The Fall of the TowersCome and enter Samuel Delany's tomorow, in this trilogy of high adventure, with acrobats and urchins, criminals and courtiers, fishermen and factory-workers, madmen and mind-readers, dwarves and ducheses, giants and geniuses, merchants and mathematicians, soldiers and scholars, pirates and poets, and a gallery of aliens who fly, crawl, burrow, or swim. |
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Page 172
... Clea went to the freezer , took out some fresh fruit , and brought it to the table . " You hungry ? " " Um - hm , " Alter said , and fell on the fruit , looking up once to say a full Thank you . When she was about half finished , Clea ...
... Clea went to the freezer , took out some fresh fruit , and brought it to the table . " You hungry ? " " Um - hm , " Alter said , and fell on the fruit , looking up once to say a full Thank you . When she was about half finished , Clea ...
Page 279
... Clea , " Koshar said . " Clea , you've been away from me so long . I had you when you were a little girl . But then you were away at University Island so much , and after that you turned right around and wanted to live alone , and I let ...
... Clea , " Koshar said . " Clea , you've been away from me so long . I had you when you were a little girl . But then you were away at University Island so much , and after that you turned right around and wanted to live alone , and I let ...
Page 372
... Clea and I have been working on formulating these two problems for years . Anything you could think of in a week or a month the machine would probably get through in a few minutes maximum . We should be finished today , and after that I ...
... Clea and I have been working on formulating these two problems for years . Anything you could think of in a week or a month the machine would probably get through in a few minutes maximum . We should be finished today , and after that I ...
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