Semantics

K/S Fanfiction
Title:	Semantics
Author(s):	Emily Adams
Date(s):	1988
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Genre:	slash
Fandom:	Star Trek: The Original Series
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Semantics is a Kirk/Spock story by Emily Adams.

It was published in the print zine First Time #20.

Summary

"Spock's understanding of a new culture from the lack of certain words in their language leads to him and Kirk being able to finally understand what their feelings for each other really are."

Reactions and Reviews

Very enjoyable and thought-provoking. The more I think of it (having no word for something means that thing does not exist in a given civilization) the truer it gets. Plus, somehow it's unfortunate there is no word (that I know of anyway) for that desire for physical closeness that is not sexual. There should be. Spock's characterization was particularly well-done.