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. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 55
Page 36
... nodded . " What do you want to buy ? " " I don't want to buy anything , " he said . " I want to sell some- thing to you ! " He was barefoot ; his pants frayed at mid - calf , and his sleeveless shirt had no fastenings . " What do you ...
... nodded . " What do you want to buy ? " " I don't want to buy anything , " he said . " I want to sell some- thing to you ! " He was barefoot ; his pants frayed at mid - calf , and his sleeveless shirt had no fastenings . " What do you ...
Page 168
... nodded . “ You just sit down here , " and Shrimp , his hand on Kog's shoulder , pushed him to a squat beside the crate . " Now this is the way we play - you got any money ? — you arrange the coins in a square , four by four , but with ...
... nodded . “ You just sit down here , " and Shrimp , his hand on Kog's shoulder , pushed him to a squat beside the crate . " Now this is the way we play - you got any money ? — you arrange the coins in a square , four by four , but with ...
Page 340
... nodded vaguely , then looked down again . His empathetic reaction to Alter's reunion with her aunt made Jon expansive . “ You guys seem to be making an evening of it ! " he told the soldier . " How're you doing ? " The soldier looked up ...
... nodded vaguely , then looked down again . His empathetic reaction to Alter's reunion with her aunt made Jon expansive . “ You guys seem to be making an evening of it ! " he told the soldier . " How're you doing ? " The soldier looked up ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
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