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 165
... Curly exchanged worried looks . " Money , " Ptorn said and put a unit note beside the coins . ยท " Curly said , " I think I'll throw in my rag right now From around the box Shrimp kicked him and Curly's hand which had started leisurely ...
... Curly exchanged worried looks . " Money , " Ptorn said and put a unit note beside the coins . ยท " Curly said , " I think I'll throw in my rag right now From around the box Shrimp kicked him and Curly's hand which had started leisurely ...
Page 254
... Curly said . " So look at my hands ! " Tel gazed at the soldier's cupped palms . They began to glow . They were bluish at first through the fog , but then the blue became red , a red fire flickering in his hands , a ball of red fire ...
... Curly said . " So look at my hands ! " Tel gazed at the soldier's cupped palms . They began to glow . They were bluish at first through the fog , but then the blue became red , a red fire flickering in his hands , a ball of red fire ...
Page 268
... Curly , I wanted to ask you about that thing you showed me- " " Shhhh . " Curly's forefinger sprang to his lips . " Somebody might hear you talking about it . ' " I just wanted , " Tel lowered his voice , " to know how you did it ...
... Curly , I wanted to ask you about that thing you showed me- " " Shhhh . " Curly's forefinger sprang to his lips . " Somebody might hear you talking about it . ' " I just wanted , " Tel lowered his voice , " to know how you did it ...
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Alter asked 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 random Rara 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 Toromon Toron towers transit-ribbon triple Triton trying turned unified field theory Uske voice Vol Nonik walked wall What's whispered window woman