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 187
... girl ran in a diagonal taking her vaguely in Clea's direction . Then two men were suddenly in front of her ... girl's arm . But now her safe position behind the drain was known . The girl , dancing back , looked at Clea , and Clea looked ...
... girl ran in a diagonal taking her vaguely in Clea's direction . Then two men were suddenly in front of her ... girl's arm . But now her safe position behind the drain was known . The girl , dancing back , looked at Clea , and Clea looked ...
Page 188
... girl said : " Hey , you fight good . " Surprised , Clea looked at the girl and said instead , “ Thank you . " Then she said , " Your arm ! What's wrong with your arm ? " “ Huh ? " She was holding her left hand across her right shoul ...
... girl said : " Hey , you fight good . " Surprised , Clea looked at the girl and said instead , “ Thank you . " Then she said , " Your arm ! What's wrong with your arm ? " “ Huh ? " She was holding her left hand across her right shoul ...
Page 376
... girl try to save him , tails we tie the girl and see what he does . " " Don't leave it to chance . I want to see a good show . Tie up the girl and throw him in with the knife . " “ Hell , he'll run . How much you want to bet he's a ...
... girl try to save him , tails we tie the girl and see what he does . " " Don't leave it to chance . I want to see a good show . Tie up the girl and throw him in with the knife . " “ Hell , he'll run . How much you want to bet he's a ...
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