Pink Grass Planet by Sam Merwin Jr.

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A man returns to a changing world and must confront his sense of belonging.

After years away, a man returns to the world he fought to remember—only to find it quietly changing into something he thought he’d left behind. Faced with a future he can’t accept, he must decide where he truly belongs before that choice is taken from him. Pink Grass Planet by Sam Merwin Jr. That’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast. We have two episodes for you today if you are a Lost Sci-Fi Premium Member. For less than 17 cents a day you can listen to more than 530 episodes commercial free and enjoy bonus episodes too. Go to https://lostscifi.com/premium or click on the link in the description. Today’s story was published in the May 1955 issue of Fantastic Universe on page 122, Pink Grass Planet by Sam Merwin Jr.… Next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, On Mars, the future of an entire colony may depend on a herd of cattle that suddenly begin behaving like something else is thinking through their eyes. With her husband trapped millions of miles away, Lynne Marcein must confront a threat no one expected—while carrying the second child ever conceived on the Red Planet. Snowstorm on Mars by Sam Merwin Jr. 👉 💎 Lost Sci-Fi Premium - https://lostscifi.supercast.com/ ☕ Buy Me a Coffee…

People in this episode

Host: Scott Miller

Topics covered

• identity
• change
• belonging
• science fiction
• colonization
• future

Keywords

• Pink Grass Planet
• Sam Merwin Jr.
• science fiction
• identity
• change
• Fantastic Universe

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Pink Grass Planet, Fantastic Universe

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