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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... door slammed . A moment later , the light , and Jon Koshar's hands and head , went out . When Jon stepped forward again , he looked at the pantry , at the doors , the cabinets . The familiarity hurt . There was a door into the main ...
... door slammed . A moment later , the light , and Jon Koshar's hands and head , went out . When Jon stepped forward again , he looked at the pantry , at the doors , the cabinets . The familiarity hurt . There was a door into the main ...
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... door . " Who are you ? ” he asked . " I'm a friend of yours if you'll let me be . ” " Where are you going to take me ? " " You're going on a trip . But you'll come back . ” " What has my mother said ? " " Your mother doesn't know ...
... door . " Who are you ? ” he asked . " I'm a friend of yours if you'll let me be . ” " Where are you going to take me ? " " You're going on a trip . But you'll come back . ” " What has my mother said ? " " Your mother doesn't know ...
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... door jamb , clawing at his hairy stomach where his undershirt didn't reach his underpants . Tel shrugged . " He's sort of cute , " Lug said . Then he coughed and ground his fist first into one eye then the other . " Damn mist , " he ...
... door jamb , clawing at his hairy stomach where his undershirt didn't reach his underpants . Tel shrugged . " He's sort of cute , " Lug said . Then he coughed and ground his fist first into one eye then the other . " Damn mist , " he ...
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