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 169
... fingers squared the coins . Shrimp and Curly exchanged worried looks . " Money , " Ptorn said and put a unit note beside the coins . Curly said , “ I think I'll throw in my rag right now .... " From around the box Shrimp kicked him ...
... fingers squared the coins . Shrimp and Curly exchanged worried looks . " Money , " Ptorn said and put a unit note beside the coins . Curly said , “ I think I'll throw in my rag right now .... " From around the box Shrimp kicked him ...
Page 176
... fingers while he waits , trying not to think of the pain in his leg . He feels very old . Beside him is the heavy one . The texture of his mind is like iron and mercury . He is very conscious of his body , and as he crouches , he is ...
... fingers while he waits , trying not to think of the pain in his leg . He feels very old . Beside him is the heavy one . The texture of his mind is like iron and mercury . He is very conscious of his body , and as he crouches , he is ...
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... fingers along the leather strands of her necklace , from the milky shell streaked with gold , to the one that was plain mother of pearl , then to the one with veins of red , and thought , “ Oh , he tried , he tried to dream some ...
... fingers along the leather strands of her necklace , from the milky shell streaked with gold , to the one that was plain mother of pearl , then to the one with veins of red , and thought , “ Oh , he tried , he tried to dream some ...
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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