(Found) Transformed into giant tomato

[TomMazanec]

Short story, probably Eighties.
Character is transformed into tomato the size of Mars.
Fleets of spaceships mine him.

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

This is "Rogue Tomato" by Michael Bishop (1975, reprinted many times since.)

Title: Rogue Tomato

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More information on this page:

Michael Bishop: Short Fiction O-R

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Philip K. awakens to find that he has been metamorphosed into a planetary-sized tomato encircling a red giant star. This transfiguration leads him to believe that he has achieved the next step in humankind's evolution.

 

[Ravensquawk]

Thank you; I love Michael Bishop but have discovered only a few of his works.

One-ton tomatah,
Yes I'm a one-ton tomatah;
One-ton to-ma-tah,
You'll never get me through the gratah.....

 

[TomMazanec]

Thanks!
Found.