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 35
... stood up , waved their hands , shouted , then stood on their benches and shouted more . The offi- cer who had shoved Rara disappeared in the herd of bodies . She clutched her box of trinkets and scurried to the corner , then melted with ...
... stood up , waved their hands , shouted , then stood on their benches and shouted more . The offi- cer who had shoved Rara disappeared in the herd of bodies . She clutched her box of trinkets and scurried to the corner , then melted with ...
Page 174
... stood straighter . “ Hey , look . ” " What is it ? " Tel asked . " Can you see ? Some of them are going off , just flicking out . " " Oh yeah , I just saw one . I wonder how far away they are ? " " I'm not sure , " Ptorn said . " The ...
... stood straighter . “ Hey , look . ” " What is it ? " Tel asked . " Can you see ? Some of them are going off , just flicking out . " " Oh yeah , I just saw one . I wonder how far away they are ? " " I'm not sure , " Ptorn said . " The ...
Page 217
... stood in the throne room , blinking . To his left he saw Petra and Arkor in the dim light . To his right , at the foot of the throne , one hand clutching the fluke of the gilded squid , was the white- cloaked figure of the King sprawled ...
... stood in the throne room , blinking . To his left he saw Petra and Arkor in the dim light . To his right , at the foot of the throne , one hand clutching the fluke of the gilded squid , was the white- cloaked figure of the King sprawled ...
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