An earthman crashes on an alien planet... he finds the planet deserted... discovers remains of an alien city... the environment is harsh... water tastes hot and acidic... air is bad, etc etc... but over time he feels like the city is adapting to his needs... it becomes more liveable... he thinks that it finally has adapted to him, but in fact, at the end it is revealed that HE has adapted to the PLANET.

please help... i know it's Bradbury - posssibly from R is for Rocket.

So in case I wasn't clear... the above post is a question. Can anyone name that story???

And oh yes, the magic word... PLEASE.

I really want to pass it down to my chilkdren and cannot find it anywhere. I am certain it is Bradbury -- uncertain of which collection.

Sounds sort of like 'Dark they were and golden eyed' (but not exactly). Anyone else?

At least 50% Bradbury, or Bradburyesque anyway.

Here There Be Tygers.

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I thought it might be "Tygers", but I quickly re-read it this morning, and it doesn't match.

I thought initially, "Not an RB!"

Then I recalled what seemed like a few similarities in "Tygers" to the concepts posed by SH _ W, but it did seem a stretch. (As I remember, it was the entire planet that enticed the man,... and then for what purpose?) I, too, meant to re-read but, alas, had no copy at hand in my classroom. Good detective work, phil - as usual!

Here are s.s. from R is for Rocket: So???
R Is for Rocket
The End of the Beginning
The Foghorn
The Rocket
The Rocket Man
The Golden Apples of the Sun
A Sound of Thunder
The Long Rain
The Exiles
Here There Be Tygers
The Strawberry Window
The Dragon
The Gift
Frost and Fire
Uncle Einar
The Time Machine
The Sound of Summer Running

Oh, I know the story - I read it within the last few months. But I disremember the name just now.

Will have to look it up when I get home.

This does sound familiar. Does the main character end up growing a tail?

Here There Be Tygers, I thought. I haven't been able to re-read it yet.

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disremember

Disremember is a GREAT word !

Sure is - I got it from Robert Mitchum.

Name dropper.

Robert Mitchum, once described thusly (I can't remember who said it):

"He doesn't so much act, as point his suit at people."

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Originally posted by Doug Spaulding:
Here There Be Tygers, I thought. I haven't been able to re-read it yet.

No tail in that one, Doug.

The closest I can think of is Dark They Were, and Golden Eyed.

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Originally posted by philnic:
Name dropper.

Robert Mitchum, once described thusly (I can't remember who said it):

"He doesn't so much act, as point his suit at people."

Not personally - I heard him say it in the wonderful Night of the Hunter.

Russell Davies made that statement.