Pink grass planet by Jr. Sam Merwin
Pink grass planet by Jr. Sam Merwin is a science fiction short story written in the mid-20th century. It explores how Earth, intoxicated by the fashions and aesthetics of an alien world, starts remaking itself in that image, raising sharp questions about fads, identity, and the loss of what makes home feel like home. Ricardo Webb returns to Earth after five years on the planet Liguria (Lri-gTu-riANa), eager for familiar winters, green
hills, and his fiancée, Carla. Instead he finds Earth besotted with Ligurian culture—slang, foods, drinks, beauty taboos, even sideways kissing—and Carla’s hair dyed the planet’s fashionable green. The craze peaks when he wakes to discover the family lawn and trees turned candy-pink by a new chemical, with vast farmlands being dusted so the whole world will soon match Liguria’s hues. Disillusioned by a home world erasing its own character, Ricardo heads straight back to the spaceport, signs on for a permanent return to Liguria, and ships a crate of seeds with him. His plan is simple and defiant: if Earth insists on turning itself pink, he will make Liguria green, restoring the color—and the feeling—he came home to find. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Merwin, Sam, Jr., 1910-1996 |
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| Illustrator | Hunter, Mel, 1927-2004 |
| Title | Pink grass planet |
| Original Publication | New York: King-Size Publications, Inc., 1955. |
| Series Title | Produced from Fantastic Universe, May 1955 (Vol. 3, No. 4.). |
| Credits | Tom Trussel (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
| Subject | Science fiction |
| Subject | Short stories |
| Subject | Life on other planets -- Fiction |
| Subject | Space travelers -- Fiction |
| Subject | Earth (Planet) -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 78138 |
| Release Date | Mar 8, 2026 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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