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 45
... Rara , please , " said Alter . " I'll handle Geryn . " Rara huffed once more . " How come when we're two weeks behind on the rent , you can't find a kind word in your mouth for the old man when he threatens to throw us on to the street ...
... Rara , please , " said Alter . " I'll handle Geryn . " Rara huffed once more . " How come when we're two weeks behind on the rent , you can't find a kind word in your mouth for the old man when he threatens to throw us on to the street ...
Page 46
... Rara . " Just like that , ” Tel said . " You poor boy , " said Rara , and in a sudden fit of ma- ternal affection , she put her arm around his shoulder . “ Ow ! ” cried Tel , and winced . Rara jerked her hand away . " What's the matter ...
... Rara . " Just like that , ” Tel said . " You poor boy , " said Rara , and in a sudden fit of ma- ternal affection , she put her arm around his shoulder . “ Ow ! ” cried Tel , and winced . Rara jerked her hand away . " What's the matter ...
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... 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 a war ? I tried to stop it . That was all I wanted ...
... 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 a war ? I tried to stop it . That was all I wanted ...
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