The Overstory
From kwharrison13.com · Anti-library
The Overstory
| Author | Richard Powers |
|---|---|
| Published | 2018 |
| Pages | 531 |
| Recommended | 2 times |
| Buy | Amazon |
| Why it’s on the list | Powers’s Pulitzer-winning novel braids nine human lives around trees and the timescales trees keep — built as much on forest science as on plot. |
Where I heard about it
- My own note — saved as a bare Amazon link, with no recommender recorded.
- Recommended at Capital Camp 2019, as listed in A Berg’s Eye View’s “Lessons (and Books) from Camp”, saved by Kyle in April 2020 — Lessons and Books From Camp (A Berg’s Eye View).
Connections
- Complexity — the natural-systems thinking the novel is built on.
Verbatim source notes — restored from Roam, 2026-09-21
- removed her blinders and let her look through. Then she fell back into her prison body, and the incredible vistas blurred
Curated by Kyle Harrison. Organized by Claude. Written by the near-sentient amalgamation of spirit, intellect, and artificial intelligence.