All Seated on the Ground

"All Seated on the Ground" is a science fiction novella published in 2007 by Connie Willis. It won the 2008 Hugo Award for Best Novella. The story follows Meg, a newspaper columnist who has joined a commission studying aliens that have landed on the Denver University 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 loc... more

"All Seated on the Ground" is a science fiction novella published in 2007 by Connie Willis. It won the 2008 Hugo Award for Best Novella. The story follows Meg, a newspaper columnist who has joined a commission studying aliens that have landed on the Denver University 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 and decipher the aliens' actions before they leave Earth. less