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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... looked at his hands , back and palms . " Dirty as hell , " he mumbled . " Where can I get washed up ? " He looked up . " Sure . Why not ? " He ducked under the railing and vaulted to the floor . Once again he looked around . " So I'm ...
... looked at his hands , back and palms . " Dirty as hell , " he mumbled . " Where can I get washed up ? " He looked up . " Sure . Why not ? " He ducked under the railing and vaulted to the floor . Once again he looked around . " So I'm ...
Page 99
... looked at the priest , then looked among the circle of people . One of them was Quorl ! He leaned forward as far as he could . The priest sounded the shell again and the prisoners came out of the temple : first three boys , then an ...
... looked at the priest , then looked among the circle of people . One of them was Quorl ! He leaned forward as far as he could . The priest sounded the shell again and the prisoners came out of the temple : first three boys , then an ...
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... looked at the City . The sun caught on the towers and slipped like liquid along the looping highways . " Hey , " Jon said to Petra . ( Now he realized ; it was Petra with fifteen years lopped off . ) " What's the notebook ? " She looked ...
... looked at the City . The sun caught on the towers and slipped like liquid along the looping highways . " Hey , " Jon said to Petra . ( Now he realized ; it was Petra with fifteen years lopped off . ) " What's the notebook ? " She looked ...
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