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 42
... hair from her neck . The hairdresser caught the ebony wealth with one hand and reached for the end of the spool of silver chain strung with pearls each an inch and a half . " Ma'am ? " asked the hairdresser again . " What are you fig ...
... hair from her neck . The hairdresser caught the ebony wealth with one hand and reached for the end of the spool of silver chain strung with pearls each an inch and a half . " Ma'am ? " asked the hairdresser again . " What are you fig ...
Page 174
... hair fall to her shoulders again , then reached up and divided it into three . When they came out in the street , Clea's collar was open and her hair hung in a thick black braid over her shoulder . Only a few people were out . The sun ...
... hair fall to her shoulders again , then reached up and divided it into three . When they came out in the street , Clea's collar was open and her hair hung in a thick black braid over her shoulder . Only a few people were out . The sun ...
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... hair which vanished as though a hang- ing wig had rubbed away . " Like psychotic fantasies , " the headless voice came from above the empty collar . Then his hand reached into his pocket , brought out a tiny capsule , and held it up to ...
... hair which vanished as though a hang- ing wig had rubbed away . " Like psychotic fantasies , " the headless voice came from above the empty collar . Then his hand reached into his pocket , brought out a tiny capsule , and held it up to ...
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