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 287
... Jon and Alter sat . The owner preceded them like a diesel - powered slug . " Her Grace , the Duchess of Petra ... asked Jon . He looked closely and saw that the Duchess's face was tired . " The war , " she said . " The war again ...
... Jon and Alter sat . The owner preceded them like a diesel - powered slug . " Her Grace , the Duchess of Petra ... asked Jon . He looked closely and saw that the Duchess's face was tired . " The war , " she said . " The war again ...
Page 304
... Jon saw the Duchess's face . " Jon there ? " she asked . " Right here , " he answered from across the room . " Well , I just made an enemy for life of the night librarian over at Central Records , but I got something on Mr. Nonik ...
... Jon saw the Duchess's face . " Jon there ? " she asked . " Right here , " he answered from across the room . " Well , I just made an enemy for life of the night librarian over at Central Records , but I got something on Mr. Nonik ...
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... asked the soldier . " Look , " the neanderthal youth explained , " the coin you flip has a spin of , say , omega ... Jon , Alter , and their guide had again stopped to listen . Now Jon stepped to the lawn and touched the boy's shoul- der ...
... asked the soldier . " Look , " the neanderthal youth explained , " the coin you flip has a spin of , say , omega ... Jon , Alter , and their guide had again stopped to listen . Now Jon stepped to the lawn and touched the boy's shoul- der ...
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Alter asked aquariums Arkor barrier began blinked breath camera dollies Catham caught Chargill Clea corner cried Curly dark Devil's Pot door Duchess edge enemy eyes face feet fingers Flames forest guard frowned Geryn girl guess guys hair hand Jeof Jon and Alter Jon asked Jon Koshar Jon's King Kino laughed light looked Lord loudspeaker mainland malis mind morning moved neanderthal night nodded once palace paused Petra Ptorn pulled Quorl Rara remember rock Rolth screamed shadow shook his head shoulder Shrimp shrugged side smiled someone sound stepped stood stopped street suddenly talk tank telepaths tell Telphar tetron there's theremin thing thought told Tomar Toromon Toron towers TOWERS OF TORON transit-ribbon Triton trying turned unified field theory Uske voice Vol Nonik walked wall What's whispered window woman