02501cam a22003853u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000330011324500220014626400510016830000470021933600260026633700260029233800360031849000650035450000310041950801030045052011340055353400720168765300200175965300180177965300370179765300310183465300300186570000280189583000650192385600840198885600430207278138UtSlPG20260610134818.0mcr n260607r20261955utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPS1 aMerwin, Sam, Jr.,d1910-199610aPink grass planet 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2026  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier1 aProduced from Fantastic Universe, May 1955 (Vol. 3, No. 4.).  aRelease date is 2026-03-08  aTom Trussel (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)  aPink grass planet by Jr. Sam Merwin is a science-fiction short story written in the mid-20th century. It centers on humanity’s susceptibility to fads, showing how alien aesthetics and customs sweep across Earth and reshape culture and landscape, highlighting the costs of imitation and the clash between beauty and authenticity.

Ricardo Webb returns from the alien world Liguria longing for Earth and his fiancée, Carla, but finds home overrun by Ligurian fashions: slang, drink, permissive social rituals, and a craze for chlorodyll, a chemical that turns all foliage permanently pink. Even Carla sports dyed hair and sideways kisses, and a televised spectacle and country-club ball celebrate imported customs. Horrified as lawns and prairies blush into confectionary hues, Ricardo decides Earth has become a shallow copy of the world he left. He heads back to the stars, signing on for a long hitch to Liguria—and brings a crate of seeds, declaring he will turn that pink planet green, a final, ironic bid to reclaim authenticity by transforming the very world he once fled. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  pOriginally published:cNew York: King-Size Publications, Inc., 1955  aScience fiction  aShort stories  aLife on other planets -- Fiction  aSpace travelers -- Fiction  aEarth (Planet) -- Fiction1 aHunter, Mel,d1927-2004 0aProduced from Fantastic Universe, May 1955 (Vol. 3, No. 4.).4 uhttps://archive.org/details/FantasticUniverseV03n04195505ATLPM/page/n3/mode/2up40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78138