Project Gutenberg 2013-02-19 Public domain in the USA. 232 Porges, Arthur 1915 2006 Luros, Milton 1911 1999 Rosenblatt, Milton Louis The Unwilling Professor Produced from Dynamic Science Fiction January 1954 Produced by Dianna Adair, Greg Weeks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Unwilling Professor" by Arthur Porges is a science fiction novella written during the early 1950s. The narrative focuses on the amusing and bizarre encounter between two struggling college students and a Venusian rabbit professor, who is unexpectedly thrust into the role of their math tutor. The book blends elements of humor and absurdity as it explores themes of academic struggle and unexpected mentorship. In the story, college students Fatty Schultz and Irv Lece, both infamous for their poor academic performance, stumble upon a crashed spacecraft and its pilot, Professor Iglowt P. Slakmak, a rabbit-like creature from Venus. After capturing the professor and forcing him to tutor them in calculus, the duo unexpectedly improves their grades and popularity among their fraternity brothers. However, the professor's displeasure grows as he struggles with being held captive and forced to teach. Eventually, a friendly Martian dog named Hotspur rescues the professor, leading to a humorous yet satisfying ending where the professor finally escapes and wishes ill upon his captors, hoping they face academic consequences for their misdeeds. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/42135/42135-h/images/cover_png49.png Reading ease score: 75.5 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories Humorous stories Extraterrestrial beings -- Fiction Human-alien encounters -- Fiction College students -- Fiction Tutors and tutoring -- Fiction PS Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Humour Category: Novels 44280 2025-08-17T06:21:59.756936 text/html 20413 2024-10-23T14:13:41 text/html 206581 2025-08-17T06:22:01.880917 application/epub+zip 205302 2025-08-17T06:22:00.324917 application/epub+zip 82585 2025-08-17T06:22:00.030883 application/epub+zip 92672 2025-08-17T06:22:03.082872 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 86241 2025-08-17T06:22:01.579891 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 61068 2022-09-19T09:19:22.307558 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 36896 2025-08-17T06:21:59.651903 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17038 2024-10-23T14:13:40 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18526 2025-08-17T06:22:03.213885 application/rdf+xml 9494 2025-08-17T06:22:00.093884 image/jpeg 1890 2025-08-17T06:22:00.062891 image/jpeg 210824 2025-08-17T06:21:59.768927 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia