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minus-squaresrestegosaurio@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·8 days agoWhen I was a little kid my mother always stopped by ancient trees to admire them. “Imagine if it could tell us what it has seen”. I think there’s plot material in your comment.
minus-squareFishFace@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·8 days agoThere is and it’s called The Lord of the Rings…
minus-squareouRKaoS@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·8 days agoI remember reading an old sci-fi novel about a specific type of alien ancient sentient tree… The Leaves of October. It was… Okay. More of a collection of short stories around the central theme. Still interesting, though. Haven’t thought about that book in decades!
minus-squareSlippiHUD@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 days ago“A Monster Calls” has a very similar premise. Mother, Child, and psychic Tree. I strongly recommend it.
minus-squarewolframhydroxide@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 days agoThis is the plot of an episode of the anime “mushishi” called “tree of eternity”, IIRC.
When I was a little kid my mother always stopped by ancient trees to admire them. “Imagine if it could tell us what it has seen”.
I think there’s plot material in your comment.
There is and it’s called The Lord of the Rings…
I remember reading an old sci-fi novel about a specific type of alien ancient sentient tree… The Leaves of October.
It was… Okay. More of a collection of short stories around the central theme. Still interesting, though. Haven’t thought about that book in decades!
“A Monster Calls” has a very similar premise. Mother, Child, and psychic Tree.
I strongly recommend it.
This is the plot of an episode of the anime “mushishi” called “tree of eternity”, IIRC.