I have been reading Secrets of the Soil by Peter Tompkins and Christopher Bird. In it are discussed such Outer Limits topics as climate change (its not global warming we have to fear, but the coming Ice Age), communications with and between plants, the role of soil bacteria and minerals in the health of plants.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1890693243/
Some topics seem a little beyond The Great Beyond. For example, one soil scientist invented something called Sonic Bloom, where in certain sounds (music) are played to plants and they respond by producing super sweet fruit, or stellar growth. It seems they like the sound violins, but not hard rock. The explanation is that soil bacteria respond to certain sound frequencies, and the result can either be that they stimulate plant growth, or are repelled by the sound.
It would seem an appropriate Halloween read for a gardener interested in soil.
