written around 1973 for Harlan Ellison’s anthology 'The Last Dangerous Visions'
Story, first published: I Am Crying All Inside and Other Stories (2015)
A man arrives on another planet intent on stripping it of its resources for his own economic benefit, with nothing but contempt and disregard for the planet's 'simple', 'uncultured' inhabitants. But after an 'accident' leaving him dead, the planet's lifeforms resurrect him in a body more suitable for the environment and he learns the hard way that his preconceptions are way off, and his greed abhorred. Actually, the guy never really 'learns' the errors of his way as much as the reader is given a cautionary tale. I loved the biological alien detail here linked to the planet's properties, and for a time at least I read with an interpretation that the planet itself was a sentient life guiding these events.
Daniel: goodreads