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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... cried : " The war ! Yes , the war ! " " Here we go , " Alter whispered . Geryn ran his finger along the rim of the glass . " The war , " he said again . He turned suddenly . " It's coming ! And do you know why it's coming ? Do you know ...
... cried : " The war ! Yes , the war ! " " Here we go , " Alter whispered . Geryn ran his finger along the rim of the glass . " The war , " he said again . He turned suddenly . " It's coming ! And do you know why it's coming ? Do you know ...
Page 196
... cried Petra . We follow , cried Jon and Arkor . Jon whirled and arrowed towards the marauder . His beak plunged among black feathers . Talons meshed with his own . Arkor was close above him , and the terrible flapping of Petra's wings ...
... cried Petra . We follow , cried Jon and Arkor . Jon whirled and arrowed towards the marauder . His beak plunged among black feathers . Talons meshed with his own . Arkor was close above him , and the terrible flapping of Petra's wings ...
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... cried after him , then turned to Vol . " Nonik , please ... " They followed . When he burst into the control room Clea and Rolth looked up in surprise . " I ... " Jon started . Alter and Nonik reached the room seconds later . " Are you ...
... cried after him , then turned to Vol . " Nonik , please ... " They followed . When he burst into the control room Clea and Rolth looked up in surprise . " I ... " Jon started . Alter and Nonik reached the room seconds later . " Are you ...
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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