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 56
So I read. Most of it was about Toromon's history. I read a lot about the early
mainland expeditions. Then, in my first winter out of school, I lived in a fishing
village at the edge of the forest, studying what I could of the customs of the forest
people.
So I read. Most of it was about Toromon's history. I read a lot about the early
mainland expeditions. Then, in my first winter out of school, I lived in a fishing
village at the edge of the forest, studying what I could of the customs of the forest
people.
Page 351
"How do you doubt, Petra?" He watched her breathe in, then hold the air as if
afraid to release it. "Let," she said at last, "years ago I conceived a plan, before
the war was even declared, that I thought might save Toromon. I love Toromon,
Let, ...
"How do you doubt, Petra?" He watched her breathe in, then hold the air as if
afraid to release it. "Let," she said at last, "years ago I conceived a plan, before
the war was even declared, that I thought might save Toromon. I love Toromon,
Let, ...
Page 419
One of the delegates was ecstatic. "I see it now, now I see what it's been doing on
earth, with Toromon!" Please allow me to continue — "But I understand now — "
Please. The first attempt of The Lord of the Flames to press individuals together ...
One of the delegates was ecstatic. "I see it now, now I see what it's been doing on
earth, with Toromon!" Please allow me to continue — "But I understand now — "
Please. The first attempt of The Lord of the Flames to press individuals together ...
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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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