Windhaven is a science-fiction and fantasy novel written by novelist and screenwriter George R. R. Martin, and novelist Lisa Tuttle. The novel is a collection of short stories compiled and first published together in 1981 by Simon and Schuster. It was later reprinted by Bantam Spectra in hardcover in 2001, and in mass market paperback in 2003. Windhaven was nominated for a Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel in 1982.
The novel recounts events which occur on the fictional planet Windhaven. Its inhabitants are the descendants of human space voyagers who crash-landed on Windhaven centuries before the events of the book take place. After the crash, the survivors spread out across the many islands of Windhaven's primarily oceanic planetary surface and settled. In order to preserve tenuous lines of communication across vast seas, the stranded population constructed mechanically simplistic gliding rigs from available space-ship wreckage, which could be kept aloft by human pilots almost indefinitely in Windhaven's extremely windy atmosphere. After centuries of using this practice as the principal means of maintaining continuous social contact, Windhaven's "flyers" have developed into a class clearly separate from all others. Additionally, the flyer class maintains ownership of the flying rigs—which are commonly known as "wings"—by keeping them within dynastic flyer families and, therefore, none of Windhaven's people aside from those born into flyer families can legitimately aspire to ever wear them. These class-based differences serve as the impetus for the novel's character-driven narrative.
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Windhaven : Meteors & Landings (dev. video #13)
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Windhaven : 8 Virtual Birds (dev. video #5)
Windhaven prototype : the dream of flight (dev. video #1)
Windhaven : Flapping Through Mist (dev. video #7)
Windhaven : Thunder & Lightning (dev. video 14)
Windhaven Teaser Trailer (DreamBuildPlay 2010)
Windhaven : non-combat gameplay prototype (dev. video #8)
Windhaven prototype : procedural terrain (dev. video #2)
Windhaven : Fire Eagle (dev. video #12)
Windhaven : Aerial Invasion (dev. video #11)
Spring Pops Concert 2013 - Beginning Band Windhaven Celebration
Windhaven : Through Darkened Skies (dev. video 15)
Windhaven Teaser Trailer
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Inside where a shadow of this man has died and
I've been persistent in keeping the distance
From foreground to background
It's all in an instance and I've lied
A failure to contact in time
'Cause I've seen your wrists in such bad condition
The frequency's dying
*These come strait from the the CD book, so I know there right*
A bar tap divided,
with a stare at long eyes to hear ears.
Hung on,
a question that I might not work,
last call, somewhere.
Should I go home or stay here,
Hold me up dear.
(chourus)
A toast,
to the one who poured out my regrets.
A call to air I'll intake one last.
I'll follow you home.
Dont hold me up if your arms are breaking.
I can't tell you enough.
Its discourageing when you say,
please hear me out with a curse to accents.
Sentances you make,
Sentances that make me ask...
A silence recited,
as my voice just distorts in her ears.
Rung out.
Obsessinve that she might solve all her problems.
Should I hold on to my fears.
Hear me out dear.
(chourus)
A toast,
to the one who poured out my regrets.
A call to air, I'll intake one last...
*guy: ill follow you home...
*girl: I dont think thats a good idea...
I'll follow you home.
Dont hold me up, if your arms are breaking
Cant tell you enough.
Its dicourageing when you say.
Please hear me out with a curse to accents
sentances you make.
Sentances that make me ask...
*screams: Everything you ever wanted
died in the bottom of a bottle.
You will never stomach but will
never throw it up. A version of a
virgin purified by a bleeding heart.
You ruined my life. (You ruined my life)
And its never ending. (Its never ending)
This air spoiled by the times when you were here.
And I feel like trying a new design,
where your heart is put in a case.
And I find that the beating just breaks down the walls.
Hold me up dear.
Should I go home or stay here.
Hold me up dear.
There is a monument in DC
Were the semester lays her head
And you know im subdued up the coast under this moon
(under this moon)
These winters kill off what the summer thought it groomed
Cause we know the [x3] truth
Transmisions interfere
We know the truth
There is a penalty in sleeping (in sleeping)
With a stranger in your bed
See i was moving towards a capitol arrangement
And spoke the words out loud that she has never said. (she has never said)
Cause we know the [x3] truth
Transmisions interfere
We know the truth
Cant find her way
Bright colors fade away
Between the sheets
That's where we'll me
See i was moving towards a capitol arangement
And spoke the words out loud that she has in her head
Cause we know the [x3] truth
Transmissions interfere
We know the truth
Pride ... fade away
Between the sheets
That's where we'll meet
See i was moving towards a capitol arrangement
And spoke the words out loud that she has in her head.
Cause we know the truth [x3]
Transmisions interfere
Well this never gets easier,
each second I'm further away from,
home now. Fears
the well drinks that soak my charade her
heart played ending of movies but then entail.
Ties that bind left a blanket of empty shells.
(chorus)
Cover me,
when im shivering.
Cause its cold like,
winter in upstate.
You've taken the warmth of my everyday.
Home away...
From the home homecoming, I dont anticipate.
Cross your heart, your a liar, go fold your hands and walk away.
While I lie awake.
How I drug this mind to get some sleep unsuccessfully,
Watching you die alone would make you, the girl of my dreams.
But instead,
the radio marches parades at,
4 am. These anthems of hopeless heartache,
serves as a timeline of my life until I fail.
In slow motion I watch you now cut the sail.
(chorus)
Cover me,
when im shivering.
Cause its cold like,
winter in upstate.
You've taken the warmth of my everyday.
Home away...
From the home homecoming, I dont anticipate.
Cross your heart, your a liar, go fold your hands and walk away.
While I lie awake.
How I drug this mind to get some sleep unsuccessfully,
Watching you die alone would make you, the girl of my dreams.
(reapeat 2x's)
Girl of my dreams.
Never gets easier, Never gets easier.
(guest singer - Claudio Sanchez)
As she coward with sound,
behind the walls that suround this.
Let go, will you feel it this time.
Could be that woman.
The one where I owe you my life.
*GIRL OF MY DREAMS!
(2x's)
Girl of my dreams.
(Girl of my dreams)
Never gets easier, Never gets easier.
*GIRL OF MY DREAMS
Never gets easier, Never gets easier.
Take this awful pain
That cracked the spinal code transmission to my brain.
Before my eyes, the birth of textures
And the stimulating feeling in my sensors.
Her memories, like medications,
They're there to break my fall,
But dangerous mixed with.
And it isn't the voice that ideals I tend to believe.
Wait a minute; your stomach's filled with such hypocracy.
And is it the fact that you're an ordinary American?
But when we get home
Will you be there to show me all the pieces
That I've never seen before?
And when you adore
The life that I have left behind
Because it is now washed up on the shore.
Place these citizens
Into a situation where they have to live
Eye for an eye.
They never figured
There was another side and backlash to her pleasure.
And it isn't the voice that ideals I tend to believe.
Wait a minute; your stomach's filled with such hypocracy.
And is it the fact that you're an ordinary American?
But when we get home,
Will you be there to show me all the pieces
That I've never seen before?
And when you adore
The life that I have left behind
Because it is now washed up on the shore.
Her memories, like medication,
They're there to break my fall,
There's a tear in the fabric
There's a knife on the floor
Persistent beats the heart that stained
The dress inside the closet
Where her body lay cold
Can you let me out
There's no rhyme
There's no reason
For the seasons adore
Of dreamers with their past crimes
And their lovers have no lifeline
They resolve
They restore
'Cause here in the world she had such fascinations (Let me out)
With becoming a whore
It's so charming when you choke on your pride
It's so ugly it stopped there
In the middle of your throat described
As the words she would endear.
[Chorus]
This feeling of being alive
Reminds me of gasping for air
And stomaching living for her
Was a feeling that I couldn't bear
There's no rhyme
There's no reason
For the seasons adore
Of dreamers with their past crimes
And lovers with no lifeline
They resolve
They restore
'Cause you showed the world my infatuation
Now I'll show them yours
[Chorus]
It's been a long time since these hands
Have grabbed your skin
And I've been dying
For a way to get back in
It's been along time coming
For both of us have sinned
And I've been drinking with the ghost
Of your old friend
Stain the floor where she was strained
The vows that they exchange
As blood soaked hands exchange
Refrain the lines and songs we sang
'Cause ugly rhythms hang
Her mouth that screamed my name
(Lines and songs we sang
'Cause ugly rhythms hang
Her mouth that screamed my name)
The lines and songs we sang
Emily's under blankets, tucked in by paramedics.
A lullaby of sirens flood this town.
And I've got a bad idea where envy
drinks till my eyes get heavy.
My alibi just seems so watered down.
(chorus)
And I hear the voice of your mother screaming, "run for cover!"
He will feed the flame.
And I see her in the arms of another
did you, did you ever curse my name?
That isn't enough, murder, my arms
are now reaching for your neck.
Dearest, I'm falling in love with you.
Emily's so attractive,
a white dress in her black casket.
A color scheme that surely haunts me now.
And I've got a new idea excuse me
sink in this ocean help.
I'm telling lies as I begin to drown.
(chorus)
Down fall from grace.
This is my fault and I'm sorry.
Forgive me
for leaving you this way.
My valentine
in a chalked outline,
you're finally mine.
Don't make a sound.
My eyes and ears now focus on the change
If friendship sanf a song my voice would strain
Every note's in vain, every note
In this spiteful harmony
No conscience, no thought process, no release
Your outlet of aggression begs you please
Care for your disease
And breed the perfect tragedy
How is this my fault?
And this is my life?
Enduring every passing day
The voice inside your head will say,
Am I a failure?
It's time to walk away
Worshipping this casualty
Inhaling what we need
To fill the lungs of his dead machine
Can't believe the pain it's taking the pictures perfect
The frame is breaking
As we draw closer your cold shoulder shows
that you were so opposed
And I can't believe this is the way you've killed yourself
Worshipping this casualty inhaling what we need
Fall to sleep whispered in the air as you lay
Rest is here kindled by this flame and it decay
You'll stay here
Until I tell you it's time to go
Time to go
You feel my hands around your throat - How deep does your soul dig in?
The shovels digging up the hole that you will someday live in
In this case closed shut by my nails as you scream
Rest is here buried by my voice in roses you'll lay
There you'll lay
In my arms
You peel the skin right off your bones - how beautiful are you in-
side the skin I used to hold and you will someday die in
As long as you put these roses on your grave
You'll stay strong - the fountain imperfection
(You feel my hands around your throat - How deep does your soul dig in?
The shovels digging up the hole that you will someday live in)
As long as you put these roses on your grave
You'll stay strong - the fountain imperfection
(You peel the skin right off your bones - how beautiful are you in-
side the skin I used to hold and you will someday die in)
Far from land
For empty breeze away
Silence tries to get this fortune
In a box wrapped with jades
Id hold up if i were only strong enough
To recall the nights when you called out my name
We can't hold onto this fortune
Id call you up if i were only dumb enough
To forget the nights when you cried out his name
Has that been your best intention
Id call you up if i were only strong enough
Lets cast these words into the sea put em in a bottle we agreed
And promise bottoms up before we write this down
Intoxicate sincerity love, lust, and fake integrity
The feeling i wish you would have
My last words to the sea (to the sea)
Id hold you up if i were only strong enough
To recall the nights when you called out my name
We can't hold on to this fortune
Id call you up if i were only dumb enough
To forget the nights when you cried out his name
Has that been your best intention
Ill call you up
We can't hold onto this fortune
Ill call you up
Ill call you up
*pre-song:
Survive this night,
with a constant you keep dreaming.
Are you dreaming?
Would you follow pride and kill him off tonight.
Thanks to you the asphalt that broke my fall.
She pushed me over. (She pushed me over.)
And disregarding blood knees cause after all,
its when you're sober then. (Its when you're sober then)
(chourus)
The pain kicks in cause the pills, they wore off.
And there's no medication I find strong engouh,
to replace my spine and destroy my mind. (This time)
I heard you were sleeping alone.
In a bed made for two,
I'm spending this night without you.
And you heard I was drinking alone.
Into you a violent wake up call.
She pushed me over. (She pushed me over)
And it's regarding the disease that's un us all.
Its when you're sober. (Its when your sober.)
(chourus)
The pain kicks in cause the pills, they wore off.
And there's no medication I find strong engouh,
to replace my spine and destroy my mind. (This time)
I heard you were sleeping alone.
In a bed made for two,
I'm spending this night without you.
And you heard I was drinking alone.
Take your eyes off of me.
Take your hands off of me.
*repeat whole thing until end of song
Survive this night,
(survive this night...)
with a constant you keep dreaming.
Are you dreaming?
Don't turn away
I'm the only thing you know you wanted
Polite and tamed
left you feeling like a child who's getting bored
but your skin is worn
just like California
didn't warn you
that you'd burn beneath the setting sun
I'm taking it back
I'm turning from you, I'm turning from you
I'm taking it back
So colors don't turn from black to blue
You can put that gun down
Such beating remains
Are the hallways to where your poor heart is
Re-sin again this beatings pushing
Wither to the floor
Cause im feeling torn
Just like paranoia
Didn't warn you
That you'd burn beneath the smoking gun
I'd hate to tell you how much of this charade
Isn't exactly all of the things that can say
Things that I can say
I'd had to tell you how many bad mistakes
Are really things I intended to make
Intended to make
I'm taking it back
I'm taking it back
I'm taking it back
So colors don't turn from black to blue
I'm taking it back
I'm turning from you, I'm turning from you
I'm taking it back
Mouths with tongues full of bitterness
Are open graves waiting
Take these pills
Sleep tonight
You're drenched in poison
But let her feel the knife again
I want her dead again
In my bed again
Eyes full of images
Has shown me her again
Feel the chill
Stand up right
Tensions mounding
Let her see daylight again
I want her blind again
In my life again
You're not going anywhere tonight
Anadivine – Yes Sir, Mr. Machine
Had enough
These fingers
Will never push numbers
Into your machine again
I will be like a mist
That will appear today and vanish tomorrow
You will never be able to make up all I've done for you
Dark mornings praise anger fierce as the sun
As the sun
Don't look to see my face
This face will never lie
Never lie
This machine again
This face will never lie
Never lie
This machine again
You couldn't grant my few requests
But only took from me
Cause you were always undenying
Unless you're lying
Cause you are everything that you
Don't want to believe
Do you remember
We put together...this machine
This face will never lie
Never lie
This machine again
This face will never lie
Never lie
This machine again
This face will never lie
Never lie
Lets start this off
by burning down our bridges
and collecting or protecting
everything in our best interest
take my money
take it from me
take my soul and let it
go into the night
take everything that we have
with the lights on we crawl into the shadows
picking out the movements of my life
but when they're gone
these halos fit like nooses
and who is going to produce our tired scene
where will we go
does someone know
cant fight them all
they're making our decisions
and reflecting or neglecting
all the talent that we've given
fame comes down in such bad taste
electrocute my mouth and the words I say
fame like such has high stakes
illuminates my mouth and the words I say
the words I say
with the lights on we crawl into the shadows
picking out the movements of my life
but when they're gone
these halos fit like nooses
and who is going to produce our tired scene
where will we go
does someone know
where will we go