Later, when I decided to use that short story as Chapter One of a novel, I realized I needed to do a lot more research to create the novel’s world: how planets form, how life developed on Earth, and how plants function. That idea stuck with me, and eventually I wrote a short story about murderous plants. I began to do research into plants and discovered they can be murderously aggressive as well as generously cooperative. At first I blamed that on my own neglect, but a month later another plant went on the attack. In the 1990s, one of my houseplants, a pothos, wrapped around another plant, starved it for light, and killed it. My mother loved gardening and houseplants, and she instilled that love in me. Can you tell us a little about that, and your research for Semiosis?
You’ve said that the idea for this book started with the houseplants on your dining room table. “Sue’s novel gives narrative life to emerging ideas about the essence of plants,” he says, “even as scientific research is advancing the way we understand species so different from our own.” Here Burke shares her authorly insights into science fiction, plant sentience, and the writing process … In our 2020 Community Read and beyond, Longwood’s Library and Information Services Director David Sleasman hopes to explore plant life from different perspectives (and voices). The title, Semiosis, suggests a means of communication that transcends human language, and thus expresses the quest of all good science fiction-to discover realms of imagination and possibility yet unknown. But this year marks a few firsts, including our first science fiction selection- Semiosis, by debut novelist Sue Burke, whose tale of first contact between human colonists and intelligent plant life on the planet Pax invites plants (for the first time!) to join the conversation. You can always find more Tales From The Bridge on Apple Podcasts our website, you can also find us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook to see what is happening on The Bridge.Įmail: #sciencefiction #scifi #scifipodcast #applepodcasts #joannaruss #feminisim #semiosisNow in its seventh year, a rousing conversation has always been a defining feature of our Community Read. It was a great conversation and we're excited to share it with you. We cover plenty of ground in our discussion from alien plant-sentience to feminism in sci-fi. Sue is a Clarion workshop alumnus and has published over thirty short stories. She is well known for her acclaimed science fiction novels Semiosis (2018) and its sequel, Interference (2019). In this episode, we sit down with author, journalist, and translator, Sue Burke.
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