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Why “Semiosis?”

Here’s a definition: “Semiosis (from the Greek verb sēmeiô, ‘to mark’) is any form of activity, conduct, or process that involves signs, including the production of meaning; an action or process involving the establishment of a relationship between a sign and its object and meaning.” Semiosis encompasses more than semantics, which focuses on language. It can include both human and nonhuman systems that use chemical, auditory, visual, or tactile signs to pass on information.

That is, Semiosis is about communication.

Why the name “Stevland”?

Stevland took his name from Stevland Jamil Barr, the first to die on the voyage to the planet Pax. Colonists agreed that the planet’s most important life form would be named after him.

Stevland Jamil Barr got his first name from the musician Stevie Wonder, whose full name is Stevland Hardaway Morris.

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About the Book

“Tongues in trees, and good in everything”
Fippokats in space!
My new favorite plant: a progress report
Giveaway reminder and updates for ‘Interference’
Excerpt from ‘Interference’: the opening of Chapter 6, by Stevland
“Interference” book launch – with free plants!
Giveaway of “Interference” at Goodreads!
Science fiction vs. literary fiction: Losing control
September sale
“Interference” has a surprise for my husband
I’ll be at two Volumes Bookcafe events in Chicago in October
Lucky Bamboo part II: The Rewilding
Lucky Bamboo part I: The Joy of Dirt
Trees in deadly battle
“Semiosis” is now available in French
The fun of an Irish Worldcon
“Semiosis” is on sale!
Excerpt from “Interference”
Where to find me at Worldcon
Stranger than Sci-Fi: Talking Plants – on BBC Radio 4
Plants that explode!
If I had won…
Digging up a novel
Where the idea for “Semiosis” came from
A splashy pink birthday gift
My Goodreads review of “The Forgetting Flower”
“Semiosis” is a finalist for the John W. Campbell Memorial Award
Flowers in the news
My Goodreads review – good stories with one big problem Anderson never saw
Why do roses have thorns?
My new favorite plant – from Mom
More news: “Semiosis” is a finalist for the Locus Best First Novel Award!
“Semiosis” is on the Arthur C. Clarke Award shortlist!
Houseplants have simple emotions
The Nerd Cantina interview
John Muir ecstatically describes spring in the mountains
Two short stories set on Pax
Very deep thoughts about “Semiosis”
Now available in Japan!
Writers Aloud: I’ll be reading on Sunday
A first look at “Interference”
Book club study guide
I’ll be at C2E2
Now in paperback
Kitschies nomination for “Semiosis”
The invention of the fippokat
Earth names for Pax plants and animals
Where to find me at Capricon 39
Five questions at Breaking the Glass Slipper
Plants in the news: food, flowers, and family ties
Review: The Revolutionary Genius of Plants
I’ll be at an open mic Saturday night
Texas Library Association: “Semiosis” is “a pleasure to read”
Storing wealth in the soil
Off to a bad start
“Semiosis” is on some year’s best SF lists
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“Semiosis” is on sale: $2.99 for the ebook
Mediate like the stars
Authors and astronomers at the Adler Planetarium Book Club
Plants in print: Books about botany
The last thing a plant sees
Where to find me at Windycon
The words to Higgins’ song, “Grief Evergreen”
“Live like a tree…”
Exactly where is the Planet Pax?
Fall is here, and trees will demonstrate their power
Reading recommendation: “Nine Last Days on Planet Earth” by Daryl Gregory
Do your neglected houseplants want revenge?
Plants are sneakier than we thought