planet, so is "altered" to be happier and productive.)
You can read the entire story online at Project Gutenberg.
Also the (unaccepted) answer to this question
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It's weird how in both questions, the OP thinks things happen with miners on an asteroid instead of farmers on a planet.
– Echox
yesterday
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@Echox Yeah, I meant to come back and put a comment to that effect. I'm still considering that there may be another story out there, but so far I can't find it.
– DavidW
yesterday
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It's weird how in both questions, the OP thinks things happen with miners on an asteroid instead of farmers on a planet.
– Echox
yesterday
1
@Echox Yeah, I meant to come back and put a comment to that effect. I'm still considering that there may be another story out there, but so far I can't find it.
– DavidW
yesterday
1
1
It's weird how in both questions, the OP thinks things happen with miners on an asteroid instead of farmers on a planet.
– Echox
yesterday
It's weird how in both questions, the OP thinks things happen with miners on an asteroid instead of farmers on a planet.
– Echox
yesterday
1
1
@Echox Yeah, I meant to come back and put a comment to that effect. I'm still considering that there may be another story out there, but so far I can't find it.
– DavidW
yesterday
@Echox Yeah, I meant to come back and put a comment to that effect. I'm still considering that there may be another story out there, but so far I can't find it.
– DavidW
yesterday
add a comment |
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I was thinking of Vonnegut's Harrison Bergeron, which has the dumbing down and making less attractive (and less physically fit) in common, but the main character is a boy (though there is a girl who is given the same treatment), and it takes place on Earth, so probably not it?
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