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 297
... Kino , " he said . " Kino Nlov . " " You're from the Devil's Pot , aren't you ? ” Kino's eyes dropped and sprung from his own rags again to Jon's clothes and then to his face . " Going back that way ? " Quick , suspicious nod . " I'll ...
... Kino , " he said . " Kino Nlov . " " You're from the Devil's Pot , aren't you ? ” Kino's eyes dropped and sprung from his own rags again to Jon's clothes and then to his face . " Going back that way ? " Quick , suspicious nod . " I'll ...
Page 298
... Kino asked . " You wouldn't believe it . " " I don't know why , " Jon said . " Like you said , it makes you think . But I'll believe it . " " You're a funny guy , " Kino said . " You talk strange , like a mali , even . " " How do you ...
... Kino asked . " You wouldn't believe it . " " I don't know why , " Jon said . " Like you said , it makes you think . But I'll believe it . " " You're a funny guy , " Kino said . " You talk strange , like a mali , even . " " How do you ...
Page 299
... Kino made a fist and shook it , " we got ' em from all over Toromon . Apes and giants from the mainland , rich kids from the middle of the city , a lot from the edge , and more from in between : you people don't want to know it , but we ...
... Kino made a fist and shook it , " we got ' em from all over Toromon . Apes and giants from the mainland , rich kids from the middle of the city , a lot from the edge , and more from in between : you people don't want to know it , but we ...
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