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 satirizes cultural fads and identity by showing how Earth, enthralled by an alien world’s aesthetics and customs, reshapes itself in their image. Ricardo Webb returns to Earth after five years on Liguria, longing for home’s familiar ways. Instead, he finds his fiancée, her family, and much of society obsessed with Ligurian trends—green-dyed hair,
imported drinks, copied manners, and even pink lawns produced by a chemical that mimics the alien planet’s foliage. As parties imitate Ligurian festivals and young people adopt its casual sexual norms, Ricardo feels his home slipping into parody. Disillusioned, he heads back to the spaceport, signs up for a longer tour on Liguria, and reveals he is carrying seeds—determined to turn the pink world green, a wry counterstroke to Earth’s self-inflicted transformation. (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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