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  • The zones seem to "emanate" from the equatorial spire-like city of Spearpoint where the action of the novel starts and ends.

    Archive 2010-03-01 Liviu 2010

  • The zones seem to "emanate" from the equatorial spire-like city of Spearpoint where the action of the novel starts and ends.

    "Terminal World" by Alastair Reynolds (Reviewed by Liviu Suciu) Liviu 2010

  • Her hands tiring from clinging to the spire-like pinnacle, she let herself down on the shelf, frowning in indecision.

    The Conquering Sword Of Conan Howard, Robert E. 2005

  • Clinging to the spire-like pinnacle, he stared out over the forest roof.

    The Conquering Sword Of Conan Howard, Robert E. 2005

  • Clinging to the spire-like pinnacle, he stared out over the forest roof.

    The Conquering Sword of Conan Howard, Robert E. 2005

  • She was standing on a broad shelf which was about even with the tree-tops, and from it rose a spire-like jut that was the ultimate peak of the crag she had climbed.

    The Conquering Sword of Conan Howard, Robert E. 2005

  • She was standing on a broad shelf which was about even with the tree-tops, and from it rose a spire-like jut that was the ultimate peak of the crag she had climbed.

    The Conquering Sword Of Conan Howard, Robert E. 2005

  • Her hands tiring from clinging to the spire-like pinnacle, she let herself down on the shelf, frowning in indecision.

    The Conquering Sword of Conan Howard, Robert E. 2005

  • President Theodore Roosevelt created the Pinnacles National Monument in 1908 to protect the spire-like rock formations that rise 500 to 1,200 feet high, the caves that lay below them, and a variety of volcanic features that rise above the smooth contours of the surrounding countryside.

    Fact Sheet On Pinnacles National Monument Expansion ITY National Archives 2000

  • Her hands tiring from clinging to the spire-like pinnacle, she let herself down on the shelf, frowning in indecision.

    The Conan Chronicles Howard, Robert E. 1989

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