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 187
... Triton Extravaganza ( " The Greatest Spectacle of Entertainment on Island , Sea , or Continent " ) had commandeered a two block area and set up its em- porium . Criss - cross ropes webbed green and purple canvas against the sky . Cage ...
... Triton Extravaganza ( " The Greatest Spectacle of Entertainment on Island , Sea , or Continent " ) had commandeered a two block area and set up its em- porium . Criss - cross ropes webbed green and purple canvas against the sky . Cage ...
Page 189
... Triton . Good morning , Mr. Triton . " " Sit down , sit down , " proclaimed Triton expansively , and chairs slid back into place . Now he continued talking to Alter . " So you'll join us the day after tomorrow . Very fine . Very fine ...
... Triton . Good morning , Mr. Triton . " " Sit down , sit down , " proclaimed Triton expansively , and chairs slid back into place . Now he continued talking to Alter . " So you'll join us the day after tomorrow . Very fine . Very fine ...
Page 241
... Triton , this is my brother Jon and two friends of his . " " Really ? " asked Mr. Triton . " You don't say . " " We're travelling back to Toron along your route . We saw your poster up at the fishing village and decided to come by ...
... Triton , this is my brother Jon and two friends of his . " " Really ? " asked Mr. Triton . " You don't say . " " We're travelling back to Toron along your route . We saw your poster up at the fishing village and decided to come by ...
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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