My favorite science news story of the day...

[thegrrrl2002]

Prehistoric Mystery Organism Verified As Giant Fungus.

A twenty foot tall fungus! How fabulous is that? It promptly brought to mind what might be the creepiest short story I have ever read--"Fungus Isle" by Philip M. Fisher, originally published in 1923 but we have in an anthology somewhere. Story gave me the willies for weeks.

Team Sheppard needs to visit a prehistoric planet with giant things. Like fungi. And bugs. Giant, prehistoric bugs.

Comments

[cedara]

*giggles*

You don't wanna know that I read orgasm instead of organism

*hides face, still giggling*

[thegrrrl2002.livejournal.com]

LOL, now that would be an even stranger story!

[eretria.livejournal.com]

Remember Auburn's Taste of Apples? There you have your story with team!Sheppard and the giant fungus already. ;o)

[cedara]

Yep, indeed.

[thegrrrl2002.livejournal.com]

Ah, sorry, I didn't read that one. Not quite my cuppa tea.

And Sheppard is ridiculously adorable in your icon. *g*

[thady.livejournal.com]

There is a Halloween-story in which Rodney and John have hallucination caused by gigantic fungi. Creeped me out, that one. Can't remember the title though.

[sundara.livejournal.com]

LOL I did the same thing... Prehistoric Mystery Orgasm....and for about 5 seconds, I was trying to gakk my brain around that, and how it could be a *fungus*. @#&*^$# !!!!

OTOH...there's a story out there that has just this idea. Shep's team visits a planet, and it's barren but for some weird structures, plus some sort of powdery stuff (if memory serves, which it may not, accurately.) I believe that they/some of them end up turning into some kind of fungus, literally a transformation, and it does turn out good in the end, although it's close.

Do you recall that story? Does anyone? It was good.

[sundara.livejournal.com]

Oh well...eretria already answered it...Taste of Apples.

[shetiger.livejournal.com]

The story I'm reminded of is Riv's Cherry, where they shoot the fungus and it shoots back.

I'm going to have to read that one later. Mmmm.

[maryavatar.livejournal.com]

Bwah! That reminds me of an interesting evening in an IRC chatroom yelling IT'S FUNGI, NOT FUNGUS at rivier while she wrote Cherry.

[thegrrrl2002.livejournal.com]

That sounds like fun! I don't think I've read that one.

[thegrrrl2002.livejournal.com]

Oh wait, I think I'm getting that one mixed up with another story, duh! I think I read part of "Apples". I should go back and reread it!

[thegrrrl2002.livejournal.com]

Yes, and I realize now I got that story mixed up with a different one, which was very silly of me. Thank you, I shall read it!

[thegrrrl2002.livejournal.com]

Yes, that's the one! I so loved that story. *g*

[thegrrrl2002.livejournal.com]

A lot of folks get that mixed up. It's a great story, I need to reread it!

[eretria.livejournal.com]

I must admit I had a moment of "huh, grrl doesn't like gen?", but I almost guessed that you had it mixed up with Seven Walls. (Which, as you remember, I don't read either, no matter how close I am to the author in question).
So, yay for re-reading! Seriously, it's an outstanding story, and I would say that even if I didn't know Auburn. Fantastic Sci-Fi, and the characters are spot-on.

[eretria.livejournal.com]

Mmmmmh. *dreamy sigh* Cherry.
I went on the hunt for it almost a year after I had read it for the first time because it was just so, so, so good and the memory of the taste-testing alone was enough to make me incredibly happy.

[thegrrrl2002.livejournal.com]

You should have have thought "huh, grrrl is a big dope?" *g* Because yes, I did have it mixed up with Seven Walls. Definitely time to read it through.

And Auburn is wonderfully talented. As are you!

[thegrrrl2002.livejournal.com]

Oh yes. And John taking care of Rodney is a beautiful, beautiful thing, isn't it?

[eretria.livejournal.com]

Oh, shush. YOU are talented. I just muddle along in both of your shadows. But I kinda like it here. Less danger of sunburns, plus, great company. ;o)

[thegrrrl2002.livejournal.com]

Oh please, I get totally traumatized by things like plots. I'm the muddler, you silly thing.

::squishes you::

[sundara.livejournal.com]

You should reread! Fabulously executed. And thanks, eretria for reminding me of the name of it.

[eretria.livejournal.com]

You're very welcome. Anything that makes sure this story gets re-read. (Plus, pimping friends feels so much easier and better than self-pimping.) I'm not doing this for all stories, but this one is near and dear to my heart, both because it is really fabulous, and because it was Auburn's very first story in SGA.

[inthekeyofd.livejournal.com]

That is pretty cool..now I'm thinking of a story where they land on a planet and the monster is a 20 foot tall fungus..and they know it's about to attack because Rodney's allergies give it away!!

Think of the banter, think of the way John will tease, think of the way John will thank him later on on Atlantis for saving their lives...*smile*

Seriously, you may just have to write that..but no pressure though.

[eretria.livejournal.com]

How about we muddle together?

*squishes back*
(And, heeh, your icon. John's face!)