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For those enticed by this article, I recommend the wonderful science fiction book, "Semiosis" by Sue Burke. Plant wars, competition, and cooperation are centra
by raymondh 6y ago
For those enticed by this article, I recommend the wonderful science fiction book, "Semiosis" by Sue Burke. Plant wars, competition, and cooperation are central to the plot.
- xRubbermaid 6y agoThe foremost chapter is especially good at exploring these themes, which I believe is available elsewhere as a short story. Its inspiration, an anecdote of Burke's where her houseplants had been found to attack and starve each other, shines through quite clearly: https://www.shelf-awareness.com/readers-issue.html?issue=686#m12056 https://www.shelf-awareness.com/readers-issue.html?issue=686...
- yencabulator 6y agoMentioning it in this context probably ruins part of the suspense, but this all reminds me of this short story: http://compellingsciencefiction.com/stories/seedsofwar.html http://compellingsciencefiction.com/stories/seedsofwar.html