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 111
... walked until the dawn lightened the sky behind the trees . Once Quorl looked and said , " I want to show you something . We are very near , and the weather is right . " They walked a few minutes more till Quorl pointed to a wall of ...
... walked until the dawn lightened the sky behind the trees . Once Quorl looked and said , " I want to show you something . We are very near , and the weather is right . " They walked a few minutes more till Quorl pointed to a wall of ...
Page 201
... walked down one of the radial streets of Toron , past the merchants ' mansions , past the hive - houses , into the sprawling rim of the Devil's Pot , past the lot where the Triton Extravaganza was folding its tents to begin its main ...
... walked down one of the radial streets of Toron , past the merchants ' mansions , past the hive - houses , into the sprawling rim of the Devil's Pot , past the lot where the Triton Extravaganza was folding its tents to begin its main ...
Page 286
... walked through the dark streets of the Devil's Pot and at last turned into the ram - shackle tavern - boarding - house , beautiful as they stepped into the hall and darkness closed over her , blackening de- tails . Just then someone ...
... walked through the dark streets of the Devil's Pot and at last turned into the ram - shackle tavern - boarding - house , beautiful as they stepped into the hall and darkness closed over her , blackening de- tails . Just then someone ...
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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