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Early sci-fi short story of a man who wanted to be buried on Earth, but the cost was too high?
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I am trying to find the name of a story I remember reading in an anthology some 50 years ago about a wealthy industrialist who wanted nothing more than to be buried on Earth. I believe this to be a short story in a collection of memorable short stories I had when I lived at home in the late 60's early 70's.
In the story people lived and worked on other worlds and Earth had been turned into a world-wide cemetery as it's best and highest use. People were conditioned to want nothing more than for their remains to come to back to Earth, but it was very expensive. The sales people for Earth burial were expert at extracting the last dollar from people so that their remains could brought to earth. There were different levels of burial with different prices - with actual burial being most expensive option.
Being wealthy they were trying to extract the most money from this businessman - but it would have left his family nothing. At their last meeting with him to negotiate the cost of his burial he watches the grounds keeping crew tending to the landscaping. He suddenly changes his mind about the burial. They knew they had hooked him. But he walks away smiling leaving them mystified and sure they missed something. What they hadn't noticed, and what the businessman had, was that one of his companies manufactured the fertilizer they were using. We were left to understand that he would have his cremated remains added to the fertilizer to be spread on Earth - and he would have his ashes scattered on Earth after all, and at no cost to him. He wins.
I thought I saw this as a Twilight Zone episode but I couldn't find it there. Google searches keep turning up other books or stories.
No, it isn't Clifford Simak's Cemetery World.
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I am trying to find the name of a story I remember reading in an anthology some 50 years ago about a wealthy industrialist who wanted nothing more than to be buried on Earth. I believe this to be a short story in a collection of memorable short stories I had when I lived at home in the late 60's early 70's.
In the story people lived and worked on other worlds and Earth had been turned into a world-wide cemetery as it's best and highest use. People were conditioned to want nothing more than for their remains to come to back to Earth, but it was very expensive. The sales people for Earth burial were expert at extracting the last dollar from people so that their remains could brought to earth. There were different levels of burial with different prices - with actual burial being most expensive option.
Being wealthy they were trying to extract the most money from this businessman - but it would have left his family nothing. At their last meeting with him to negotiate the cost of his burial he watches the grounds keeping crew tending to the landscaping. He suddenly changes his mind about the burial. They knew they had hooked him. But he walks away smiling leaving them mystified and sure they missed something. What they hadn't noticed, and what the businessman had, was that one of his companies manufactured the fertilizer they were using. We were left to understand that he would have his cremated remains added to the fertilizer to be spread on Earth - and he would have his ashes scattered on Earth after all, and at no cost to him. He wins.
I thought I saw this as a Twilight Zone episode but I couldn't find it there. Google searches keep turning up other books or stories.
No, it isn't Clifford Simak's Cemetery World.
short-stories story-identification
asked Aug 13 '18 at 15:27
Marie GMarie G
26327
2
Hi there! :) that's already some info - could you look at this guide on how to ask a good story-ID question, see if that triggers any more memories you could edit into your post? For instance, do you remember what the cover looked like? Was it written in English, was it a translation? Things like that to increase the chances of a successful identification. Cheers!
– Jenayah
Aug 13 '18 at 15:31
1
I can't remember the cover. I believe this to be a short story in a collection of memorable short stories I had when I lived at home in the late 60's early 70's.
– Marie G
Aug 13 '18 at 15:41
1
The earth had been turned into a world-wide cemetery. There were different levels of burial with different prices.Being wealthy they were trying to extract the most money from him - but it would have left his family nothing. One his products was fertilizer. He sees the grounds keeping crew using the fertilizer and he suddenly changes his mind about the burial. Mystifying the sales people. They knew they hooked him. They didn't see the fertilizer connection but we were left to understand that he would have his cremated remains added to the fertilizer to be spread on earth - at no cost to him.
– Marie G
Aug 13 '18 at 15:49
1
Well that's good additional info :) I suggest you edit it into your post; feel free to add any more memories you could think of!
– Jenayah
Aug 13 '18 at 15:52
1
I remember this story, and my mind wants to credit Robert Heinlein, but I can't find anything in his short story list that matches.
– Zeiss Ikon
Aug 13 '18 at 16:22
|
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I am trying to find the name of a story I remember reading in an anthology some 50 years ago about a wealthy industrialist who wanted nothing more than to be buried on Earth. I believe this to be a short story in a collection of memorable short stories I had when I lived at home in the late 60's early 70's.
In the story people lived and worked on other worlds and Earth had been turned into a world-wide cemetery as it's best and highest use. People were conditioned to want nothing more than for their remains to come to back to Earth, but it was very expensive. The sales people for Earth burial were expert at extracting the last dollar from people so that their remains could brought to earth. There were different levels of burial with different prices - with actual burial being most expensive option.
Being wealthy they were trying to extract the most money from this businessman - but it would have left his family nothing. At their last meeting with him to negotiate the cost of his burial he watches the grounds keeping crew tending to the landscaping. He suddenly changes his mind about the burial. They knew they had hooked him. But he walks away smiling leaving them mystified and sure they missed something. What they hadn't noticed, and what the businessman had, was that one of his companies manufactured the fertilizer they were using. We were left to understand that he would have his cremated remains added to the fertilizer to be spread on Earth - and he would have his ashes scattered on Earth after all, and at no cost to him. He wins.
I thought I saw this as a Twilight Zone episode but I couldn't find it there. Google searches keep turning up other books or stories.
No, it isn't Clifford Simak's Cemetery World.
short-stories story-identification
asked Aug 13 '18 at 15:27
Marie GMarie G
26327
I am trying to find the name of a story I remember reading in an anthology some 50 years ago about a wealthy industrialist who wanted nothing more than to be buried on Earth. I believe this to be a short story in a collection of memorable short stories I had when I lived at home in the late 60's early 70's.
In the story people lived and worked on other worlds and Earth had been turned into a world-wide cemetery as it's best and highest use. People were conditioned to want nothing more than for their remains to come to back to Earth, but it was very expensive. The sales people for Earth burial were expert at extracting the last dollar from people so that their remains could brought to earth. There were different levels of burial with different prices - with actual burial being most expensive option.
Being wealthy they were trying to extract the most money from this businessman - but it would have left his family nothing. At their last meeting with him to negotiate the cost of his burial he watches the grounds keeping crew tending to the landscaping. He suddenly changes his mind about the burial. They knew they had hooked him. But he walks away smiling leaving them mystified and sure they missed something. What they hadn't noticed, and what the businessman had, was that one of his companies manufactured the fertilizer they were using. We were left to understand that he would have his cremated remains added to the fertilizer to be spread on Earth - and he would have his ashes scattered on Earth after all, and at no cost to him. He wins.
I thought I saw this as a Twilight Zone episode but I couldn't find it there. Google searches keep turning up other books or stories.
No, it isn't Clifford Simak's Cemetery World.
short-stories story-identification
short-stories story-identification
asked Aug 13 '18 at 15:27
Marie GMarie G
26327
asked Aug 13 '18 at 15:27
Marie GMarie G
26327
edited Aug 13 '18 at 17:49
Marie G
asked Aug 13 '18 at 15:27
Marie GMarie G
26327
asked Aug 13 '18 at 15:27
Marie GMarie G
26327
asked Aug 13 '18 at 15:27
Marie GMarie G
26327
26327
2
Hi there! :) that's already some info - could you look at this guide on how to ask a good story-ID question, see if that triggers any more memories you could edit into your post? For instance, do you remember what the cover looked like? Was it written in English, was it a translation? Things like that to increase the chances of a successful identification. Cheers!
– Jenayah
Aug 13 '18 at 15:31
1
I can't remember the cover. I believe this to be a short story in a collection of memorable short stories I had when I lived at home in the late 60's early 70's.
– Marie G
Aug 13 '18 at 15:41
1
The earth had been turned into a world-wide cemetery. There were different levels of burial with different prices.Being wealthy they were trying to extract the most money from him - but it would have left his family nothing. One his products was fertilizer. He sees the grounds keeping crew using the fertilizer and he suddenly changes his mind about the burial. Mystifying the sales people. They knew they hooked him. They didn't see the fertilizer connection but we were left to understand that he would have his cremated remains added to the fertilizer to be spread on earth - at no cost to him.
– Marie G
Aug 13 '18 at 15:49
1
Well that's good additional info :) I suggest you edit it into your post; feel free to add any more memories you could think of!
– Jenayah
Aug 13 '18 at 15:52
1
I remember this story, and my mind wants to credit Robert Heinlein, but I can't find anything in his short story list that matches.
– Zeiss Ikon
Aug 13 '18 at 16:22
|
show 3 more comments
2
Hi there! :) that's already some info - could you look at this guide on how to ask a good story-ID question, see if that triggers any more memories you could edit into your post? For instance, do you remember what the cover looked like? Was it written in English, was it a translation? Things like that to increase the chances of a successful identification. Cheers!
– Jenayah
Aug 13 '18 at 15:31
1
I can't remember the cover. I believe this to be a short story in a collection of memorable short stories I had when I lived at home in the late 60's early 70's.
– Marie G
Aug 13 '18 at 15:41
1
The earth had been turned into a world-wide cemetery. There were different levels of burial with different prices.Being wealthy they were trying to extract the most money from him - but it would have left his family nothing. One his products was fertilizer. He sees the grounds keeping crew using the fertilizer and he suddenly changes his mind about the burial. Mystifying the sales people. They knew they hooked him. They didn't see the fertilizer connection but we were left to understand that he would have his cremated remains added to the fertilizer to be spread on earth - at no cost to him.
– Marie G
Aug 13 '18 at 15:49
1
Well that's good additional info :) I suggest you edit it into your post; feel free to add any more memories you could think of!
– Jenayah
Aug 13 '18 at 15:52
1
I remember this story, and my mind wants to credit Robert Heinlein, but I can't find anything in his short story list that matches.
– Zeiss Ikon
Aug 13 '18 at 16:22
2
2
Hi there! :) that's already some info - could you look at this guide on how to ask a good story-ID question, see if that triggers any more memories you could edit into your post? For instance, do you remember what the cover looked like? Was it written in English, was it a translation? Things like that to increase the chances of a successful identification. Cheers!
– Jenayah
Aug 13 '18 at 15:31
Hi there! :) that's already some info - could you look at this guide on how to ask a good story-ID question, see if that triggers any more memories you could edit into your post? For instance, do you remember what the cover looked like? Was it written in English, was it a translation? Things like that to increase the chances of a successful identification. Cheers!
– Jenayah
Aug 13 '18 at 15:31
1
1
I can't remember the cover. I believe this to be a short story in a collection of memorable short stories I had when I lived at home in the late 60's early 70's.
– Marie G
Aug 13 '18 at 15:41
I can't remember the cover. I believe this to be a short story in a collection of memorable short stories I had when I lived at home in the late 60's early 70's.
– Marie G
Aug 13 '18 at 15:41
1
1
The earth had been turned into a world-wide cemetery. There were different levels of burial with different prices.Being wealthy they were trying to extract the most money from him - but it would have left his family nothing. One his products was fertilizer. He sees the grounds keeping crew using the fertilizer and he suddenly changes his mind about the burial. Mystifying the sales people. They knew they hooked him. They didn't see the fertilizer connection but we were left to understand that he would have his cremated remains added to the fertilizer to be spread on earth - at no cost to him.
– Marie G
Aug 13 '18 at 15:49
The earth had been turned into a world-wide cemetery. There were different levels of burial with different prices.Being wealthy they were trying to extract the most money from him - but it would have left his family nothing. One his products was fertilizer. He sees the grounds keeping crew using the fertilizer and he suddenly changes his mind about the burial. Mystifying the sales people. They knew they hooked him. They didn't see the fertilizer connection but we were left to understand that he would have his cremated remains added to the fertilizer to be spread on earth - at no cost to him.
– Marie G
Aug 13 '18 at 15:49
1
1
Well that's good additional info :) I suggest you edit it into your post; feel free to add any more memories you could think of!
– Jenayah
Aug 13 '18 at 15:52
Well that's good additional info :) I suggest you edit it into your post; feel free to add any more memories you could think of!
– Jenayah
Aug 13 '18 at 15:52
1
1
I remember this story, and my mind wants to credit Robert Heinlein, but I can't find anything in his short story list that matches.
– Zeiss Ikon
Aug 13 '18 at 16:22
I remember this story, and my mind wants to credit Robert Heinlein, but I can't find anything in his short story list that matches.
– Zeiss Ikon
Aug 13 '18 at 16:22
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I have been interested in finding the information on this scifi short story for the last several years. I did a short study of projected deaths in the near future (til 2088) concluding that annual U.S. deaths will continue increase through the end of the current century, perhaps beyond. With the end of WWII the U.S. population distribution began to change, becoming more rectangular than triangular. Whenever the last death of a Boomer occurs it will not be the end of increasing deaths. While total annual deaths have been nearly stable at 2.4 million per year for the last 40 years or so, they will exceed 5 million per year by about 2080 or soon thereafter.
I recall reading the story but did not know it might have dated to the 1950s or 1960s. When I published my study [http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/848325_2] I considered it a possibility that cemetery space might become much more dear in the future. When I read in the Washington Post [April 28, 2019] that Washington State was considering authorizing human remains composting I got back into trying to track down this seminal work.
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I have been interested in finding the information on this scifi short story for the last several years. I did a short study of projected deaths in the near future (til 2088) concluding that annual U.S. deaths will continue increase through the end of the current century, perhaps beyond. With the end of WWII the U.S. population distribution began to change, becoming more rectangular than triangular. Whenever the last death of a Boomer occurs it will not be the end of increasing deaths. While total annual deaths have been nearly stable at 2.4 million per year for the last 40 years or so, they will exceed 5 million per year by about 2080 or soon thereafter.
I recall reading the story but did not know it might have dated to the 1950s or 1960s. When I published my study [http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/848325_2] I considered it a possibility that cemetery space might become much more dear in the future. When I read in the Washington Post [April 28, 2019] that Washington State was considering authorizing human remains composting I got back into trying to track down this seminal work.
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I have been interested in finding the information on this scifi short story for the last several years. I did a short study of projected deaths in the near future (til 2088) concluding that annual U.S. deaths will continue increase through the end of the current century, perhaps beyond. With the end of WWII the U.S. population distribution began to change, becoming more rectangular than triangular. Whenever the last death of a Boomer occurs it will not be the end of increasing deaths. While total annual deaths have been nearly stable at 2.4 million per year for the last 40 years or so, they will exceed 5 million per year by about 2080 or soon thereafter.
I recall reading the story but did not know it might have dated to the 1950s or 1960s. When I published my study [http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/848325_2] I considered it a possibility that cemetery space might become much more dear in the future. When I read in the Washington Post [April 28, 2019] that Washington State was considering authorizing human remains composting I got back into trying to track down this seminal work.
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I have been interested in finding the information on this scifi short story for the last several years. I did a short study of projected deaths in the near future (til 2088) concluding that annual U.S. deaths will continue increase through the end of the current century, perhaps beyond. With the end of WWII the U.S. population distribution began to change, becoming more rectangular than triangular. Whenever the last death of a Boomer occurs it will not be the end of increasing deaths. While total annual deaths have been nearly stable at 2.4 million per year for the last 40 years or so, they will exceed 5 million per year by about 2080 or soon thereafter.
I recall reading the story but did not know it might have dated to the 1950s or 1960s. When I published my study [http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/848325_2] I considered it a possibility that cemetery space might become much more dear in the future. When I read in the Washington Post [April 28, 2019] that Washington State was considering authorizing human remains composting I got back into trying to track down this seminal work.
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I have been interested in finding the information on this scifi short story for the last several years. I did a short study of projected deaths in the near future (til 2088) concluding that annual U.S. deaths will continue increase through the end of the current century, perhaps beyond. With the end of WWII the U.S. population distribution began to change, becoming more rectangular than triangular. Whenever the last death of a Boomer occurs it will not be the end of increasing deaths. While total annual deaths have been nearly stable at 2.4 million per year for the last 40 years or so, they will exceed 5 million per year by about 2080 or soon thereafter.
I recall reading the story but did not know it might have dated to the 1950s or 1960s. When I published my study [http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/848325_2] I considered it a possibility that cemetery space might become much more dear in the future. When I read in the Washington Post [April 28, 2019] that Washington State was considering authorizing human remains composting I got back into trying to track down this seminal work.
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Hi there! :) that's already some info - could you look at this guide on how to ask a good story-ID question, see if that triggers any more memories you could edit into your post? For instance, do you remember what the cover looked like? Was it written in English, was it a translation? Things like that to increase the chances of a successful identification. Cheers!
– Jenayah
Aug 13 '18 at 15:31
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I can't remember the cover. I believe this to be a short story in a collection of memorable short stories I had when I lived at home in the late 60's early 70's.
– Marie G
Aug 13 '18 at 15:41
1
The earth had been turned into a world-wide cemetery. There were different levels of burial with different prices.Being wealthy they were trying to extract the most money from him - but it would have left his family nothing. One his products was fertilizer. He sees the grounds keeping crew using the fertilizer and he suddenly changes his mind about the burial. Mystifying the sales people. They knew they hooked him. They didn't see the fertilizer connection but we were left to understand that he would have his cremated remains added to the fertilizer to be spread on earth - at no cost to him.
– Marie G
Aug 13 '18 at 15:49
1
Well that's good additional info :) I suggest you edit it into your post; feel free to add any more memories you could think of!
– Jenayah
Aug 13 '18 at 15:52
1
I remember this story, and my mind wants to credit Robert Heinlein, but I can't find anything in his short story list that matches.
– Zeiss Ikon
Aug 13 '18 at 16:22