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 103
... what's troubling them is a lot simpler than what's troubling us in Toromon . 99 " Jon , " Clea asked suddenly , " what's it like in Telphar ? You know I'll help you if I can , but tell me . ' The face on the visaphone was still . Then ...
... what's troubling them is a lot simpler than what's troubling us in Toromon . 99 " Jon , " Clea asked suddenly , " what's it like in Telphar ? You know I'll help you if I can , but tell me . ' The face on the visaphone was still . Then ...
Page 205
... What holes ? " asked Tel . " You know ; replacements . " Tel couldn't make out the face and for a passing moment was ... what's with ' him ? " " Well , " said Tel , " he acts sort of funny . " " Sure he does , " replied the voice ...
... What holes ? " asked Tel . " You know ; replacements . " Tel couldn't make out the face and for a passing moment was ... what's with ' him ? " " Well , " said Tel , " he acts sort of funny . " " Sure he does , " replied the voice ...
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... What is it ? " the neanderthal called . " Huh ? What's the matter ? " " What do you mean what's the matter ? " Tel called back . Lug came up rubbing his eyes . " What's everybody shouting about ? " " Where were you ? ” Tel asked ...
... What is it ? " the neanderthal called . " Huh ? What's the matter ? " " What do you mean what's the matter ? " Tel called back . Lug came up rubbing his eyes . " What's everybody shouting about ? " " Where were you ? ” Tel asked ...
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