Earth and Sky is an interactive fiction trilogy written by Paul O'Brian about the adventures of a brother and sister who gain superpowers while searching for their lost parents. The first part, Earth and Sky was entered in the 2001 annual Interactive Fiction Competition where it finished eighth. The second part (Another Earth, Another Sky) was considerably more successful, winning the competition in 2002 as well as picking up the 2002 XYZZY Award for Best Use of Medium. The third part, Luminous Horizon, also managed to win the Interactive Fiction Competition when it was released in 2004.
Famous quotes containing the words earth and sky, earth and/or sky:
“Night is a curious child, wandering
Between earth and sky, creeping
In windows and doors, daubing
The entire neighborhood
With purple paint.”
—Frank Marshall Davis (b. 1905)
“Oh sure, everyone goes back to the earth at some point, but life itself is a thread that is never broken, never lost. Do you know why? Because each man makes a knot in the thread during his lifetime: it is the work he has done and that’s what gives life to life in the long stretch of time: the usefulness of man on this earth.”
—Jacques Roumain (1907–1945)
“Our roots are in the dark; the earth is our country. Why did we look up for blessing—instead of around, and down? What hope we have lies there. Not in the sky full of orbiting spy-eyes and weaponry, but in the earth we have looked down upon. Not from above, but from below. Not in the light that blinds, but in the dark that nourishes, where human beings grow human souls.”
—Ursula K. Le Guin (b. 1929)