Book 12. (1 results) Beasts of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 31 | 73 | The phonemes of such beasts are unmistakable, but they are, View more quotes about truly">truly, like nothing Earth has prepared one to hear. |
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Book 12. (7 results) Beasts of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 31 | 70 | If you have heard the noises made by great cats, such as the Bengal tiger or the black-maned lion, and can conceive of such noises articulated with the subtlety and precision of a civilized speech, that will provide you with an approximation of what I heard. |
| 31 | 71 | On the other hand, the vocal apparatus of the beast was not even of Earth origin. |
| 31 | 72 | Certain of its sounds, for example, were more reminiscent of the snort of the boar, the snuffling of the grizzly, the hiss of the snake, than those of the large cats. |
| 31 | 73 | The phonemes of such beasts are unmistakable, but they are, truly, like nothing Earth has prepared one to hear. |
| 31 | 74 | They are different, not of Earth, alien. |
| 31 | 75 | To hear these noises, and know they are a speech can be initially very frightening. |
| 31 | 76 | Evolution did not prepare those of Earth to find intelligence in such a form. |
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If you have heard the noises made by great cats, such as the Bengal tiger or the black-maned lion, and can conceive of such noises articulated with the subtlety and precision of a civilized speech, that will provide you with an approximation of what I heard.
On the other hand, the vocal apparatus of the beast was not even of Earth origin.
Certain of its sounds, for example, were more reminiscent of the snort of the boar, the snuffling of the grizzly, the hiss of the snake, than those of the large cats.
The phonemes of such beasts are unmistakable, but they are, truly, like nothing Earth has prepared one to hear.
They are different, not of Earth, alien.
To hear these noises, and know they are a speech can be initially very frightening.
Evolution did not prepare those of Earth to find intelligence in such a form.
- (Beasts of Gor)