5 ms·

Somehow reminds me of that story where our form right now is actually human larvae form, and we'll metamorphosize into "adult" humans once we eat the "apple of

Somehow reminds me of that story where our form right now is actually human larvae form, and we'll metamorphosize into "adult" humans once we eat the "apple of eden"

falcor84 3y ago
That's interesting. I'll just nitpick that the bible never actually mentions an apple, but rather "the fruit ... of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil ... the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil". I suppose this could actually fit your story very well, except for the fact that the biblical story is considered aetiological - we are the way we are now *because* our ancestors ate that fruit.
- robinduckett 3y ago
  The OC is maybe referring to Larry Niven’s ring world, in which a race of humanoids called the Pak which resemble real life elderly people, only with armoured joints and immortal, have a life cycle where their offspring are humans. Once reaching old age, pheromones given off by a certain type of tree that bear a fruit similar to an apple, cause the humans to be overcome until they eat the fruit, at which time they metamorphize into an adult Pak, increasing intelligence massively and lifespan. In the book, the humans of earth stay as the larval stage as the “Tree of Life” were never planted (or never produced the correct fruit, I can’t recall) on our planet as there wasn’t the right kind of minerals to support it. The Pak went about colonising planets and they left their offspring on earth when they discovered radiation coming from the centre of the galaxy that was changing the genetic makeup of their offspring, causing the adult Pak to murder their own offspring and all sorts of wars. The Pak built a massive ringworld (think Halo) because that’s easier than colonising a planet apparently, but their offspring started to mutate wildly into different offshoots of humans, pygmies, humans with gills, etc. It’s a good series and enjoyable to read but it’s not a particularly serious story. One of the aliens is depicted as being some sort of hand puppet with legs. Super odd stuff.
  - andrewflnr 3y ago
    Yes, quite a silly story in some ways. For instance, one of its premises is the idea of luck as a genetically heritable trait. That pays off in a pretty funny way.
  - alserio 3y ago
    > only with armoured joints and immortal I can guess the age of the author... Thanks for the reading suggestion, sounds like a fun read
Rhinobird 3y ago
That reminds me of Pak Protectors from Larry Niven's Known Space stories https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pak_Protector https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pak_Protector
deleted 3y ago
[deleted]

Somehow reminds me of that story where our form right now is actually human larvae form, and we'll metamorphosize into "adult" humans once we eat the "apple of eden"

falcor84 3y ago

That's interesting. I'll just nitpick that the bible never actually mentions an apple, but rather "the fruit ... of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil ... the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil". I suppose this could actually fit your story very well, except for the fact that the biblical story is considered aetiological - we are the way we are now *because* our ancestors ate that fruit.

robinduckett 3y ago
The OC is maybe referring to Larry Niven’s ring world, in which a race of humanoids called the Pak which resemble real life elderly people, only with armoured joints and immortal, have a life cycle where their offspring are humans. Once reaching old age, pheromones given off by a certain type of tree that bear a fruit similar to an apple, cause the humans to be overcome until they eat the fruit, at which time they metamorphize into an adult Pak, increasing intelligence massively and lifespan. In the book, the humans of earth stay as the larval stage as the “Tree of Life” were never planted (or never produced the correct fruit, I can’t recall) on our planet as there wasn’t the right kind of minerals to support it. The Pak went about colonising planets and they left their offspring on earth when they discovered radiation coming from the centre of the galaxy that was changing the genetic makeup of their offspring, causing the adult Pak to murder their own offspring and all sorts of wars. The Pak built a massive ringworld (think Halo) because that’s easier than colonising a planet apparently, but their offspring started to mutate wildly into different offshoots of humans, pygmies, humans with gills, etc. It’s a good series and enjoyable to read but it’s not a particularly serious story. One of the aliens is depicted as being some sort of hand puppet with legs. Super odd stuff.
- andrewflnr 3y ago
  Yes, quite a silly story in some ways. For instance, one of its premises is the idea of luck as a genetically heritable trait. That pays off in a pretty funny way.
- alserio 3y ago
  > only with armoured joints and immortal I can guess the age of the author... Thanks for the reading suggestion, sounds like a fun read

Rhinobird 3y ago

That reminds me of Pak Protectors from Larry Niven's Known Space stories https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pak_Protector https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pak_Protector

deleted 3y ago

[deleted]