Editing C-Chute (section)

{{Short description|1951 science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov}}
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{{Infobox book
| author            = [[Isaac Asimov]]
| pub_date          = October 1951
| genre             = [[Science fiction]]
| country           = [[United States]]
| language          = [[English language|English]]
}}

"'''C-Chute'''" is a [[science fiction]] [[short story]] by American writer [[Isaac Asimov]].  It was first published in the October 1951 issue of ''[[Galaxy Magazine]]'' and later appeared in Asimov's collections ''[[Nightfall and Other Stories]]'' (1969) and ''[[The Best of Isaac Asimov]]'' (1973).<ref>{{cite book|title=The Best of Isaac Asimov|year=1973|first=Isaac|last=Asimov|authorlink=Isaac Asimov|isbn=0-385-05078-X|publisher=Doubleday|chapter=Introduction|url=https://archive.org/details/bestofisaacasimo00asim}}</ref>[[File:Galaxy 195110.jpg|thumb|right|"C-Chute" was published in the October 1951 issue of ''[[Galaxy Science Fiction]]'', Cover art by [[Richard Arbib]]]]

One of the few Asimov [[extraterrestrial life in popular culture|stories that feature aliens]], the story deals with a group of people imprisoned by an [[extraterrestrial life|alien race]] when their [[starship|spaceship]] is captured. The emphasis of the story is on the interactions and [[group psychology]] of the prisoners, all of whom have differing backgrounds and motivations.

An argument between Asimov and the editor [[Horace L. Gold]] over this story was the inspiration for Asimov's story "[[The Monkey's Finger]]".