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. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 35
Page 55
... Jon Koshar asked . " Mutual friends , " the Duchess said . They were alone in the room . After a moment , Jon said , " What do they want us to do ? It's treason , isn't it ? " The Duchess's eyes went thin . “ Are you serious ? " she ...
... Jon Koshar asked . " Mutual friends , " the Duchess said . They were alone in the room . After a moment , Jon said , " What do they want us to do ? It's treason , isn't it ? " The Duchess's eyes went thin . “ Are you serious ? " she ...
Page 159
Samuel R. Delany. purple - carpeted room . " Jon , " she said as they stepped inside , " this is Rolth Catham . Rolth Catham , this is Jon Koshar , whom I told you about . " Jon had stopped at the door , his hand half - extended ...
Samuel R. Delany. purple - carpeted room . " Jon , " she said as they stepped inside , " this is Rolth Catham . Rolth Catham , this is Jon Koshar , whom I told you about . " Jon had stopped at the door , his hand half - extended ...
Page 220
... Jon pulled back the curtain at the window and looked over the lights of the city , to where the sea spread like ... Koshar . ” Without turning from the window , Jon asked , “ All right , Arkor , you can sense it . Tell me what it is ...
... Jon pulled back the curtain at the window and looked over the lights of the city , to where the sea spread like ... Koshar . ” Without turning from the window , Jon asked , “ All right , Arkor , you can sense it . Tell me what it is ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Alter asked antimatter aquariums Arkor began blinked breath calliope camera dollies Catham caught Chargill Clea corner cried Curly dark Devil's Pot door Duchess edge enemy eyes face feet fingers fish Flames forest guard frowned Geryn girl green guess guys hair hand Jeof 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 prison Ptorn pulled Quorl radiation barrier Rara remember rock Rolth scream 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 Tloto told Tomar took Toromon Toron towers transit ribbon Triton trying turned unified field theory Uske voice walked wall What's whispered window woman