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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... guess there isn't anything else to want , not that bad . " He grinned , and the grin made her smile . " I guess , " she started , " ... I guess it was just that he looked so much like my brother . " " Clea , " Tomar said . " About your ...
... guess there isn't anything else to want , not that bad . " He grinned , and the grin made her smile . " I guess , " she started , " ... I guess it was just that he looked so much like my brother . " " Clea , " Tomar said . " About your ...
Page 209
... guess that's the way it goes , " Tel shrugged . " What's your home like ? " Lug asked . " Is it the place you live ? " " It isn't , " Tel said . " At least I haven't lived there for a long time , almost three years . I left when I was ...
... guess that's the way it goes , " Tel shrugged . " What's your home like ? " Lug asked . " Is it the place you live ? " " It isn't , " Tel said . " At least I haven't lived there for a long time , almost three years . I left when I was ...
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... guess I have . " " Guess we all have , " Tel said . " Say , Lug . You want to look after the beast for a bit ? I'm going to check my tools and see if everything's ready to go back . It'll take me about half an hour to run through them ...
... guess I have . " " Guess we all have , " Tel said . " Say , Lug . You want to look after the beast for a bit ? I'm going to check my tools and see if everything's ready to go back . It'll take me about half an hour to run through them ...
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