The Unwilling Professor

By Arthur Porges

(3.5 stars) • 10 reviews

Two college students kidnap a rabbit-like creature from Venus and force him to become their math tutor, leading to unexpected academic improvements, but also the professor's increasing desire for revenge.

Genres

Humour Literature Science-Fiction & Fantasy Fiction

Released

2013-02-19

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Summary

"The Unwilling Professor" by Arthur Porges is a humorous science fiction story that takes place in the 1950s, detailing the odd partnership between two failing college students and a rabbit-like professor from Venus. When Fatty Schultz and Irv Lece, two students known for their bad grades, find a crashed spaceship, they discover Professor Iglowt P. Slakmak, the Venusian pilot. They decide to hold him captive and make him tutor them in calculus. While their grades and popularity improve, the professor becomes increasingly unhappy. The story is filled with funny and strange moments, focusing on themes of academic struggles, unexpected teaching, and the professor's eventual rescue by a Martian dog named Hotspur, that allows the professor to escape and hope for bad things to happen to his former captors.