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
"Randomax, randy, double-dice, cut-coin, seven-down — take your pick." "Randy
. . . ?" Kog asked. "Randy," repeated Shrimp. "All right. Now put your money down
. Fine. Your bet?" "Huh? Oh. Eh . . . two and six." Kog flipped, the coin struck the ...
"Randomax, randy, double-dice, cut-coin, seven-down — take your pick." "Randy
. . . ?" Kog asked. "Randy," repeated Shrimp. "All right. Now put your money down
. Fine. Your bet?" "Huh? Oh. Eh . . . two and six." Kog flipped, the coin struck the ...
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Tel still tagged after Shrimp and Curly. "How does that game really work?" he
finally asked when they were walking back to the barracks over the raised
highway. Shrimp shrugged. "Actually I don't exactly know. But somehow, the apes
just ...
Tel still tagged after Shrimp and Curly. "How does that game really work?" he
finally asked when they were walking back to the barracks over the raised
highway. Shrimp shrugged. "Actually I don't exactly know. But somehow, the apes
just ...
Page 236
Shrimp came very close to him and Curly looked over his shoulder. "See, I told
you," Shrimp said. "They're green, just like mine. That's cause we both come from
the shore. On the shore almost everybody's eyes are green — " "That's not what I
...
Shrimp came very close to him and Curly looked over his shoulder. "See, I told
you," Shrimp said. "They're green, just like mine. That's cause we both come from
the shore. On the shore almost everybody's eyes are green — " "That's not what I
...
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User Review - Larou - LibraryThingThe Fall of the Towers is an omnibus of a trilogy Delany wrote early in his career, and while it is nowhere near the quality of his best works, it is hard to believe that he was a mere 22 years old ... Read full review
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User Review - kimpe - LibraryThingThis book was interesting. It was my introduction to Delany, and there were many things I liked about this book, but there were also many things I did not. I never felt any true connection to any of ... Read full review
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Fall of the Towers Bantam spectra book |
| Author | Samuel R. Delany |
| Publisher | Bantam, 1986 |
| ISBN | 0553256483, 9780553256482 |
| Length | 416 pages |
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