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 101
... took the unfinished meat and held it toward Tloto . The claw jumped forward , grabbed , snatched back . The boy tried to make his mouth go into a smile . But Tloto couldn't see , so it didn't matter . He turned back to the fire , and ...
... took the unfinished meat and held it toward Tloto . The claw jumped forward , grabbed , snatched back . The boy tried to make his mouth go into a smile . But Tloto couldn't see , so it didn't matter . He turned back to the fire , and ...
Page 147
... took a handful of coins from his pocket . He arranged fifteen copper centi - units in a square , four by four , with one corner missing . Now he took a smaller coin and put it on the table about a foot away from the missing corner ...
... took a handful of coins from his pocket . He arranged fifteen copper centi - units in a square , four by four , with one corner missing . Now he took a smaller coin and put it on the table about a foot away from the missing corner ...
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... took a few running steps forward and heard the sound of paddle feet receding . " Hey , come on , " he called . " Come back and stay with me . " Maybe he should have brought some charcoal . He'd put some in his pocket that morning ...
... took a few running steps forward and heard the sound of paddle feet receding . " Hey , come on , " he called . " Come back and stay with me . " Maybe he should have brought some charcoal . He'd put some in his pocket that morning ...
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