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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suddenly Ptorn, the smooth-skulled forest guard, leaned over the makeshift table
and said levelly, "How about giving me a chance at that?" Shrimp looked up, at
first surprised, then uneasy. "I was just gonna suggest we broke up the game.
suddenly Ptorn, the smooth-skulled forest guard, leaned over the makeshift table
and said levelly, "How about giving me a chance at that?" Shrimp looked up, at
first surprised, then uneasy. "I was just gonna suggest we broke up the game.
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Ptorn asked. "Huh?" said Tel, looking up again. "Oh. As a matter of fact I'm
thinking about a necklace." "A necklace?" "Yeah," Tel said. "It was made of shells,
polished shells that I strung on leather thongs." "What's that got to do with the
escaped ...
Ptorn asked. "Huh?" said Tel, looking up again. "Oh. As a matter of fact I'm
thinking about a necklace." "A necklace?" "Yeah," Tel said. "It was made of shells,
polished shells that I strung on leather thongs." "What's that got to do with the
escaped ...
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Tel turned away with Ptorn beside him. The barrack cabins at the edge of the new
encampment were dim and distant through fog. "It's good to be camped again."
Tel looked around at the men in the mist. "Yeah," he said. "Makes you feel like ...
Tel turned away with Ptorn beside him. The barrack cabins at the edge of the new
encampment were dim and distant through fog. "It's good to be camped again."
Tel looked around at the men in the mist. "Yeah," he said. "Makes you feel like ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Fall of the Towers |
| Author | Samuel R. Delany |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Vintage Books, 2004 |
| Original from | Pennsylvania State University |
| Digitized | 18 Nov 2009 |
| ISBN | 140003132X, 9781400031320 |
| Length | 438 pages |
| Subjects | › › Fiction / Historical / General Fiction / Science Fiction / General |
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