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 115
... Tell her to get to Telphar in the next forty - eight hours by way of the transit - ribbon . Tell her there are two kids she owes a favour to . And tell her she owes 115 OUT OF THE DEAD CITY.
... Tell her to get to Telphar in the next forty - eight hours by way of the transit - ribbon . Tell her there are two kids she owes a favour to . And tell her she owes 115 OUT OF THE DEAD CITY.
Page 116
... tell me about yourself , " Jon said . " What's been happening in the real world ? I've been away from it a long time . Here in Telphar I don't feel much closer . Right now I'm walking around in my birthday suit . On our way here we got ...
... tell me about yourself , " Jon said . " What's been happening in the real world ? I've been away from it a long time . Here in Telphar I don't feel much closer . Right now I'm walking around in my birthday suit . On our way here we got ...
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... tell . " " Then tell me the truth . What's bothering you ? " " I told you about the ' enemy ' going wild , " she said , walk- ing to the couch and sinking down . " You've been at the council meetings . You've done a splendid job too ...
... tell . " " Then tell me the truth . What's bothering you ? " " I told you about the ' enemy ' going wild , " she said , walk- ing to the couch and sinking down . " You've been at the council meetings . You've done a splendid job too ...
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