Synopsis
An Earthman on an alien planet meets a beautiful woman in the forest and falls in love.
History
First publication: Startling Stories, August 1952
Review
Wow. This story, especially for 1952, really blows up science fiction! Many taboos of the sf magazines were destroyed here, but the story goes even farther in serving mirroring in a twisted way our own society and mores. Recommended.
Videos
We have the story in these editions:
The Philip José Farmer Centennial Collection, hardcover, Meteor House, 2018-07-26
Startling Stories, August 1952, edited by Samuel Mines, magazine, Better Publications Inc., 1952-08-00
All of the stories in the The Sturch series:
Moth and Rust
Rastignac the Devil
A Woman a Day
The Lovers
The Lovers
