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
... Ptorn . His long arm reached across Tel's shoulder and his brown fingers squared the coins . Shrimp and Curly exchanged worried looks . " Money , " Ptorn said and put a unit note beside the coins . ยท " Curly said , " I think I'll throw ...
... Ptorn . His long arm reached across Tel's shoulder and his brown fingers squared the coins . Shrimp and Curly exchanged worried looks . " Money , " Ptorn said and put a unit note beside the coins . ยท " Curly said , " I think I'll throw ...
Page 195
... Ptorn ) : " What did you big boys learn about today ? " Ptorn : " Not enough to talk about now . We've got to be up at six tomorrow . We have an enemy beyond the bar- rier , remember ? " Shrimp : " Yeah , I remember . G'night . " Ptorn ...
... Ptorn ) : " What did you big boys learn about today ? " Ptorn : " Not enough to talk about now . We've got to be up at six tomorrow . We have an enemy beyond the bar- rier , remember ? " Shrimp : " Yeah , I remember . G'night . " Ptorn ...
Page 263
... Ptorn laughed . " You know , I've been thinking . I've been thinking about it a long time , too . ' " " About what ? " asked the guard . " About the Scout . " " You and a lot of other people , " Ptorn said , gesturing back to where the ...
... Ptorn laughed . " You know , I've been thinking . I've been thinking about it a long time , too . ' " " About what ? " asked the guard . " About the Scout . " " You and a lot of other people , " Ptorn said , gesturing back to where the ...
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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