 Cover of first edition paperback | |
| Author | Samuel R. Delany |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Ed Emshwiller |
| Language | English |
| Series | The Fall of the Towers |
| Genre | Science Fantasy |
| Publisher | Ace Books |
Publication date | 1964 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print ( Paperback) |
| Pages | 140 pp |
| OCLC | 2183859 |
| Preceded by | Captives of the Flame |
| Followed by | City of a Thousand Suns |
The Towers of Toron is a 1964 science fantasy novel by Samuel R. Delany, and is the second novel in the " Fall of the Towers" trilogy. [1] The novel was originally published as Ace Double F-261, together with The Lunar Eye by Robert Moore Williams. [2]
The stories of the Fall of the Towers trilogy were originally set in the same post-holocaust Earth as Delany's earlier The Jewels of Aptor; however, linking references were removed in later revised editions. [3]
References
Sources
- Barbour, Douglas (1979). Worlds Out Of Worlds: The SF Novels of Samuel R. Delany. Frome, Somerset, UK: Bran's Head Books Ltd. ISBN 0-905220-13-7.
- Clute, John; Nicholls, Peter (1995). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (2 ed.). New York: St. Martin's Griffin. ISBN 0-312-13486-X.
- Tuck, Donald H. (1974). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy. Chicago: Advent. ISBN 0-911682-20-1.
External links
- The Towers of Toron title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
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