#burke and wills

[tenth-sentence]

The local people soaked the seeds overnight to leach a toxin, but Burke and Wills ignored this process and suffered because of it.

"Country: Future Fire, Future Farming" - Bill Gammage and Bruce Pascoe

[contremineur]

After rain, the light is soft and the land green and smothered in wildflowers. But in the dry season, the sun is blindingly intense. It scorches away the deeper tones to leave behind earth that is not black and brown, but orange and yellow. The grass withers to a jaundiced beige and even the sky is bleached white around the edges. As the summer heat melts the landscape into a quivering canvas of deception, the only solid point of reference is found around the riverbank, where lines of river red gums stand like sentinels guarding the precious water of the Darling.

Sarah Murgatroyd, from The dig tree (Bloomsbury 2002)

[melbmemories]

𝐁𝐮𝐫𝐤𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐑𝐨𝐲𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐤, 𝐌𝐞𝐥𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝟒𝐩𝐦 𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝟐𝟎, 𝟏𝟖𝟔𝟎 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝟏𝟓,𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝟏𝟗 𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝟐𝟑 𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐬, 𝟐𝟕 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐬, 𝐬𝐢𝐱 𝐰𝐚𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐬 , 𝟔 𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐰𝐨𝐨𝐝, 𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬, 𝐚 𝐜𝐞𝐝𝐚𝐫-𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐚𝐤 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐩 𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐬, 𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐬, 𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐠𝐬, 𝐚 𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐭𝐮𝐛 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐠; 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐬 𝟐𝟎 𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐬. 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐠𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐤𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐑𝐨𝐲𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐦𝐢𝐝𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧, 𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐟 𝐚 𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠, 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐄𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐞𝐥𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞, 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐤𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧.

𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐌𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝟐𝟑 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐞𝐝, 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝-𝐢𝐧-𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝, 𝐆𝐞𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞 𝐉𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐬. 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝-𝐢𝐧-𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝. 𝐁𝐮𝐫𝐤𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐮𝐭 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐬, 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲.

𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐚𝐭 𝐂𝐨𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐤, 𝟔𝟎𝟎 𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐧, 𝐁𝐮𝐫𝐤𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐝𝐚𝐬𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐮𝐥𝐟 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐫��𝐚. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐁𝐮𝐫𝐤𝐞, 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬, 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐞𝐲 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐑𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫, 𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬, 𝐨𝐧 𝟗 𝐅𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟏𝟖𝟔𝟏. 𝐅𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐰𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐚𝐰 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐚𝐧. 𝐀𝐥𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞, 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐣𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐨𝐧 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐩𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧. 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐲 𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐳𝐯𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐂𝐨𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐤. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐳𝐯𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝟐𝟏 𝐀𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐥 𝟏𝟖𝟔𝟏, 𝟗 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐮𝐩 𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭, 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐝, 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐌𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐞.

𝐁𝐮𝐫𝐤𝐞, 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐌𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭 𝐇𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐚, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐌𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐞, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐂𝐨𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐤. 𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐞 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐡𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐞. 𝐇𝐞 𝐮𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐁𝐮𝐫𝐤𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐞 𝐨𝐧, 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐝, 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐫. 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐚 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐚. 𝐒𝐨𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐁𝐮𝐫𝐤𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐝. 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫. 𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭.

Tony Beyers

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Burke and Wills Dig Tree Tours

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[yallambie]

Time changes everything

It’s sometime said that timing is everything, though what this actually means in practice has never really been made clear. “Everything” is very much an open ended generalization and “time”, well that’s an abstract concept best left down the end of the rabbit hole. History is full of instances where the course of a particular story has been decided one way or the other by the timing of…

[doreymifasolo]

Just mulling over the parallels between Dementus and Praetorian Jack, and their roles as Furiosa's mentors. "Make yourself valuable to Dementus, and he'll take care of you," is one of the first things Furiosa learns. So Furiosa adopts her role as Dementus' daughter figure. But as soon as "Little D" makes the choice to leave him, he disowns her. She then goes on to earn her place on Jack's crew as the driver of the rig. But once she becomes the most valuable person to Jack, he tells her that he will give her everything she needs to return home, knowing that she will never come back.

Dementus wanted to make Furiosa an appendage to him, but Jack made damn sure to teach her road war so that one day, she would not need him anymore.

[distracted-obsessions]

Harvey Specter is the father figure that Neal Caffrey wishes Peter was and Neal is the surrogate son that Harvey wishes Mike was send post.

[widowshill]

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[melbourneskybourne]

My Sky Characters Part 13

Burke & Wills

Burke is a hunter that provides for a small secluded village. Although he’s skilled at his job, the villagers don’t look to him because of that, but because his grandfather was a member of The Crowned, and inherited the symbolic antlers of the organization, but because the organization has diminished over the years, no one truly knows what significance this has, which is why Burke showed no interest in it.

On a hunting trip, he came across a villager from a different tribe, named Wills, trapped in a ravine and unable to escape, so thanks to their coordination, Wills’s planning, and Burke’s impressive strength, Wills was able to free himself.

Wills serves as a messenger of his village in The Wind Paths, but seeks a new purpose in making masks, like the bird mask he made for himself. The desire to make more by finding materials in the lands below caused him to crash land and get stuck in the ravine in the first place.

As thanks, Wills crafted the stylish mask Burke currently wears, and this has cemented their friendship, becoming inseparable ever since, and have become welcomed to each others villages.

These two also share a bond over music, with Burke playing the flute his grandfather made, and Wills playing the kalimba his grandmother made.

By playing these instruments, these two awaken unique abilities when they play in harmony;

Burke can draw in light creatures towards him, awaken light plants to sprout at a faster rate, and generate winds that cause a strong gale.

Wills can use his music to confuse dark creatures, calm aggressors or those enraged, and summon rainstorms.

When these two play together, the melody they play will determine the outcome effect, but they can learn new abilities if they play together with certain songs, which is why Wills looks to seek a master musician that might help them; Brisbane.

Burke, on the other hand, needs to seek someone who might have close to his past, and what it means to be a Crowned; a mountain man living in seclusion out in Hermit Valley named Uluru.

[tenth-sentence]

He knew the country from an expedition he led searching out there for Burke and Wills.

"Killing for Country: A Family History" - David Marr

[kwebtv]

The Over the Hill Gang Rides Again  -  ABC  -  November 7, 1970

Made for TV movie

Western (ABC Movie of the Week)

Running Time:  72 minutes

Stars:

Walter Brennan as Nash Crawford

Fred Astaire as the Baltimore Kid

Edgar Buchanan as Jason Fitch

Andy Devine as Amos Polk

Chill Wills as Gentleman George Asque

Paul Richards as Sam Braham

Lana Wood as Katie Flavin

Parley Baer as Waco Mayor

Walter Burke as Mac a.k.a. Tom (Waco Stableman)

Lillian Bronson as Mrs. Louise Murphy

Jonathan Hole as Parson

Burt Mustin as Best Man

Don Wilbanks as Bar X Cowboy

Pepper Martin as Drifter

Eddie Quillan as Silver Dollar Bartender (uncredited)

[supermarcey]

The Ozploit Cast - Episode 18: '1986 -1987' Wills & Burke, Windrider, Frog Dreaming, Fair Game and Frenchman's Farm

The Ozploit Cast - Episode 18: '1986 -1987' Wills & Burke, Windrider, Frog Dreaming, Fair Game and Frenchman's Farm

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[nellasbookplanet]

Book recs: alien intelligences

Intelligent spiders, octupi, plants, bacteria, and even entire oceans, intelligence without sentience, extra terrestrials and strange intelligences evolved right here on Earth - alien minds can take many forms. Allow me to share with you some books featuring the most alien and fascinating ones.

Previous book rec posts:

Really cool fantasy worldbuilding, really cool sci-fi worldbuilding, dark sapphic romances, mermaid books, vampire books, many worlds: portal fantasies, many worlds: alternate timelines, robots and artificial intelligences, post- and transhumanism

For more details on the books, continue under the readmore. Titles marked with * are my personal favorites. And as always, feel free to share your own recs in the notes!

The Doors of Eden by Adrian Tchaikovsky*

The Doors of Eden is something of an experiment in speculative biology, featuring versions of Earth in which various different species were the one to rise to sentience, from dinosaurs to neanderthals. Now, something is threatening the existence of all timelines, dragging multiple different people and species into the struggle, among those a pair of cryptid hunting girlfriends and a transgender scientist.

Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky*

Millenia and generation spanning scifi. After the collapse of an empire, a planet once part of a project to uplift other species to sentience is left to develop on its own, resulting not in the intelligent monkeys once intended but in sentient giant spiders. Millenia later, what remains of humanity arrives looking for a new home, only to be met by the artificial remains of the ancient woman who once led the uplift project - and she is not willing to let them on her planet.

Semiosis (Semiosis duology) by Sue Burke

A generational story following a group of humans trying to survive on a new planet, where a strange and unkowable intelligence is finding ways to use them to its whims. As the humans come across an abandoned city wrapped in the roots of a strange plant, they slowly come to the realization that mutual communication is the only path to peace and survival.

The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu

While I felt the characters could’ve been better developed, this is undeniably a well-written novel featuring an alien race and culture developed on a planet vastly different from ours. Firmly in the realm of hard scifi, this is a realistic, fascinating and slightly terrifying look at how first contact may look.

Brain Plague (The Elysium Cycle) by Joan Sloncewski*

Chrys, a struggling artist, agrees to become a carrier for a sentient strain of microbes. With their help, Chrys breathes new life into her career. But every microbe society is different - some function as friends and brain enhancers to their carrier, while others become a literal brain plague, a living addiction taking over the life of their carrier. And like every society, the microbe community is in constant flux - inluding the one inside Chrys's head.

Rosewater (The Wormwood trilogy) by Tade Thompson

In Nigeria lies Rosewater, a city bordering on a strange, alien biodome. Its motives are unknown, but it’s having an undeniable effect on the surrounding life. Kaaro, former criminal and current psychic agent for the government, is one of the people changed by it. When other psychics like him begin getting killed, Kaaro must take it upon himself to find out the truth about the biodome and its intentions.

Dawn (Xenogenesis trilogy) by Octavia E. Butler*

After a devestating war leaves humanity on the brink of extinction, survivor Lilith finds herself waking up naked and alone in a strange room. She’s been rescued by the Oankali, who have arrived just in time to save the human race. But there’s a price to survival, and it might be humanity itself. Absolutely fucked up I love it I once had to drop the book mid read to stare at the ceiling and exclaim in horror at what was going on.

Blindsight by Peter Watts*

Vampires and aliens and questions of the nature of consciousnesses, oh my. A ship is sent to investigate the sudden appearance of an alien vessel at the edge of the solar system, but the crew, a group of various level of transhumanism, isn’t prepared for the horrors awaiting them. No, seriously, this book will fuck you up, highly recommend if you’re okay with a lot of techno babble and existential horror.

Midnight Robber by Nalo Hopkinson*

Utterly unique in world-building, story, and prose, Midnight Robber follows young Tan-Tan and her father, inhabitants of the Carribean-colonized planet of Toussaint. When her father commits a terrible crime, he’s exiled to a parallel version of the same planet, home to strange aliens and other human exiles. Tan-Tan, not wanting to lose her father, follows with him. Trapped on this new planet, he becomes her worst nightmare. Enter this book with caution, as it contains graphic child sexual abuse.

Fragment (Fragment duology) by Warren Fahy*

The reality TV show Sealife is having a rough time - as it turns out, a ship full of scientist doesn’t make for the kind of drama they hoped for. Hoping for some excitement, they reach Hender's Island, a fragment of a lost continent that may contain an interesting new ecosystem. But as they step foot on the island, they quickly come to realize the ecosystem isn’t just new, it’s highly dangerous and very hungry. Among all this life is one single species that may be more dangerous than any other, but which may also be the salvation of the scientists on the island. A bit wonky, but genuinely one of the most fun books I have read, I love it so much.

Axiom's End (Noumena trilogy) by Lindsay Ellis

It’s 2007, and a leak has just confirmed that the US has reached alien contact. Cora wants nothing to do with it, but as her absent father is the whistleblower who dropped the news the media won’t leave her alone. Even worse, she soon finds herself meeting and being pursued by the alien presence itself as it tries to remain in hiding - and discovering that there is a much larger threat on the horizon.

The Road to Roswell by Connie Willis*

Francie has just traveled to Roswell to attend her college friend's wedding to a UFO conspirasist. Not a believer herself, Francie is shocked when she finds herself abducted by an alien. Her abductor is not much what popular media would have you believe, looking more like a tumbleweed than a grey alien, and is clearly on some kind of mission it isn’t willing to put on hold for the sake of Francie attending to her duties as a bridesmaid. As more people get roped along - among those a conman, an old lady, a ufo conspirasist, and a retiree with an RV - Francie finds herself getting closer to the alien and wanting to help it succeed.

Bonus rec: if you like this book, you may also enjoy the movie Paul, which has a similarly humorous tone and similar plot.

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir*

Ryland Grace just woke up up from a coma, unable to remember anything. He finds himself alone on a space ship, and as his memories slowly trickle back, he realizes he's been sent on a mission: to find a solution to the impending doom of the earth. Still struggling with holes in his memories, Ryland tries to fulfill his mission, but as he gets closer to his goal, he discovers someone else got there first. And they aren't anything close to human. Funny, heartfelt, and heavy on the science.

Survival by Julie E. Czerneda

Mac, a biologist studying salmon on Earth, has little interest in life beyond her own planet. Despite this, she’s sought out by Brymn, an alien archaeologist hoping her expertise as a biologist can help him solve the secret behind the Chasm, a region of space completely devoid of life. Trying as she might not to get incolved, Mac has little choice as she and her colleagues come under attack by the mysterious Ro, the species Brymn's people suspect to be the cause of the Chasm.

Translation State by Ann Leckie*

An exploration of the alien as filtered through the human. At what point does the human become something else? When does something else become human? Is it a question of biology or culture, nature or nurture? Can we choose it? Can it be forced upon us? Set in the Imperial Radch universe, Translation State follows three different characters embroiled in the question of what makes a human. The alien Presger can only communicate with humans using their translators - people they’ve created that are not quite human and not quite alien. But as news of a translator fugitive arises, conflict brews regarding what right they have to choose their own identity and home.

Exo (Exo duology) by Fonda Lee*

Young adult. Earth has long since been under the control of an alien presence. Donovan Reyes is an exo, a human enhanced with alien technology, working to keep the colony and its people safe. The biggest enemy is Sapience, a terrorist organisation opposing alien rule by any means necessary. When a mission goes awry, Donovan finds himself abducted by Sapiance, something that risks a war. While it took until the second book for me to be fully sold on this series, it features a genuinely nuanced take on oppression and resistance rarely seen in YA genre.

Needle by Hal Clement

1950s classic. A small island in the pacific ocean and a fourteen-year-old boy have just become the center of an interstellar chase between an alien Hunter and the criminal he's pursuing. Robert is a regular boy, but he has a very special passenger: an alien symbiont hiding inside his body. The alien became stranded on Earth as he pursued a criminal of his own species, and now they are both trapped on the same island, playing a game of cat and mouse as Robert and the Hunter struggle to find their prey before it finds them.

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers series) by Becky Chambers

Rosemary Harper just got a job on the motley crew of the Wayfarer, a spaceship that works with tunneling new wormholes through space. With a past she wants to leave behind, Rosemary is happy to travel the far reaches of the universe with the chaotic crew, but when they land the job of a life time, things suddenly get a lot more dangerous. A bit of a tumblr classic in its day, this is a cozy space opera with an episodic feel and vividly realized characters and cultures.

Under the Skin by Michel Faber

A dark allegory of alienation and dehumanization, Under the Skin follows Isserley, a woman traveling along the roads of England and picking up hitchhikers. Little does her passengers know, she’s an alien hiding her true self, and they are her prey and a delicacy for her species.

Solaris by Stanislaw Lem

1960s Polish classic. Arriving on a station orbiting the planet Solaris, Kris Kelvin is meant to study the strange, possibly sentient ocean that covers its entire surface. But the effects of the ocean are far reaching - Kelvin finds the crew of the station secretive and unstable, and is shocked to wake one day to the embodiement of a long dead lover. Was it created by the brain-like ocean, and if so, why?

West of Eden (West of Eden trilogy) by Harry Harrison

65 million years ago, the meteor that killed the dinosaurs never arrived. Without it, the dinosaurs lived and thrived, allowing a the complex society of the matriarchal Yilanè to arise. Meanwhile, in the new world, humans still evolve, and when an impending ice age forces the Yilanè across the ocean in search for a new home, the two are destined to clash. A bleak story of the cycle of violence and hate leading to war, West of Eden is a marvel of world-building.

Bonus AKA I haven't read these yet but they seem really cool

Triptych by J.M. Frey

Kalp is a widower and alien refugee newly arrived on Earth; Gwen is a language expert secretly recruited by the United Nations to help integrate a ship of alien refugees; Basil is an engineer who loves them both. Together they must defend their relationship against a violently intolerant world.

The Sparrow (The Sparrow duology) by Mary Doria Russell

When proof of alien life is found, the United Nations are too slow in their plans for a first contact mission. Instead, the Society of Jesus overtake them and send their own ship, but the crew could never have been prepared for what they will find.

Lagoon by Nnedi Okorafor

Something massive and alien crashes into the ocean off the coast of Nigeria. Three people, a marine biologist, a rapper, and a soldier, find themselves encountering this presence, and have to race to save humanity before it's too late.

Honorary mentions AKA these didn't really work for me but maybe you guys will like them: Salvaged by Madeleine Roux, Exodus by Nicky Drayden, The Lesson by Cadwell Turnbull, Embassytown by China Miéville

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Trans issues are rarely brought up in the Fallout series. Fallout 2′s cut Environmental Protection Agency location was apparently slated to include 'Top Secret Research into Gender Modification', but there's little suggestion what that content would have actually included. Also, the pre-war USA was a fascist hellscape that was actively hostile to human rights - witness, for example, a federal information release about the New Plague, which conflates contagion, socialism and queer sexuality, and encourages readers to report anyone displaying any of the above for 'quarantine' - so pre-war trans communities likely drew as little attention to themselves as possible. More recently, two non-binary characters (Burke and Orlando) have been introduced in Fallout 76's expansions; their roles have been relatively minor.

All that said… the Auto-Doc technology we see in Fallout 2 and New Vegas would be an absolute boon for trans patients. Auto-Docs can synthesise and administer medications, including hormone treatments (the models in the Sierra Madre Villa Clinic can dispense adrenaline, for instance). Any medications not already available can be added to the Auto-Doc's database by a knowledgeable user - this is how the cure to Jet addiction is manufactured in Vault City.

Auto-Docs are also capable of all manner of surgeries. Cosmetic surgery is not unheard of in the Fallout universe - Rivet City’s Horace Pinkerton and Diamond City’s doctors Crocker and Sun all offer it - but Auto-Docs can go even further. Advanced models can even alter a patient’s entire skeleton, with minimal scarring: Fallout 2′s Chosen One can can have their skeleton reinforced, without any Charisma penalty (unless they opt for the heavier, more invasive upgrade), and New Vegas’ Courier can have their spine and central nervous system replaced with a synthetic alternative. Auto-Docs can even give a patient a new voice - Christine Royce tragically had this done to her without her consent, but this does demonstrate show the procedure’s viability for a willing user.

Whether or not the major medical companies of the Falloutverse would sign off on such uses of their tech, breaking and customising Auto-Doc programming seems to have been a simple matter. A suitably sympathetic or motivated physician could have easily started a trans health clinic that could address the bulk of their patients’ medical needs - hormone treatment, surgery far more advanced than exists in the real world, and even voice alteration.

In short, there is absolute, copper-bottomed, canon-compliant room in the wasteland for fully automated transing of genders, and I hope the devs will recognise and embrace this fact.