All Seated on the Ground

All Seated on the Ground is a science fiction novella by American writer Connie Willis, originally published in the December 2007 issue of American magazine Asimov's Science Fiction and as a standalone volume from Subterranean Press.[1] It won the 2008 Hugo Award for Best Novella.[2]

"All Seated on the Ground"
AuthorConnie Willis
LanguageEnglish
Genre(s)Science fiction
Published inAsimov's Science Fiction
Publication typeMagazine
Publication dateDecember 2007

Plot summary

The story follows Meg, a newspaper columnist who has joined a commission studying aliens that have landed on the University of Denver campus. The aliens glare at everyone, and allow themselves to be led to various locations, but the commission has no idea how to communicate with them. Following an incident at a local mall during the Christmas shopping season, Meg and a school choir director team up to try to decipher the aliens' actions before they leave Earth.

gollark: Is this really urgent enough that you can't just, you know, wait for them to be answer and not bother everyone?
gollark: ... no...
gollark: I think there'll be a little red indicator at the top of the server selector if that's out of view.
gollark: I will personally read and answer DMs basically as soon as I open discord, unless I am bugged incessantly about them, in which case they shall be ignored.
gollark: Tmpim is doubleplusungood.

References
  1. ISFDB entry
  2. "Locus Index to SF Awards". Archived from the original on 2010-10-19. Retrieved 2010-10-11.
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