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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... cried : " The war ! Yes , the war ! " " Here we go , " Alter whispered . Geryn ran his finger along the rim of the glass . " The war , " he said again . He turned suddenly . " It's coming ! And do you know why it's coming ? Do you know ...
... cried : " The war ! Yes , the war ! " " Here we go , " Alter whispered . Geryn ran his finger along the rim of the glass . " The war , " he said again . He turned suddenly . " It's coming ! And do you know why it's coming ? Do you know ...
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... cried . The first tears through all that pain came salty in his eyes , and he cried until he went to sleep . Quorl had medicine for him the next day ( “ From the priest , " he said ) which helped the pain and made the healing start ...
... cried . The first tears through all that pain came salty in his eyes , and he cried until he went to sleep . Quorl had medicine for him the next day ( “ From the priest , " he said ) which helped the pain and made the healing start ...
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... cried . Then the road fell . They screamed out , they scrambled ; there was cracked concrete around them . They had fallen . Above them was a jagged width of blue sky between the remaining edges of the road . " My foot's caught ...
... cried . Then the road fell . They screamed out , they scrambled ; there was cracked concrete around them . They had fallen . Above them was a jagged width of blue sky between the remaining edges of the road . " My foot's caught ...
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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