Comments on: Pseudopod 060: The Heart of Tu’a Halaita

By: Mari Mitchell

Mari Mitchell — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 00:49:57 +0000

Somehow I can help but feel that "Spork" is a writer. I would be wiling to bet that his credits are composed of things he has posted or printed himself.

He fails to see that storytelling is largely the journey and not always the end.

By: KJToo » Pseudopod 073: Blood, Gridlock and PEZ

KJToo » Pseudopod 073: Blood, Gridlock and PEZ — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 22:41:25 +0000

[...] for Pseudopod thus far I think this one may be my favorite, though I did like Tara Kolden’s The Heart of Tu’a Halaita quite a lot. This entry was written by KJToo, posted on Friday, 18 January 2008 at 11:52 am, [...]

By: KJToo » Pseudopod 060: The Heart of Tu’a Halaita

KJToo » Pseudopod 060: The Heart of Tu’a Halaita — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 12:54:41 +0000

[...] podcast Pseudopod was released about an hour ago as I write this. The story this episode is “The Heart of Tu’a Halaita“, written by Tara Kolden and narrated by yours truly. It’s the story of a missionary [...]

By: Daniel Braum

Daniel Braum — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 03:21:12 +0000

Great story. I really enjoyed this one !

By: Spork

Spork — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 21:27:03 +0000

If you didn't see everything coming after he went to the tree, you need to improve your reading comprehension.

The story was passable, but nothing at all surprising happened.

By: TaraK

TaraK — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 05:23:55 +0000

I’m flattered if the story resembles something that F&SF would publish. But if you’ve read it before, it could only have been in the Hellbound Books anthology, DeathGrip: Legacy of Terror. If you track down that old story, though, please share a link so we can all enjoy. Here’s to man-eating trees!

By: Rhio2k

Rhio2k — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 00:47:38 +0000

Didn’t I read this before in Fantasy and Science Fiction magazine over a decade ago? It’s an okay story, but I SWEAR I read this a long, long time ago in some monthly scifi digest-sized magazine.

By: Fluffy Bunny

Fluffy Bunny — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 15:54:34 +0000

I think the idea is that he’s not a very good missionary to begin with. He thinks and does many things that a ‘good’ missionary wouldn’t do.

Also, I can’t believe I’m the first one to post this link to a story of another carnivorous tree: http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IEK20071023040252&Page=K&Headline=‘Cow-eating’+trees+of+Padrame&Title=Southern+News+-+Karnataka&Topic=0

By: Bela

Bela — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 16:56:18 +0000

The story was awesome, but I don’t think the author thought through the missionary character. I guess I am coming from the view of a religious person here, but did anybody not find it strange that he prayed briefly and only once in the whole story? I lived with missionaries, and I can imagine to dare some native jungle one would have to be pretty feverishly devoted. I just think as a missionary he would pray for his “flock” much more often as well as for himself later on.

Yeah, I do realize that the theft was not very bible-like strategy, so he would have prayed for forgivness. I know I would :-P

By: Dom

Dom — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 21:49:50 +0000

Jeez, this is some fantastic stuff! Tu'a Halaita rules. :-3

I always found the idea of missionaries silly...