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 86
... Fish , sir , " the Dispersal Chief told them . " There's tons of it all over the street . The people are trying to take it away . ” " Well , let them have it , " Clemen said . " It'll clear the streets of the mess and maybe do some good ...
... Fish , sir , " the Dispersal Chief told them . " There's tons of it all over the street . The people are trying to take it away . ” " Well , let them have it , " Clemen said . " It'll clear the streets of the mess and maybe do some good ...
Page 156
... fish came from the aquariums ! Fish from the aquariums served at an affair of state ! Why I remember when no one would think of serving anything but imported goods from the mainland . Aquarium- grown fish ! Why , the idea . What has the ...
... fish came from the aquariums ! Fish from the aquariums served at an affair of state ! Why I remember when no one would think of serving anything but imported goods from the mainland . Aquarium- grown fish ! Why , the idea . What has the ...
Page 193
... fish , boiled fish , broiled fish , fish roe , fish and chips — special is eggs and fried fish , fifty centi - units . " " The special , " Clea said . " Fine , ” the waitress smiled . " Surprise ! It's edible today . " The man across ...
... fish , boiled fish , broiled fish , fish roe , fish and chips — special is eggs and fried fish , fifty centi - units . " " The special , " Clea said . " Fine , ” the waitress smiled . " Surprise ! It's edible today . " The man across ...
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