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 166
... belted Waggon's shoulder . Suddenly Waggon rolled to his feet , ropes of muscle knotting along his shoulders , and thighs . He leaped , and they tumbled to the floor . The other recruits looked up from their bunks or where they sat.
... belted Waggon's shoulder . Suddenly Waggon rolled to his feet , ropes of muscle knotting along his shoulders , and thighs . He leaped , and they tumbled to the floor . The other recruits looked up from their bunks or where they sat.
Page 360
... shoulder jostled against his as others rushed against her . Far among the city's towers , flames flickered through the ruptured skyline . " What in the world do you ... ? ” " It's the General Medical building ... ! " " No , no , it ...
... shoulder jostled against his as others rushed against her . Far among the city's towers , flames flickered through the ruptured skyline . " What in the world do you ... ? ” " It's the General Medical building ... ! " " No , no , it ...
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... shoulder gently struck his bicep , a physical assurance of mutual presence . When they reached the corner Jon stopped . With a hand on her shoulder he halted Alter . She blinked , questioning him in the shad- Ows . His answer was the ...
... shoulder gently struck his bicep , a physical assurance of mutual presence . When they reached the corner Jon stopped . With a hand on her shoulder he halted Alter . She blinked , questioning him in the shad- Ows . His answer was the ...
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