Book 36. (1 results) Avengers of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 50 | 9 | The View more quotes about contact">contact had been made neither with rock or wood, not with stone, nor beach, nor grating sand. |
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Book 36. (7 results) Avengers of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 50 | 6 | And if a contact of this size had been made with a reef, there would have been a hideous tearing and splintering of wood, like thunder at one's ear drum, a swift inrush of cold water rising to the gunwales. |
| 50 | 7 | "We are aground!" cried Sakim. |
| 50 | 8 | But ground seldom rises and shakes, recoiling. |
| 50 | 9 | The contact had been made neither with rock or wood, not with stone, nor beach, nor grating sand. |
| 50 | 10 | It was as though the Tesephone had inadvertently struck, or had been struck by, some enormous living mountain, a mountain which could live and breathe, could lift itself and then, trembling, subside, and draw away. |
| 50 | 11 | The Tesephone, tilted, slid down the side of the living island, splashing into the water. |
| 50 | 12 | At the same time, I heard cries from the island. |
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And if a contact of this size had been made with a reef, there would have been a hideous tearing and splintering of wood, like thunder at one's ear drum, a swift inrush of cold water rising to the gunwales.
"We are aground!" cried Sakim.
But ground seldom rises and shakes, recoiling.
The contact had been made neither with rock or wood, not with stone, nor beach, nor grating sand.
It was as though the Tesephone had inadvertently struck, or had been struck by, some enormous living mountain, a mountain which could live and breathe, could lift itself and then, trembling, subside, and draw away.
The Tesephone, tilted, slid down the side of the living island, splashing into the water.
At the same time, I heard cries from the island.
- (Avengers of Gor)