Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog Project Gutenberg 2007-12-08 Public domain in the USA. 102 Fyfe, H. B. (Horace Bowne) 1918 1997 Fyfe, Horace Bowne Fyfe, H.B. The Talkative Tree Produced from Worlds of If January 1962. Produced by Robert Cicconetti, Jana Srna and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Talkative Tree" by H. B. Fyfe is a science fiction novella written in the early 1960s. The story centers around themes of transformation, freedom, and the nature of control as it follows the experiences of Peter Kolin, a steward aboard a spaceship that crash-lands on an alien planet. The narrative explores the concept of the mind's connection to various life forms and the implications of a controlling entity on both personal identity and societal structures. In "The Talkative Tree," after the spaceship "Peace State" crashes, pilot Peter Kolin and his fellow crew members venture into the mysterious planet's forest in search of food. They encounter the tree named Johnny Ashlew, who reveals that he is, in fact, a man transformed by the planet’s “Life”—a consciousness that governs the environment. As Kolin grapples with the oppressive regime on his home planet of Haurtoz, he starts to open up about his frustrations and dreams of liberation. The story culminates in Kolin’s choice to join the Life by taking a new form, allowing him to spread the spores of rebellion and transformation, effectively taking over the crew and planning to enact a change on Haurtoz. This tale is a thoughtful exploration of escape from tyrannical control and the sacrifices one must make to find true freedom. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 84.3 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories PS Text Science Fiction Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy 45647 2025-08-10T04:58:43.493592 text/html 42160 2007-12-08T08:03:28 text/html 76769 2025-08-10T04:58:47.259598 application/epub+zip 75525 2025-08-10T04:58:45.072590 application/epub+zip 75525 2025-08-10T04:58:44.044590 application/epub+zip 173320 2025-08-10T04:58:48.804543 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 166127 2025-08-10T04:58:46.642589 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 141565 2022-09-11T07:04:58.547735 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 38886 2025-08-10T04:58:43.258581 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 38812 2007-12-08T08:03:28 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 195820 2007-05-26T20:07:02 application/octet-stream 134368 2007-05-26T20:07:02 application/octet-stream 140597 2007-05-26T20:07:02 application/octet-stream 137330 2007-05-26T20:07:02 application/octet-stream 132454 2007-05-26T20:07:02 application/octet-stream 131809 2007-05-26T20:07:02 application/octet-stream 150286 2007-05-26T20:07:02 application/octet-stream 128574 2007-05-26T20:07:02 application/octet-stream 126184 2007-05-26T20:07:02 application/octet-stream 128120 2007-05-26T20:07:02 application/octet-stream 131207 2007-05-26T20:07:02 application/octet-stream 134042 2007-05-26T20:07:02 application/octet-stream 125645 2007-05-26T20:07:02 application/octet-stream 139316 2007-05-26T20:07:02 application/octet-stream 147863 2007-05-26T20:07:02 application/octet-stream 30454 2025-08-10T04:58:48.937538 application/rdf+xml 12679 2025-08-10T04:58:44.534578 image/jpeg 3399 2025-08-10T04:58:44.289566 image/jpeg 16619 2007-12-08T08:03:28 application/octet-stream application/zip 15452 2007-12-08T08:03:28 application/octet-stream application/zip 75677 2025-08-10T04:58:43.498590 application/octet-stream application/zip de.wikipedia