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 153
... Ptorn . His long arm reached across Tel's shoulder and his brown fingers squared the coins . Shrimp and Curly exchanged worried looks . " Money , " Ptorn said and put a unit note beside the coins . Curly said , " I think I'll throw in ...
... Ptorn . His long arm reached across Tel's shoulder and his brown fingers squared the coins . Shrimp and Curly exchanged worried looks . " Money , " Ptorn said and put a unit note beside the coins . Curly said , " I think I'll throw in ...
Page 156
... Ptorn saw him and waved . " How you doing ? " " Fine , " Tel said . " You just out walking too ? " Ptorn nodded and looked back over the railing . Tel stopped beside him and leaned on the top bar . A breeze pulled their sleeves back ...
... Ptorn saw him and waved . " How you doing ? " " Fine , " Tel said . " You just out walking too ? " Ptorn nodded and looked back over the railing . Tel stopped beside him and leaned on the top bar . A breeze pulled their sleeves back ...
Page 158
... Ptorn asked . " Huh ? " said Tel , looking up again . “ Oh . As a matter of fact I'm thinking about a necklace . " " A necklace ? " " Yeah , " Tel said . " It was made of shells , polished shells that I strung on leather thongs ...
... Ptorn asked . " Huh ? " said Tel , looking up again . “ Oh . As a matter of fact I'm thinking about a necklace . " " A necklace ? " " Yeah , " Tel said . " It was made of shells , polished shells that I strung on leather thongs ...
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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