Book 3. (1 results) Priest-Kings of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 13 | 8 | "But it will be good for you," said the other. |
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Book 3. (7 results) Priest-Kings of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 13 | 5 | When surrounded by View more quotes about scent">scent-dots one might suppose the Priest-King to be subjected to a cacophony of stimulation, much as we might be if environed by dozens of blaring radios and television sets, but this is apparently not the case; the better analogy would seem to be our experience of walking down a quiet city street surrounded by printed signs which we might notice but to which we do not pay much attention. |
| 13 | 6 | In our sense there is no distinction between a spoken and written language for the Priest-Kings, though there is an analogous distinction between linguistic patterns that are actually sensed and those which are potentially to be sensed, an example of the latter being the scents of a yet uncoiled scent-tape. |
| 13 | 7 | "You will not much care for the processing," said one of my guides. |
| 13 | 8 | "But it will be good for you," said the other. |
| 13 | 9 | "Why must I be processed?" I asked. |
| 13 | 10 | "To protect the Nest from contamination," said the first. |
| 13 | 11 | Scents, of course, will fade in time, but the specially prepared synthetic products of the Priest-Kings can last for thousands of years and, in the long run, will surely outlast the fading print of human books, the disintegrating celluloid of our films, perhaps even the carved, weathering stones so imperishably attesting the incomparable glories of our numerous kings, conquerors and potentates. |
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When surrounded by scent-dots one might suppose the Priest-King to be subjected to a cacophony of stimulation, much as we might be if environed by dozens of blaring radios and television sets, but this is apparently not the case; the better analogy would seem to be our experience of walking down a quiet city street surrounded by printed signs which we might notice but to which we do not pay much attention.
In our sense there is no distinction between a spoken and written language for the Priest-Kings, though there is an analogous distinction between linguistic patterns that are actually sensed and those which are potentially to be sensed, an example of the latter being the scents of a yet uncoiled scent-tape.
"You will not much care for the processing," said one of my guides.
"But it will be good for you," said the other.
"Why must I be processed?" I asked.
"To protect the Nest from contamination," said the first.
Scents, of course, will fade in time, but the specially prepared synthetic products of the Priest-Kings can last for thousands of years and, in the long run, will surely outlast the fading print of human books, the disintegrating celluloid of our films, perhaps even the carved, weathering stones so imperishably attesting the incomparable glories of our numerous kings, conquerors and potentates.
- (Priest-Kings of Gor)