Stories with planetary consciousness

[BronzeOracle]

Does anyone know any fantasy or SF stories with a planetary consciousness or awareness? I'm interested in how such a being comes into being, how it is connected with and interacts with other lifeforms, particularly sentient lifeforms, on its world.

I know there's the Gaea-like god in Avatar and I remember a story from the manga Stardust Memories. Anything else?

 

[Devor]

I know there's Mogo, from Green Lantern. I don't know enough about the character to answer your questions, but here's the link for you:

Mogo - Green Lantern Wiki - DC Comics, Hal Jordan, Green Lantern Corps

I do know he can speak to the people on him, and also through his Green Lantern power ring.

 

[Hainted]

Ego the living planet from Marvel comics is the first to spring to mind. The trope is called Genius Loci and TV Tropes has a whole list of them Main/Genius Loci - Television Tropes & Idioms.

 

[Mythopoet]

Foundation and Empire by Isaac Asimov
Nemesis by Isaac Asimov
Solaris by Stanislaw Lem

Those are the ones I can think of. There are probably a lot more but I'm not a big sci fi reader.

 

[Penpilot]

I think Final Fantasy the movie deals with something along these lines.

 

[BronzeOracle]

Thanks everyone! Ah Solaris - I liked the film with George Clooney, it was a nice change in SF from typical action based stories. Has anyone seen the earlier movie?