Short story about stranded astronauts who miss the color green [duplicate]Short story about a man stranded on a red planet with a sentient hand as his friendName of a short sci fi story about 2 astronautsStory about angel who got stranded on earth for cryingShort story about astronauts landing on a planet of shapeshiftersShort story about color-coded ant-peopleStory about astronauts stranded on the moonshort story about astronauts/colonists in a hostile planetOld short story about ancient Martians stranded on earthShort story about racism and green skinShort story about a young man stranded alone on Mars who runs out of airColor Blind Short Story
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Short story about stranded astronauts who miss the color green [duplicate]
Short story about a man stranded on a red planet with a sentient hand as his friendName of a short sci fi story about 2 astronautsStory about angel who got stranded on earth for cryingShort story about astronauts landing on a planet of shapeshiftersShort story about color-coded ant-peopleStory about astronauts stranded on the moonshort story about astronauts/colonists in a hostile planetOld short story about ancient Martians stranded on earthShort story about racism and green skinShort story about a young man stranded alone on Mars who runs out of airColor Blind Short Story
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This short story is probably from the 1950s or 60s. In it, a pair of astronauts are stranded on a planet where all the vegetation is red and there is nothing green to be seen. The only time they ever see the color green is when they fire their ray-gun style weapons, which produce a green glow. As the story progresses and their chances of rescue slowly diminish to zero, one of the pair grows increasingly unhinged, eventually murdering his partner.
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This short story is probably from the 1950s or 60s. In it, a pair of astronauts are stranded on a planet where all the vegetation is red and there is nothing green to be seen. The only time they ever see the color green is when they fire their ray-gun style weapons, which produce a green glow. As the story progresses and their chances of rescue slowly diminish to zero, one of the pair grows increasingly unhinged, eventually murdering his partner.
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The answer is indeed correct (story again for being a newbie and not knowing to hit the checkmark), but the question flagged by DavidW does indeed refer to the same story.
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Short story about a man stranded on a red planet with a sentient hand as his friend
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This short story is probably from the 1950s or 60s. In it, a pair of astronauts are stranded on a planet where all the vegetation is red and there is nothing green to be seen. The only time they ever see the color green is when they fire their ray-gun style weapons, which produce a green glow. As the story progresses and their chances of rescue slowly diminish to zero, one of the pair grows increasingly unhinged, eventually murdering his partner.
story-identification short-stories
asked Apr 20 at 14:23
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This question already has an answer here:
Short story about a man stranded on a red planet with a sentient hand as his friend
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This short story is probably from the 1950s or 60s. In it, a pair of astronauts are stranded on a planet where all the vegetation is red and there is nothing green to be seen. The only time they ever see the color green is when they fire their ray-gun style weapons, which produce a green glow. As the story progresses and their chances of rescue slowly diminish to zero, one of the pair grows increasingly unhinged, eventually murdering his partner.
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Short story about a man stranded on a red planet with a sentient hand as his friend
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– Stormblessed
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The answer is indeed correct (story again for being a newbie and not knowing to hit the checkmark), but the question flagged by DavidW does indeed refer to the same story.
– Daniel J
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This is "Something Green" by Fredric Brown (1951)1. It is about an astronaut named McGarry who crashes on a planet with only red vegetation and has a "little five-limbed creature" named Dorothy who he talks to about wanting to see green (emphasis mine):
He stopped ten paces short of the edge of the red jungle and aimed the sol-gun at the bushes behind which the lion crouched. He pulled the trigger and there was a bright green flash, brief but beautiful -- oh, so beautiful -- and the bushes weren't there any more, and neither was the lion.
McGary chuckled softly. “Did you see that, Dorothy? That was green, the one color you don't have on this bloody red planet of yours. The most beautiful color in the universe, Dorothy. Green! And I know where there's a world that's mostly green, and we're going to get there, you and I. Sure we are. It's the world I came from, and it's the most beautiful place there is, Dorothy. You'll love it.”
Another astronaut shows up and tells him Earth was destroyed, then McGarry shoots him:
“Earth is -- gone? I don't --”
“Not gone, McGarry. It's there. But it's black and barren, a charred ball. The war with the Arcturians, twenty years ago. They struck first, and got Earth. We got them, we won, we exterminated them, but Earth was gone before we started. I'm sorry, but you'll have to settle for somewhere else..."
McGarry's sol-gun came out of its holster. McGarry shot him, and Lieutenant Archer wasn't there anymore.
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This is "Something Green" by Fredric Brown (1951)1. It is about an astronaut named McGarry who crashes on a planet with only red vegetation and has a "little five-limbed creature" named Dorothy who he talks to about wanting to see green (emphasis mine):
He stopped ten paces short of the edge of the red jungle and aimed the sol-gun at the bushes behind which the lion crouched. He pulled the trigger and there was a bright green flash, brief but beautiful -- oh, so beautiful -- and the bushes weren't there any more, and neither was the lion.
McGary chuckled softly. “Did you see that, Dorothy? That was green, the one color you don't have on this bloody red planet of yours. The most beautiful color in the universe, Dorothy. Green! And I know where there's a world that's mostly green, and we're going to get there, you and I. Sure we are. It's the world I came from, and it's the most beautiful place there is, Dorothy. You'll love it.”
Another astronaut shows up and tells him Earth was destroyed, then McGarry shoots him:
“Earth is -- gone? I don't --”
“Not gone, McGarry. It's there. But it's black and barren, a charred ball. The war with the Arcturians, twenty years ago. They struck first, and got Earth. We got them, we won, we exterminated them, but Earth was gone before we started. I'm sorry, but you'll have to settle for somewhere else..."
McGarry's sol-gun came out of its holster. McGarry shot him, and Lieutenant Archer wasn't there anymore.
Found with "short story" "red planet" "green" on Google.
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answered Apr 20 at 14:38
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That's the one! Great work, apologies for the incorrect details in my original post.
– Daniel J
Apr 20 at 14:57
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This is "Something Green" by Fredric Brown (1951)1. It is about an astronaut named McGarry who crashes on a planet with only red vegetation and has a "little five-limbed creature" named Dorothy who he talks to about wanting to see green (emphasis mine):
He stopped ten paces short of the edge of the red jungle and aimed the sol-gun at the bushes behind which the lion crouched. He pulled the trigger and there was a bright green flash, brief but beautiful -- oh, so beautiful -- and the bushes weren't there any more, and neither was the lion.
McGary chuckled softly. “Did you see that, Dorothy? That was green, the one color you don't have on this bloody red planet of yours. The most beautiful color in the universe, Dorothy. Green! And I know where there's a world that's mostly green, and we're going to get there, you and I. Sure we are. It's the world I came from, and it's the most beautiful place there is, Dorothy. You'll love it.”
Another astronaut shows up and tells him Earth was destroyed, then McGarry shoots him:
“Earth is -- gone? I don't --”
“Not gone, McGarry. It's there. But it's black and barren, a charred ball. The war with the Arcturians, twenty years ago. They struck first, and got Earth. We got them, we won, we exterminated them, but Earth was gone before we started. I'm sorry, but you'll have to settle for somewhere else..."
McGarry's sol-gun came out of its holster. McGarry shot him, and Lieutenant Archer wasn't there anymore.
Found with "short story" "red planet" "green" on Google.
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1from Wikipedia
answered Apr 20 at 14:38
StormblessedStormblessed
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That's the one! Great work, apologies for the incorrect details in my original post.
– Daniel J
Apr 20 at 14:57
add a comment |
This is "Something Green" by Fredric Brown (1951)1. It is about an astronaut named McGarry who crashes on a planet with only red vegetation and has a "little five-limbed creature" named Dorothy who he talks to about wanting to see green (emphasis mine):
He stopped ten paces short of the edge of the red jungle and aimed the sol-gun at the bushes behind which the lion crouched. He pulled the trigger and there was a bright green flash, brief but beautiful -- oh, so beautiful -- and the bushes weren't there any more, and neither was the lion.
McGary chuckled softly. “Did you see that, Dorothy? That was green, the one color you don't have on this bloody red planet of yours. The most beautiful color in the universe, Dorothy. Green! And I know where there's a world that's mostly green, and we're going to get there, you and I. Sure we are. It's the world I came from, and it's the most beautiful place there is, Dorothy. You'll love it.”
Another astronaut shows up and tells him Earth was destroyed, then McGarry shoots him:
“Earth is -- gone? I don't --”
“Not gone, McGarry. It's there. But it's black and barren, a charred ball. The war with the Arcturians, twenty years ago. They struck first, and got Earth. We got them, we won, we exterminated them, but Earth was gone before we started. I'm sorry, but you'll have to settle for somewhere else..."
McGarry's sol-gun came out of its holster. McGarry shot him, and Lieutenant Archer wasn't there anymore.
Found with "short story" "red planet" "green" on Google.
Quotes from this article
1from Wikipedia
answered Apr 20 at 14:38
StormblessedStormblessed
3,15211346
This is "Something Green" by Fredric Brown (1951)1. It is about an astronaut named McGarry who crashes on a planet with only red vegetation and has a "little five-limbed creature" named Dorothy who he talks to about wanting to see green (emphasis mine):
He stopped ten paces short of the edge of the red jungle and aimed the sol-gun at the bushes behind which the lion crouched. He pulled the trigger and there was a bright green flash, brief but beautiful -- oh, so beautiful -- and the bushes weren't there any more, and neither was the lion.
McGary chuckled softly. “Did you see that, Dorothy? That was green, the one color you don't have on this bloody red planet of yours. The most beautiful color in the universe, Dorothy. Green! And I know where there's a world that's mostly green, and we're going to get there, you and I. Sure we are. It's the world I came from, and it's the most beautiful place there is, Dorothy. You'll love it.”
Another astronaut shows up and tells him Earth was destroyed, then McGarry shoots him:
“Earth is -- gone? I don't --”
“Not gone, McGarry. It's there. But it's black and barren, a charred ball. The war with the Arcturians, twenty years ago. They struck first, and got Earth. We got them, we won, we exterminated them, but Earth was gone before we started. I'm sorry, but you'll have to settle for somewhere else..."
McGarry's sol-gun came out of its holster. McGarry shot him, and Lieutenant Archer wasn't there anymore.
Found with "short story" "red planet" "green" on Google.
Quotes from this article
1from Wikipedia
answered Apr 20 at 14:38
StormblessedStormblessed
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edited Apr 20 at 22:48
answered Apr 20 at 14:38
StormblessedStormblessed
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answered Apr 20 at 14:38
StormblessedStormblessed
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answered Apr 20 at 14:38
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That's the one! Great work, apologies for the incorrect details in my original post.
– Daniel J
Apr 20 at 14:57
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That's the one! Great work, apologies for the incorrect details in my original post.
– Daniel J
Apr 20 at 14:57
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That's the one! Great work, apologies for the incorrect details in my original post.
– Daniel J
Apr 20 at 14:57
That's the one! Great work, apologies for the incorrect details in my original post.
– Daniel J
Apr 20 at 14:57
add a comment |
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Welcome to StackExchange, Daniel J! For some help making this question even better, this great guide has a bunch of tips.
– Stormblessed
Apr 20 at 14:28
The answer is indeed correct (story again for being a newbie and not knowing to hit the checkmark), but the question flagged by DavidW does indeed refer to the same story.
– Daniel J
Apr 20 at 15:09