Pink grass planet by Jr. Sam Merwin
Pink grass planet by Jr. Sam Merwin. It is a science fiction short story written in the mid-20th century. The story explores how fad-driven imitation of an alien culture seduces Earth, reshaping manners, tastes, and even the landscape. Ricardo Webb returns from the mild, aesthetically obsessed planet Lri-gTu-riANa (nicknamed Liguria) to marry his fiancée, Carla, only to find Earth feverishly copying Ligurian trends—green-dyed hair, borrowed slang, imported drinks, and sideways kisses. His
unease turns to shock when he wakes to see the family lawn and trees turned candy-pink by “chlorodyll,” a fashionable treatment spreading across farms and prairies, promising a soon-to-be pink Earth. Repelled by this wholesale mimicry and by the prospect of a counterfeit Liguria at home, Ricardo abruptly signs on for a new, longer hitch back to the real Liguria. In a final twist, he ships a crate of seeds with him—planning to turn that world green, even as Earth turns pink. (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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