''The Fall of the Towers'' is a trilogy of
science fantasy books by American writer
Samuel R. Delany.
First published in omnibus form in 1970, the trilogy was originally published individually as ''
Captives of the Flame
''Captives of the Flame'' is a 1963 science fantasy novel by Samuel R. Delany, and is the first novel in the " Fall of the Towers" trilogy. The novel was originally published as Ace Double F-199 together with ''The Psionic Menace'' by Keith Wood ...
'' (1963, rewritten as ''Out of the Dead City'' in 1968), ''
The Towers of Toron
''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. The novel was originally published as Ace Double F-261, together with ''The Lunar Eye'' by Robert Moore Wil ...
'' (1964), and ''
City of a Thousand Suns'' (1965). The first two books were somewhat rewritten for the omnibus edition. Delany describes the extent of the rewriting in a final note in the one-volume text.
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
''The Jewels of Aptor'' is a 1962 science fantasy novel by Samuel R. Delany, his first published novel. It first appeared in shortened form as an Ace Double F-173 together with ''Second Ending
''Second Ending'' is a science fiction novel by n ...
''; however, linking references were removed in later revised editions.
[Clute and Nicholls 1995, p. 316.]
Contents
* Notes on Revision - essay by Samuel R. Delany
* Prologue - essay by Samuel R. Delany
* Out of the Dead City (1966) (aka
Captives of the Flame
''Captives of the Flame'' is a 1963 science fantasy novel by Samuel R. Delany, and is the first novel in the " Fall of the Towers" trilogy. The novel was originally published as Ace Double F-199 together with ''The Psionic Menace'' by Keith Wood ...
, 1963)
*
The Towers of Toron
''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. The novel was originally published as Ace Double F-261, together with ''The Lunar Eye'' by Robert Moore Wil ...
(1964)
*
City of a Thousand Suns (1965)
* Epilogue (1964) - essay by Samuel R. Delany
* Afterword (1964) - essay by Samuel R. Delany
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Novels by Samuel Delany
American science fiction novels
American fantasy novels
Books with cover art by Frank Kelly Freas
Ace Books books
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