Minnie & Moo and the Seven Wonders of the World (2003), an illustrated children's book by Denys Cazet, is about two cows trying to raise money to save their farm by giving tours of seven wonders, including a Forest Octopus they solicit donations to save. Lerner serialized in Analog magazine, includes intelligent spacefaring aliens from Alpha Centauri A known as the Unity (or "Centaurs" by humans) that are "arboreal octopi covered in green fur". "A New Order of Things" (2006), a sci-fi story by Edward M. Lulu Atlantis and the Quest for True Blue Love (2008), a children's novel by Patricia Martin, mentions Lulu's father being off to save the Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus, which is described as "a worthy crusade and a worthy cause". David, takes place on the newly colonized planet America, where outcast Rey Mann adopts an orphaned baby tree-octopus (which he names Ollie) after he kills its mother. The Book of Summer (2008), a Christian-military-sci-fi novel by James F. The Other Side of the Island (2008), an eco-dystopic young-adult novel by Allegra Goodman, has a tree octopus named Octavio who helps the protagonist, Honor, as she learns the truth about The Corporation and its sky projections. (British cover-art includes a suspiciously familiar tree octopus.) Nation (2008), a tropical alternate-history young-adult novel by Terry Pratchett, includes an island that's home to tree-climbing octopuses ( Octopus arbori) that are hard to pull off if they land on your head - and never let them think you're a coconut, because they have sharp beaks. Olson, touches on the native uses of tree octopuses. The Procession of Mollusks (2008), a novel by Eric E. Pock's World (2010), a sci-fi novel by Dave Duncan, mentions its eponymous planet's greatest delicacy, talion, which is rotted tree octopus. Schlosser, includes one about a mischievous tree-octopus that steals chickens, with illustration. Spooky Washington: Tales of Hauntings, Strange Happenings, and Other Local Lore (2010), a book of folklore stories by S. ( Review.) Also published as text in Bear's collection Shoggoths in Bloom (2013). Rainier selling genetically engineered counterfeit tree-octopuses to unsuspecting international buyers. "Confessor" (2010), a near-future, post-collapse story by Elizabeth Bear from the audiobook collection METAtropolis: CASCADIA, follows an investigation into the murder of a geneticist that leads to a smuggling ring on Mt. The Long Earth (2012), a collaborative novel by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter about traveling through parallel Earths in which Homo sapiens never existed, proposes an alternate North America where, instead of tentaculating from branch to branch, tree octopuses glide through the canopy by spinning like frisbees. Ross White about a generational starship that arrives at its destination planet, where herds of four-armed cephalopods swing through the jungle canopies. Nolander (2015), an urban fantasy novel by Becca Mills, includes a species of sentient tree octopuses who live in a parallel Octoworld.Īrrival (2015), a novel by W. Burke, is about 8-year-old Liesel's decision between being right and doing right while on a family camping trip to the Olympic Peninsula. "Absolutely True Facts about the Pacific Tree Octopus" (2016), a short story by H. Literature:īill the Jungle Octopus (2018), a children's book by Angela Pink, is about an aquatic octopus that is forced by a pelican to move to the jungle and has to get along with his new, distrusting neighbors. If you know of any other appearances, old or new, of tree octopuses in books, film, art, etc., email me. Inclusion on this list does not constitute endorsement by ZPi. Links to sites selling the media are provided only if I couldn't find an objective site with more information, or haven't reviewed it on my blog. Items are included on this list based purely on their tree octopus content, ordered by date. Some items, especially historical ones, may contain imagery, viewpoints, or information considered offensive or outdated. Some spoilers for stories may occur, but I'll try to be cagey in the descriptions if possible. Below is a list of tree octopuses appearing in the media.ĭISCLAIMER: The purpose of this list is to document how tree octopuses have been and are depicted in the media, including fiction. Others have simply reported on tree octopuses for the edification of the public. Some incorporate fictionalized versions of tree octopuses, or other arboreal cephalopods, into their works - either as friends or as enemies. Some speak out specifically on the plight of the Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus and their kin. Tree octopuses have inspired activists, writers, artists, and researchers across generations.
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