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Oh come on now Dark Knight Send a noteboard - 07/03/2011 02:34:08 PM
. I couldn't tell you the difference between an oak tree and a maple tree for all the money in the world.

Do you go outside?

Trees have long been important cultural and mythological aspects of humanity, so it isn't surprising that they're a common trope in fantasy. A cursory look at various religions will reveal trees everywhere: Yggdrasil, the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil (and by extension the Cross), the Bodhi tree... the list is nearly endless.

As for the needless pseudopastoral descriptions in WoT, I refer you to the beginning of this sentence.


If you ask 10 random people on the street what tree they were looking at, how many do you think would know? It just bugs me that ordinary people in these books all know what the different trees are
Formerly Mat Bloody Cauthon on Wotmania, blessed be its name
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Today's quickpoll about trees reminded me of something I wanted to discuss Dark Knight - 07/03/2011 04:49:40 AM 1055 Views
I think it's to cater to people that supposedly hate ebooks Bryce - 07/03/2011 06:09:02 AM 911 Views
You might not know much, or even the average reader A Deathwatch Guard - 07/03/2011 06:22:15 AM 771 Views
Wow. Ghavrel - 07/03/2011 07:34:43 AM 873 Views
Oh come on now Dark Knight - 07/03/2011 02:34:08 PM 801 Views
Re: Oh come on now nossy - 07/03/2011 02:54:31 PM 823 Views
Re: Oh come on now DomA - 07/03/2011 06:19:12 PM 875 Views
Exactly Scott Blademaster - 07/03/2011 07:58:46 PM 979 Views
I noticed it for the first time on my reread, but only because I don't know wtf "leatherleaf" is. Ghavrel - 07/03/2011 10:50:48 PM 742 Views
This is true. Ghavrel - 07/03/2011 10:53:20 PM 732 Views
I can tell right away, from the tree or just a leaf. Tom - 07/03/2011 08:10:10 PM 725 Views
Where I grew up, most everyone would know virtually every tree. Ghavrel - 07/03/2011 10:48:18 PM 801 Views
Like ghavrel said, they are important culturally and mythologically Stephen - 07/03/2011 05:05:37 PM 801 Views
Tolkien was a tree freak *NM* random thoughts - 08/03/2011 01:36:57 AM 339 Views
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