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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... giant was silent . Then the giant spoke again . The word the boy heard in both sentences was , " ... Quorl ... " The third time he spoke , he merely pointed to himself and repeated , " Quorl . " Then he pointed to the boy and smiled ...
... giant was silent . Then the giant spoke again . The word the boy heard in both sentences was , " ... Quorl ... " The third time he spoke , he merely pointed to himself and repeated , " Quorl . " Then he pointed to the boy and smiled ...
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Samuel R. Delany. the giant , but not for meaning . He examined the words for tone and voice quality , the same way he searched the giant's face , the same way he watched the huge body , shoulder , arm , or knee , shifting as he talked ...
Samuel R. Delany. the giant , but not for meaning . He examined the words for tone and voice quality , the same way he searched the giant's face , the same way he watched the huge body , shoulder , arm , or knee , shifting as he talked ...
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... giant became serious . " You know , that is the first histosentient sound I've heard you make since you came here . " The boy frowned , and the giant repeated the sentence . The boy's face showed which word puzzled him . The giant ...
... giant became serious . " You know , that is the first histosentient sound I've heard you make since you came here . " The boy frowned , and the giant repeated the sentence . The boy's face showed which word puzzled him . The giant ...
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