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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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Hi, welcome to SF&F! You might be able to improve this question by checking out the suggestions.
– DavidW
Apr 12 at 2:22
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
Apr 12 at 12:32
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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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Hi, welcome to SF&F! You might be able to improve this question by checking out the suggestions.
– DavidW
Apr 12 at 2:22
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
Apr 12 at 12:32
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Hi, welcome to SF&F! You might be able to improve this question by checking out the suggestions.
– DavidW
Apr 12 at 2:22
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
Apr 12 at 12:32
Hi, welcome to SF&F! You might be able to improve this question by checking out the suggestions.
– DavidW
Apr 12 at 2:22
Hi, welcome to SF&F! You might be able to improve this question by checking out the suggestions.
– DavidW
Apr 12 at 2:22
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
Apr 12 at 12:32
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
Apr 12 at 12:32
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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
Apr 12 at 12:38
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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.
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Apr 12 at 14:09
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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
Apr 12 at 12:38
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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
Apr 12 at 14:09
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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 Apr 12 at 2:24
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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
Apr 12 at 12:38
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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
Apr 12 at 14:09
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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 Apr 12 at 2:24
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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
Apr 12 at 12:38
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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
Apr 12 at 14:09
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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
Apr 12 at 12:38
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
Apr 12 at 14:09
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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
Apr 12 at 12:38
It's weird how in both questions, the OP thinks things happen with miners on an asteroid instead of farmers on a planet.
– Echox
Apr 12 at 12:38
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
Apr 12 at 14:09
@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
Apr 12 at 14:09
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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
Apr 12 at 12:32