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Short Story

Piper in the Woods

1953

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About this story

Personnel at an off-world military base insist that they have become plants and no longer need to work. A doctor's investigation leads into the nearby woods and toward questions about the demands of civilized life.

Chronology

Work history

  1. before May 1952

    Composed before May 1952

    Composition date or range from the canonical chronology.

    Medium confidence
  2. Feb 1953

    First published Feb 1953

    Imagination