Bad Memory

An ex-space officer spends his signing bonus to buy a lonely oceanic planet and attempts strawberry farming, only to find the market glutted. He learns of a profitable demand for exotic upklin seeds that require a Jupiter-like atmosphere and marshy terrain; a planetary corporation offers to remake the world and arrange his personal metamorphosis in return for a share of the profits. He submits to the transformation, which alters his body and erodes his human memories, while the planet is reshaped and overtaken by the new crop, leaving him adapted to an alien physiology and environment.