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Book 19. (1 results) Kajira of Gor (Individual Quote)

Their clandestine efforts, for all their power, suggested the existence of a formidable counter-power. - (Kajira of Gor, Chapter 33, Sentence #675)
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33 675 Their clandestine efforts, for all their power, View more quotes about suggested">suggested the existence of a formidable counter-power.

Book 19. (7 results) Kajira of Gor (Context Quote)

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33 672 On the other hand, it was also clear to me that someone, or something, must be in opposition to the forces which had brought me to Gor.
33 673 Those forces, for example, had mastered space flight.
33 674 Surely Goreans, with their swords and spears, by themselves, could not have resisted them.
33 675 Their clandestine efforts, for all their power, suggested the existence of a formidable counter-power.
33 676 That counter-power, I suppose, for want of a better name, might be referred to as that of Priest-Kings.
33 677 "It seems likely to me, thus," said Menicius, "that such forces might bring wealth and barbarian agents, perhaps, with no Gorean allegiances, to our world, laboring in their behalf.
33 678 Too, of course, they might recruit native Goreans for their purposes.
On the other hand, it was also clear to me that someone, or something, must be in opposition to the forces which had brought me to Gor. Those forces, for example, had mastered space flight. Surely Goreans, with their swords and spears, by themselves, could not have resisted them. Their clandestine efforts, for all their power, suggested the existence of a formidable counter-power. That counter-power, I suppose, for want of a better name, might be referred to as that of Priest-Kings. "It seems likely to me, thus," said Menicius, "that such forces might bring wealth and barbarian agents, perhaps, with no Gorean allegiances, to our world, laboring in their behalf. Too, of course, they might recruit native Goreans for their purposes. - (Kajira of Gor)