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100 1 _aMerwin, Sam, Jr.,
_d1910-1996
245 1 0 _aPink grass planet
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2026
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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490 1 _aProduced from Fantastic Universe, May 1955 (Vol. 3, No. 4.).
500 _aRelease date is 2026-03-08
508 _aTom Trussel (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
520 _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.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cNew York: King-Size Publications, Inc., 1955
653 _aScience fiction
653 _aShort stories
653 _aLife on other planets -- Fiction
653 _aSpace travelers -- Fiction
653 _aEarth (Planet) -- Fiction
700 1 _aHunter, Mel,
_d1927-2004
830 0 _aProduced from Fantastic Universe, May 1955 (Vol. 3, No. 4.).
856 4 _uhttps://archive.org/details/FantasticUniverseV03n04195505ATLPM/page/n3/mode/2up
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78138
999 _c118858
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