#the wounded sky

[immortaljailor]

me taking notes on how to characterize Spones from Diane Duane's The Wounded Sky: I see...so according to Jim, Bones is "geared to receiving" while Spock is "oriented toward giving" understood 👍

#IM SORRY MY MIND IS IN THE GUTTER #spones #spock #leonard mccoy #star trek #the wounded sky #cursed.txt

[dduane]

Hello Ms Duane,

I just finished “The Wounded Sky” for the first time and was just blown away by the beauty of it - even though math and physics are more or less a closed book to me, you gave me a peek into the book and it was gorgeous! ALSO I have to know - when Uhura is talking about her experience during one of the inversions and says “it would break your heart” “why? Was it so sad?” “Sad? No!” - that whole exchange reminded me powerfully of a similar one in “Voyage of the Dawn Treader.” Was it a deliberate reference? Either way LOVED the book and will be re-reading for sure!

Thanks so much. I'm glad you enjoyed it. :)

Re: that line: It may have been accidental—this far down the line, I don't recall. But the precision of the quote certainly IDs it... so we can assume that, one way or another, C. S. Lewis seems to have been on my mind. (And not for the first time...)

#The Wounded Sky

[trek-tracks]

"If They really were a God, They would respond to our pain as to Their own. I wanted to see if They really had that much divinity--or what the humanities take for divinity--in Them."

-Bones vs. God, The Wounded Sky by Diane Duane (1983)

"You doubt me?"

"I doubt any god who inflicts pain for his own pleasure."

-Bones vs. God, The Final Frontier (1989)

Bones' enduring perception of god as a being of complete compassion dedicated to the removal of pain and suffering--and his ability to confront said "god" if it doesn't live up to those ideals--is a perfect encapsulation of his character, and why he holds his oath as a healer above all else.

#star trek #star trek tos #leonard mccoy #bones mccoy star trek v #star trek v: the final frontier #the final frontier #the wounded sky #diane duane #star trek books #star trek novels #trek books #trek novels #jim kirk #captain kirk #what does god need with a starship #it's loving Bones hours today #trek through time #star trek parallels

[mmmmsmamm]

Watching TOS and I really want to start reading the novels but I don't know where to begin 😭😭 help a new(ish) trekkie out

#star trek #star trek tos #startrek #TOS #i've seen extracts of different books but idk where to begin #i also saw one specifically diane duane #the wounded sky #??? #help #trekkie

[lt-cmdr-titties]

diane duane - the wounded sky

this passage rendered me absolutely breathless and i thought i would share it

#fellas..... #star trek tos #james t kirk #leonard bones mccoy #mckirk #star trek novels #diane duane #the wounded sky

[dovand]

zoned out for several hours and read dduanes The Wounded Sky and. OUGH.

(id: cat crying reaction pic)

#tos #star trek tos #the wounded sky #diane duane #star trek the original series #that shit HURTED dude

[grumpyoldsnake]

I’m rereading The Wounded Sky by @dduane for the first time since I was a kid.

I’m not very far in yet, but it’s already very clear to me why I loved it so much then — I adore when authors actually lean into the logistics and variety of alien life in a setting, even just a little bit. The nods to different syntaxes and different ways of perceiving concepts are wonderful. :)

#there’s ‘hey this alien race fills X role and their culture is like Y’ and then there’s ‘hey this alien species *needs different things*’ #‘this alien species *exists* differently; *we* need to adjust how we exist and approach to accommodate that’ #and I love when authors go that extra step #it’s slow going since I have to read it in print rather than audiobook #the days when I could focus on and rapidly devour a print book are long behind me #but I am determined :) #my reading #book recs #star trek #star trek tos #the wounded sky #diane duane #science fiction

[pityroad]

— Thanksgiving 2006, Ocean Vuong, from 'Night Sky with Exit Wounds'

[text ID: Brooklyn's too cold tonight

& all my friends are three years away.

My mother said I could be anything

I wanted — but I chose to live.]

#ocean vuong #night sky with exit wounds #queer poetry #thanksgiving #winter #mine #quotes #favourite

[spocks-husband]

Can't believe Diane Duane invented love with this passage that's so crazy

#star trek #spirk #axel rambles sometimes #star trek novels #wounded sky #star trek tos #diane duane

[wedarkacademia]

How sweet. That rain. How something that lives only to fall can be nothing but sweet.

- Ocean Vuong, Night Sky with Exit Wounds

#Ocean Vuong #Night Sky with Exit Wounds #dark academia #quotes #spilled words #spilled thoughts #dark aesthetic #book quotes #words #words words words #dark acadamia aesthetic #text #dark acamedia #dark academia aesthetic #academia aesthetic #chaotic academia #classic academia #light academia aesthetic #soft academia #romantic academia #study motivation #studyspo #studyinspo #studying #study aesthetic #study notes #study space #studygram #study blog #light academia

[metamorphesque]

   — Ocean Vuong, Reasons for Staying

[text ID: Because this mess I made I made with love.]

#ocean vuong #poem #poetry #literature #quotes #time is a mother #night sky with exit wounds

[asoftepiloguemylove]

on humanity and love

Chen Chen Elegy / Dead Poets Society (1989) dir. Peter Weir / Sheila Heti Pure Colour / unknown (via @morepeachyogurt) / Ocean Vuong Night Sky with Exit Wounds / As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty (2000) dir. Jonas Mekas / Berlot Brecht Motto / Fleabag (2016-2019); Episode #2.3 dir. Harry Bradbeer / Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022) dir. Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert / pinterest / Louise Glück Vita Nova

#on humanity #on love #on healing #web weave #web weaving #poetry compilation #poetry parallels #chen chen #elegy #dead poets society #peter weir #sheila heti #pure colour #ocean vuong #night sky with exit wounds #as i was moving ahead #jonas mekas #berlot brecht #motto #fleabag #harry bradbeer #everything everywhere all at once #eeaao #daniel kwan #danielscheinart #louise gluck #vita nova #as i was moving ahead occasionally i saw brief gimpses of beauty #words #poem

[dduane]

Hi! I just finished reading The Wounded Sky a couple days ago and wanted to say thank you for writing it! I loved the way you handled the characters and made the ST universe feel so fantastical while keeping the "hard" edge to the sci fi.

You're very welcome!

And honestly, for me half the fun of writing science fiction (even in its relatively soft Trekkish sense) is playing with the science. Before I was a nurse, I was a physics major with a serious case of the hots for astronomy. So I think I can be forgiven for getting down and wallowing in that a little while mixing it in with the story. :)

#Star Trek #Star Trek novels #The Wounded Sky

[strykerlancer]

“Understand me when I say I burn best when crowned with your scent.”

— Ocean Vuong, from “Night Sky with Exit Wounds.”

#ocean vuong #Night Sky with Exit Wounds #words #literature #poetry #quotes #lit

[ride-a-dromedary]

Halsin would tell you to go touch grass but mean it 100% sincerely.

#BG3 Musing #Halsin Posting #Halsin #go touch some grass and maybe you'll calm down #and someone just reacting so negatively to that like well you don't need to be sassy #and halsin is like ??? i'm..i'm telling you to go outside and it'll make you feel better? #i keep imagining halsin sneaking out of the elfsong to go hide in the park because it's the closest he can get to feeling #even remotely comfortable in the city and you just find him on his back staring at the peeks of sky and he looks so much better #than he did when his shirt collar was choking him and the pavement beneath him felt like a death sentence #i feel like people really get on his case for being so upset in the city and criticizing it but like...the man is literally wilting there #he's suffocating - it's like...well...like putting a bear in a cage #and expecting him to perform for you #he will be angry and wounded and try to escape #and only when you've completely throttled him into submission - broken him completely - will he stop fighting you

[unloneliest]

#the mountain goats #tmg #jam posts #tmg posting #sky's opening up like an old wound. if you even care