''Uncharted Territory'' is a
science fiction novella
A novella is a narrative prose fiction whose length is shorter than most novels, but longer than most short stories. The English word ''novella'' derives from the Italian ''novella'' meaning a short story related to true (or apparently so) facts ...
by
Connie Willis. Published in 1994, it follows three humans sent to explore an alien world, accompanied by a native guide, in an "archly written satire... of political correctness"
[Library Journal, 1994, as quoted at https://www.amazon.com/Uncharted-Territory-Connie-Willis/dp/0553562940/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1451421984&sr=1-1&keywords=willis+uncharted+territory]
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1994 short stories
Science fiction short stories
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