Book 3. (1 results) Priest-Kings of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 17 | 61 | * * * * I did not ask to see the View more quotes about mother">Mother, for I knew that was forbidden to those of the human kind, but I found Sarm a most attentive and gracious guide, quick to answer my questions and suggest places of interest. |
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Book 3. (7 results) Priest-Kings of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 17 | 58 | "Perhaps you would like to see the Nest?" asked Sarm. |
| 17 | 59 | "Yes," I said, "I would enjoy that". |
| 17 | 60 | "Good," said Sarm. |
| 17 | 61 | * * * * I did not ask to see the Mother, for I knew that was forbidden to those of the human kind, but I found Sarm a most attentive and gracious guide, quick to answer my questions and suggest places of interest. |
| 17 | 62 | Part of the time we rode on a transportation disk, and he showed me how to operate it. |
| 17 | 63 | The disk flows on a tread of volatile gas and is itself lightened by its construction from a partially gravitationally resistant metal, of which I shall speak later. |
| 17 | 64 | Its speed is controlled by the placement of the feet along double accelerator strips which lie flush with the surface of the disk; its direction is controlled by the rider, who bends and turns his body, thereby transmitting force to the lightly riding disk, the principles involved being no more unusual than those employed in such homely devices as roller skates or the now vanishing skate boards once popular with Earth children. |
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"Perhaps you would like to see the Nest?" asked Sarm.
"Yes," I said, "I would enjoy that".
"Good," said Sarm.
* * * * I did not ask to see the Mother, for I knew that was forbidden to those of the human kind, but I found Sarm a most attentive and gracious guide, quick to answer my questions and suggest places of interest.
Part of the time we rode on a transportation disk, and he showed me how to operate it.
The disk flows on a tread of volatile gas and is itself lightened by its construction from a partially gravitationally resistant metal, of which I shall speak later.
Its speed is controlled by the placement of the feet along double accelerator strips which lie flush with the surface of the disk; its direction is controlled by the rider, who bends and turns his body, thereby transmitting force to the lightly riding disk, the principles involved being no more unusual than those employed in such homely devices as roller skates or the now vanishing skate boards once popular with Earth children.
- (Priest-Kings of Gor)