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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... Geryn nodded vigorously . " What are you doing here ? Are you a spy ? " " No , sir , " said Tel . Geryn stepped around the table and looked closely . The black eyes were two sharp spots of darkness in a face the colour of shipboards ...
... Geryn nodded vigorously . " What are you doing here ? Are you a spy ? " " No , sir , " said Tel . Geryn stepped around the table and looked closely . The black eyes were two sharp spots of darkness in a face the colour of shipboards ...
Page 84
... Geryn's grey eyes fidgeted back and forth . Finally he said , " Why are you out here ? And who is he ? What do you ... Geryn says it is part of the plan . " Jon felt a knot of resentment tighten . These plans , the Duchess's , Geryn's ...
... Geryn's grey eyes fidgeted back and forth . Finally he said , " Why are you out here ? And who is he ? What do you ... Geryn says it is part of the plan . " Jon felt a knot of resentment tighten . These plans , the Duchess's , Geryn's ...
Page 118
... Geryn's shoulders became violent . " Sit back , " said Rara . Geryn stood up . " Sit down , " Rara repeated . " Sit down . You're not well . Now sit down ! " Geryn lowered himself stiffly to the chair . He turned to Rara . " Did I start ...
... Geryn's shoulders became violent . " Sit back , " said Rara . Geryn stood up . " Sit down , " Rara repeated . " Sit down . You're not well . Now sit down ! " Geryn lowered himself stiffly to the chair . He turned to Rara . " Did I start ...
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