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 73
... stepped into the light . A few people at the bar turned around , and when they saw the children , they looked askance at one another . " Geryn's probably upstairs , " Alter said . They went to the second floor . Jon let the children go ...
... stepped into the light . A few people at the bar turned around , and when they saw the children , they looked askance at one another . " Geryn's probably upstairs , " Alter said . They went to the second floor . Jon let the children go ...
Page 152
... stepped forward . " Tel 211 BQ - T . " Tel , green - eyed and silent , stepped forward . " Kog 019 N - H . " The blinking neanderthal moved up now . " All right , you guys , " the officer said , " don't forget there's an orientation ...
... stepped forward . " Tel 211 BQ - T . " Tel , green - eyed and silent , stepped forward . " Kog 019 N - H . " The blinking neanderthal moved up now . " All right , you guys , " the officer said , " don't forget there's an orientation ...
Page 376
... stepped backwards , not sure whether to fight it down , not sure how to accept it . He started to run back down the roadway . Something had already begun to form in the cool vaults of his brain , flashing like a power - blade thrust up ...
... stepped backwards , not sure whether to fight it down , not sure how to accept it . He started to run back down the roadway . Something had already begun to form in the cool vaults of his brain , flashing like a power - blade thrust up ...
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Alter asked aquariums Arkor barrier began blinked breath camera dollies Catham caught Chargill Clea corner cried Curly dark Devil's Pot door Duchess edge enemy eyes face feet fingers Flames forest guard frowned Geryn girl guess guys hair hand Jeof Jon and Alter Jon asked Jon Koshar Jon's King Kino laughed light looked Lord loudspeaker mainland malis mind morning moved neanderthal night nodded once palace paused Petra Ptorn pulled Quorl Rara remember rock Rolth screamed shadow shook his head shoulder Shrimp shrugged side smiled someone sound stepped stood stopped street suddenly talk tank telepaths tell Telphar tetron there's theremin thing thought told Tomar Toromon Toron towers TOWERS OF TORON transit-ribbon Triton trying turned unified field theory Uske voice Vol Nonik walked wall What's whispered window woman