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 56
... prison . And the first sharp feeling pierced his mind , as sharp as the uncoiled spring of a clock , as sharp as jewels in a poison ring . It was a wish , a pain , an agony for freedom . The plans for escape had been intricate , yet ...
... prison . And the first sharp feeling pierced his mind , as sharp as the uncoiled spring of a clock , as sharp as jewels in a poison ring . It was a wish , a pain , an agony for freedom . The plans for escape had been intricate , yet ...
Page 135
... prison uniform . His prison uniform ! " Arkor , " said Petra , suddenly . ( Her voice was higher , less sure . ) They turned . Arkor stood in the sand , his bare feet wide over the white hillocks . The triple scars down his face welled ...
... prison uniform . His prison uniform ! " Arkor , " said Petra , suddenly . ( Her voice was higher , less sure . ) They turned . Arkor stood in the sand , his bare feet wide over the white hillocks . The triple scars down his face welled ...
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... prison , and I've never stolen anything like food or money in my life . Before I went to prison I had everything I wanted , so that when I got there the idea of taking something never oc- curred to me . Now the Duchess pays me . And you ...
... prison , and I've never stolen anything like food or money in my life . Before I went to prison I had everything I wanted , so that when I got there the idea of taking something never oc- curred to me . Now the Duchess pays me . And you ...
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