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minus-squaresrestegosaurio@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·1 day 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-up8·1 day agoThere is and it’s called The Lord of the Rings…
minus-squareouRKaoS@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 day 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-squarewolframhydroxide@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoThis is the plot of an episode of the anime “mushishi” called “tree of eternity”, IIRC.
minus-squareSlippiHUD@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-21 day ago“A Monster Calls” has a very similar premise. Mother, Child, and psychic Tree. I strongly recommend it.
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!
This is the plot of an episode of the anime “mushishi” called “tree of eternity”, IIRC.
“A Monster Calls” has a very similar premise. Mother, Child, and psychic Tree.
I strongly recommend it.