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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... morning , " he said . Lug bent his neck as Quorl scratched his head . " You know how the lake looks in the morning mist after the rain ? " Lug straightened his shoulders , his muscles tensing with pleasure . " Yes . " His lips grinned ...
... morning , " he said . Lug bent his neck as Quorl scratched his head . " You know how the lake looks in the morning mist after the rain ? " Lug straightened his shoulders , his muscles tensing with pleasure . " Yes . " His lips grinned ...
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... morning . " The smile in the voice brought a smile to Let's face , too . " Do you remember that story I told you last night , about the prisoners in the tetron mine ? " " Sure ! " He had fallen asleep thinking about it . " The ones who ...
... morning . " The smile in the voice brought a smile to Let's face , too . " Do you remember that story I told you last night , about the prisoners in the tetron mine ? " " Sure ! " He had fallen asleep thinking about it . " The ones who ...
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... morning , everybody . Good morning . " Then he paused , looked hard at Clea , and said , " You know , I like the way you look . I mean the way you look at things . " Then he called again , " Good morning . " " What did I tell you ...
... morning , everybody . Good morning . " Then he paused , looked hard at Clea , and said , " You know , I like the way you look . I mean the way you look at things . " Then he called again , " Good morning . " " What did I tell you ...
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