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Action

Book 1. (3 results) Tarnsman of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
1	174	It was an instant's action to hurl them from me, and I gazed, bewildered, awe-stricken, at what seemed to be a furious blue combustion that lit the pines on all sides as if with acetylene flames.	10
16	8	For the time being, however, Kazrak's counsels of patience won me over, convincing me that any precipitous action would be almost surely doomed to failure.	10
18	24	He had gray eyes that looked as though they had seen action and hadn't flinched.	10

Book 2. (5 results) Outlaw of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
2	17	The Priest-Kings, Keepers of the Holy Place in the Sardar Mountains, seeming knowers of all that occurred on Gor, masters of the hideous Flame Death that could with consuming fire destroy whatever they wished, whenever they might please, were not so crudely motivated as men, were not susceptible to ...	10
4	11	The chemical responses of the bladderlike pods produce a mechanical pumping action, and the blood is sucked into the plant to nourish it.	10
6	201	The meaning of the action was not lost on the warriors.	10
19	57	This was done as if by plan and yet I knew that it was the spontaneous action of men who had come to respect themselves, the men of the mines of Tharna.	10
19	69	I wondered if they would understand that such an action was beneath the hand of a truly free man, and that the men who fought them—who had conquered on this windy and cold night, who had fought like larls in the darkness of the tunnels below, who had not sought their own safety but the libera...	10

Book 3. (10 results) Priest-Kings of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
1	66	It was not an action which was popular with the powerful Caste of Initiates.	10
7	97	The safest thing for me would be to continue on as I had been doing, a pattern of action which would give me the benefit of the shield formed by the turn in the passage.	10
14	156	I would learn later, however, that this simple fact was indeed almost incomprehensible to Priest-Kings, and that Misk, though he readily accepted it as a fact in his mind, could not bring himself, so to speak, in the furthest reaches of his heart to acknowledge it as true, for were not both he and S...	10
20	22	"Increase the speed of the transportation disk," said Mul-Ba-Ta, "in order that his action may be the more effective".	10
20	199	On my old world when a woman is saved by a man she may, I understand, with propriety bestow upon him a grateful kiss and perhaps, if we may believe the tales in these matters, consider him more seriously because of his action as a possible, eventual companion in wedlock.	10
20	203	On the other hand the Gorean attitude is that she would be dead were it not for his brave action and thus it is his right, now that he has won her life, to make her live it for him precisely as he pleases, which is usually, it must unfortunately be noted, as his slave girl, for the privileges of a F...	10
25	22	For whether I wished it or not my action had placed me in the party of Misk.	10
27	19	As I ate the fungus and sat in the case I considered my future course of action.	10
27	219	I had seen Sarm in action and I knew that his speed was incredible.	10
35	139	"But I think I would now choose to do that action which I would be willing that I should do again and again with each turning of the wheel.	10

Book 4. (4 results) Nomads of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
4	53	The quiva reversed itself in his hand, an action so swift I was only aware of it as his arm flew back, his hand on the blade, to hurl the weapon.	10
8	157	I will admit, if need be, that I was not displeased with his action.	10
12	305	But Elizabeth, with her free left hand had seized the paga bottle from Kamchak, and, to his amazement, had thrown back her head and taken, without realizing the full import of her action, about five lusty, guzzling swallows of paga.	10
23	23	In short, though Hakimba did not approve of the Paravaci action and was incensed at their presumed league with the Turians, he did not feel sufficiently strongly to invest his own men in a struggle that did not seem to concern him directly.	10

Book 5. (1 results) Assassin of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
6	19	No one had objected, at least explicitly, though I did sense some disgruntlement at my action.	10

Book 6. (7 results) Raiders of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
11	402	The abstention, it seemed to me, might well give me a wider eventual latitude of action.	10
11	532	"Further," said Samos, "it should be one who has proved that he can take action, and who has in the past well served the council".	10
14	48	This brings many more free fighting men, the oarsmen, into any action which might be required.	10
14	122	I wanted it to appear that the other ships must take their cue to action from our own, as though, in fear and confusion, we had not even signaled them.	10
14	278	I myself had damaged or destroyed four of these ships, and had removed a fifth from the theater of action.	10
18	121	"At what age," asked he, "is a man ready for death?" "To go where I am to go," I told him, "and do what I must do, is the action of a fool".	10
18	125	"It is the action of a fool!" I told him.	10

Book 7. (2 results) Captive of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
9	511	My action seemed uncontrollable, and I hated myself for it.	10
17	481	And surely Rask, a captain of Treve, cannot bring the tarn cavalries of Treve to distant Port Kar, for a mere slave girl, and, too, such action would mean long and bloody war.	10

Book 8. (2 results) Hunters of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
15	908	I thus approved of her action.	10
16	89	In terror, a reflex action, uncontrollable, her mouth, lips wild, opened.	10

Book 9. (4 results) Marauders of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
11	202	There was little to be gained by fighting an action the length of Torvaldsland, and little to be lost by not doing so, which could not be later recouped when power in the south had been consolidated.	10
14	200	The collars were of thick leather, some three inches high, with metal insert locks, flat metal bolts slipping, locking, into spring catches; when closed, two rectangular metal plates adjoined; sewn into each collar, opposite the lock, was a large, welded metal ring; about this ring was closed the le...	10
17	164	Kurii, unlike Goreans, do not subject bondmaids to heavy labor; it toughens their meat; the bondmaids are separated from the males, that they be deprived of leadership; furthermore, the technique of keeping prisoners in single file, separating them by some feet, and preventing speech between them, t...	10
17	225	On the other side of the valley, too, men would be performing the same action.	10

Book 10. (5 results) Tribesmen of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
5	117	Doubtless the young nomad had not been unaware of this consequence of his action.	10
17	98	One must think carefully before slaying a kennel master, for the reasons for which one performs this action, if sufficient to justify his slaying, must, too, be sufficient to justify the slaying of his successor.	10
17	254	I reached the side of the Old One before I realized fully the possibilities of my action.	10
21	42	He looked at the sun, and at me, as though weighing the values of alternative courses of action.	10
23	165	Thanks to the Tajuks, Suleiman was not in the center, and thanks, too, to them, the Aretai left flank, instead of being ready for action, swarmed and broiled like the crowds in a bazaar.	10

Book 11. (9 results) Slave Girl of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
2	724	If he must move suddenly she will not, thusly, constitute an impediment to his action.	10
2	1197	I had decided, swiftly, boldly, to cry out, that I might, by my resolute action, procure my rescue.	10
4	920	He lifted me up, in his arms, in this action freeing my leg, though it was cut and scratched.	10
4	1103	It had been I who must initiate action, I who must perform.	10
5	338	Too, I believe the men of the camp had little time to ponder their courses of action.	10
5	850	The soldier with the coffle, who was gathering jewelry into a scarf from various coffers in the tent, pretended that he had not noticed my action.	10
7	65	They safely removed by their own action from the environs of their camp, my master had then returned to the camp, to seize as well the dowry and beauteous maids of the Lady Sabina, Lehna, Donna, Chanda and Marla.	10
17	85	But now, under the action of the reagent, the writing had emerged, fine and clear.	10
24	26	"Clitus Vitellius of Ar, and his men," said the man, "by accounts rendered to me by Samos of Port Kar, of the Council of Captains, participated creditably in the action of the day before yesterday on behalf of the Jewel of Thassa".	10

Book 12. (5 results) Beasts of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
29	7	Although this button could be depressed quickly it could not be jerked, as a trigger might be, either on a rifle or crossbow, an action which sometimes, in moving the weapon, ruins or impairs the aim.	10
30	82	But I knew he did not come to his somber garb by any tardiness of action or hesitancy in deed.	10
34	88	The Kur's lips drew back, in a Kur grin, seeing my action.	10
35	362	In times of danger Gorean slaves are often chained or confined that they may in no way affect the outcome of whatever action may ensue.	10
35	409	But I could accomplish little by such an action.	10

Book 13. (10 results) Explorers of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
1	475	"Bejar," said Samos, "in an action at sea, overtook a ship of Cos".	10
5	510	Often she tries to dominate males in her vicinity, perhaps in an attempt to punish them for their inability or cruel refusal to understand or relieve her discomfort, perhaps, too, in an attempt to provoke them into an action which will restore her to her place in nature.	10
6	162	"What if they had taken such action as an indication that we were hostile?" asked Shoka.	10
11	92	This action lifted the line of her breasts, which was lovely, and lifted the tan slave tunic a bit higher on her thighs.	10
18	27	Some of these officers presented men before him who were then commended for their deeds in the recent action.	10
24	13	"There is action in the east".	10
32	212	The termite "dust," thereafter, by the action of bacteria, is reduced to humus, and the humus to nitrogen and mineral materials.	10
35	86	But she had defied me, despite my concern for her happiness and well-being, and fled, and by that action she had chosen her world.	10
50	74	She would be given absolutely no opportunity whatsoever to attempt to give an alarm to Shaba, should we come upon him, thinking such an action on her part might please her master.	10
53	513	She and the other girls, during the action, had, one by one, been caught by Kurii and put in throat coffle.	10

Book 14. (8 results) Fighting Slave of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
6	94	This action did not pass unnoticed by Lola.	10
7	135	This is not an action a woman fights.	10
11	290	She twisted the key, freeing the single-action double bolt.	10
16	155	She was too confident in her control over me, and doubtless rightly so, to feel that there would be any point in such an action.	10
21	191	Too, she did not wish to alert her master to her action.	10
21	226	Such an action could precipitate a new expedition into the Voltai by the tarnsmen of Ar".	10
25	108	"Does Master command me," I asked, "as the collared slave I am?" "I advise you," said Kenneth, "to adopt that course of action which is in your own best interest".	10
25	177	Such an action puts a man off balance.	10

Book 15. (14 results) Rogue of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
6	20	Their action, however, the strike to Lara, had caused considerable consternation among the forces of Lara, marching toward Vonda.	10
6	22	They were not, thus, involved in the action which took place shortly afterward northeast of Vonda.	10
6	23	In this action, however, the forces of Port Olni had been, unexpectedly, abetted by troops from Ti, under the command of Thandar of Ti, one of the sons of Ebullius Gaius Cassius.	10
6	43	Also, of course, in the future, this action might tend to divide the confederation in its feelings toward Ar.	10
6	65	The action is reputed to have taken place in 10,110 C.	10
10	67	I turned the key and opened the tiny, heavy, single-action, seven-bolt lock on the collar.	10
10	217	I was not interested in taking action in the matter.	10
10	366	His action took me by surprise.	10
18	1	I Make the Acquaintance of Guardsmen from Port Cos; I do not Take Action Against Miss Henderson; She is a Free Woman I hung in the ropes.	10
23	124	It is particularly telling if the action is prolonged.	10
27	150	That action convinced me that whoever he was, he was not of Victoria.	10
28	220	Callisthenes, too, seeing this action, drew his cloak about himself, concealing the insignia of Port Cos.	10
29	143	"What would you conclude from this lack of interest or action on their part?" I asked.	10
33	33	"His interests would be too opposed to such an action.	10

Book 16. (6 results) Guardsman of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
17	400	"That is an interesting and profound possibility," I said, "but then there would still remain needs and powers, forces and desires, and the facts of the world, that certain courses of action lead to certain results, and that other courses of action lead to other results.	10
1	138	I saw then that their action had been diversionary, to occupy us while other longboats, fixed with wicker shields, of the sort used for naval bowmen, lay along the chain.	10
4	18	The Talia and Thenta, the first of Point Alfred and the second of Jort's Ferry, had been lost in the same action.	10
10	36	I stepped back, further, but maintained still a position whence I might gauge the issuance of the action.	10
19	462	She did so, this action bringing her body upward and forward, and bringing her knees more closely together.	10
20	310	The brand and collar, though mighty in their significance, offer little actual impediment to a girl's action, unless, perhaps, she desires to pass alone and unchallenged through a city gate.	10

Book 17. (15 results) Savages of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
1	513	The symbolism of the creature's action, the lifting of weapons, and then the setting aside of them, was clear.	10
1	514	This action also, of course, was in accord with the common Gorean convention in proposing a truce.	10
2	167	"Do you expect the Sardar to take action?" I asked.	10
8	497	They had not taken any action, however, to eject them.	10
13	387	Grunt, in any case, as I knew him, would not be interested in punishing her for that action, as it had taken place when she was free.	10
15	16	The smoke produced is then regulated in its ascent by the action of a robe or blanket, the manner of its releasing being a function of the conventions involved.	10
15	17	At night such signals can be conveyed by the number and placement of fires, or by a single fire, alternately revealed and concealed by the action, again, of a robe or blanket.	10
15	54	Undoubtedly he took part in the action of a few days ago".	10
15	171	They wisely avoided direct eye contact with the appraising warrior, thus perhaps precipitating an encounter crisis, in which, perhaps because of misconstrual or misinterpretation, he might feel prompted to action.	10
15	284	"We were not involved in the action," said Grunt.	10
15	285	"The site of the action, I gather," I said, "is quite close".	10
17	46	When this action is completed then, as you can see, the whole package is neatly tied.	10
17	260	His action disrupted the infantry, trampling soldiers, buffeting them aside.	10
19	438	Such an action, of course, had served to mark, and conspicuously, the place where the lad had been fastened down.	10
19	773	Kog and Sardak, with some companions, and at least one other Kur, as well, whom I had seen earlier, threatening the Waniyanpi, had survived the recent action.	10

Book 18. (11 results) Blood Brothers of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
1	339	Canka was a respected and important young warrior; indeed, in the recent action to the west, he had even served as Blotanhunka of the All Comrades.	10
9	29	This action caused the hide blanket to slip to her waist.	10
9	147	This action, of course, raised the line of her lovely breasts.	10
15	90	He placed his hands fraternally upon Canka's shoulders, an action which also, of course, had the consequence of assuring himself that Canka remained where he was.	10
17	123	I would have gone first to Cuwignaka, as I knew him best and had the highest regard for his perceptiveness and common sense, but that action I had rejected, of course, because at this time he would be, with other young men, dancing in the great lodge.	10
23	31	When a slave makes a man angry she knows that there may very well be consequences to her action, that she, vulnerable and owned, subject to discipline and punishment, may very well be held to account, and, indeed, is quite likely to be held to account, and strictly, for any dissatisfaction which she...	10
28	135	They are the prizes of the action, not participants in it.	10
28	308	From the point of view of the target, of course, which may even be off balance, it is difficult, in the interval involved, to set itself for a second evasive action.	10
40	259	She reached behind her neck, to undo the halter, this action lifting the line of her breasts, beautifully.	10
46	7	"There was an action," I said.	10
54	180	It is usually only a question as to whether the masters wish to take action or not.	10

Book 19. (7 results) Kajira of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
4	383	What purpose could have been served by such an action, however, I had no idea.	10
6	95	There had not been a great deal of action in the drama but movement on the stage was supplied in abundance by a chorus whose complex activities and dances served to point up and emotionally respond to, and interpret, exchanges among the principals.	10
6	778	It had almost been as though he had decided on some action.	10
6	799	It seemed then that a given course of action would be appropriate.	10
9	250	"It will not be necessary to inform Ligurious of this action on your part," I said.	10
17	257	I viewed this action with unspeakable relief.	10
23	149	Or was it the action of a terrified woman sensing she had no option, if she would live, merely the act of a woman desperately bargaining for her very life with the only coin at her disposal, her beauty.	10

Book 20. (12 results) Players of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
1	314	"Do you hesitate," she asked, "because of some lack of certitude as to my nature, for fear of some impropriety or subtle lack of fittingness in such an action?" Samos shrugged.	10
1	739	To a swirl of music, taking her hair to the sides, holding it, parting it, with clenched fists thrust behind her, twisting, her body thrust forward, her beauty was suddenly, it seemed as though by command, or by the action of another, brazenly bared.	10
1	833	It was as though he had desired to take some significant action, or had felt that he should, but had been unwilling to do so.	10
6	456	There was much laughter here, at the apparent innocence of this action.	10
6	1079	If one had not been watching closely, one might have missed the action.	10
10	194	I do not think, however, this action had been lost on Boots, either.	10
10	345	Such an action, of course, would have been ludicrously irrational.	10
12	351	Yes, this seemed like an excellent time to take action.	10
14	416	What had once been only a hint, a puzzling, intriguing thought which I had scarcely understood, had, in the thicket of circumstances, in the crisis of an instant, become a coercive modality of action, that path upon which one must boldly and irrevocably embark.	10
16	649	"Yet I think that I, as a soldier, must be prepared to take prompt and decisive action".	10
22	109	This stratagem would permit him not only to take action against plausible suspects, given the hostility between those of Ar and Cos, this perhaps diverting attention from the true murderers, those in the pay of the ubar, but would give him a convenient pretext for ridding himself of possibly dangero...	10
22	241	"You must take action," I said.	10

Book 21. (9 results) Mercenaries of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
4	37	In accepting this arrangement, the Alars, of course, were in an excellent position to observe the course of events, and, if it seemed practical to them, take possible action.	10
10	34	Such an action would frustrate and stall the invasion.	10
10	35	This could give Ar the time she might require to deploy and arm for extensive action, what time she might need to meet the enemy in detail and force".	10
13	127	An action of the sort now accomplished in Torcadino, in which judicious selections and discriminations are to be made among the civilian populace, necessitates a sensitive preparation.	10
25	977	Many things, as is well known, are the products of human action but not of human design.	10
25	979	And it is ironic that human action could mindlessly construct prisons that no rational being would willingly design.	10
25	1378	Another danger, and perhaps one more serious, is that a misdirected response would be provoked in which, say, angry males, perhaps unable to take direct action because of the numerous, carefully wrought political traps and snares trammeling them, would think themselves, consciously or subconsciously...	10
25	1924	This action seemed to be greeted with relief on her part.	10
26	1389	This is again done presumably in the presence of witnesses, who may be asked to certify their witnessing of the action.	10

Book 22. (11 results) Dancer of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
24	133	Perhaps she most feared what might be the action of one of the men below, an action for which he might well be punished, or even killed.	10
4	203	"They deserve to have us take their world from them, to be thrust aside with words and writs, to be superseded by contrived legalities, to be relegated by statutes and slogans to the peripheries of power, to become trammeled, and crippled, and incapable of action, like tied sheep, bleating contented...	10
6	183	How many times, I wondered, had a man on Earth, irritated with an Earth woman, or girl, been tempted to seize her and, say, pull gum from her mouth, or straighten her hair, or adjust her halter, or tell her to straighten her body or to change her posture, or to sit or kneel in a certain way, but, of...	10
6	303	I then decided that my best mode of action would be to pretend to be unsexual, and modest, before women such as she who had beaten on the side of the wagon but, when with men, and as they would undoubtedly require, kneel as I had been taught, placing myself shamelessly, vulnerably, deliciously, deli...	10
8	40	We were glad the men had taken the action they had.	10
24	184	This action on his part seemed some sort of signal to the others.	10
24	663	Even the thought of the possible penalties for such an action struck terror into my heart.	10
27	255	It was a beast which, like men, I feared, could consider alternatives, envisage possible futures, choose courses of action.	10
29	1347	Fulvius, perhaps more ruthless or practical in such matters, but a judicious tactician, had, I think, not wished to proceed at that time with an action which might bring about a disagreement or confrontation with his subordinate, one of whose sword he might shortly have need.	10
31	75	Only in a moment or two did I understand her action.	10
34	752	And the speech of deeds, the vocabulary of action, I thought, is redolent with its own eloquence.	10

Book 23. (25 results) Renegades of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
10	254	I had thought this move on my part might bring him into action.	10
11	145	Aemilianus was ignorant of something so basic as the action of Dietrich at Torcadino.	10
11	313	"We would die to the last man before we would have recourse to such an action!" "They would laugh at us!" said another.	10
12	115	Hunger, however, might have provided a convenient and excellent rationalization for their action.	10
13	66	"The Cosians must not bring their catapults into action, at this range," she said.	10
13	104	To be sure, they might, if they wished, make her a slave themselves, or let her be a slave, either by my action or her own, and then, if she were a slave, do anything they wished with her.	10
13	138	Yet her former self had done so, and her new self, whether in true justice or not, could be held accountable for the action.	10
14	69	She dropped to her knees, a suitable action before a male.	10
14	234	There is an optimum point for readiness and action.	10
15	905	I think that her bonds, the security of her gag, her inability to dislodge the hood, its effectiveness in concealing her, the ease with which her attempted escape had been dealt with, had all combined to make clear to her her utter helplessness, that she could not, in the least, by her will or actio...	10
16	390	She must then take action.	10
18	95	"It is the militarily appropriate action," I said.	10
18	128	This action seemed to be greeted with derision from the Cosians.	10
18	369	I saw a free woman, similarly kneeling, similarly bound, watch this in terror, and then, quickly and exactly, imitate the action of the slaves.	10
21	2	It was now the middle of the morning, following yesterday's late-afternoon action at the piers.	10
21	87	"Doubtless he will be astonished to learn of yesterday's action at Ar's Station".	10
21	661	She might even have served in her way as a souvenir to one fellow or another of the action at Ar's Station.	10
21	743	Too, in the Vosk League, to which Port Cos is party, we have the nucleus of a vehicle for our alliance, a vehicle for common action if not common governance".	10
21	759	"I determined then in the cell," I said, "to take action, not merely, of course, for her sake, but for mine as well, as I could not know for certain what you would eventually decide in my case, nor could I count on being released from a burning citadel by Cosians.	10
21	763	"Your action on behalf of Lady Claudia," he said, "was very nearly successful.	10
21	766	We are prepared to overlook your attempt to abet her escape, serious though this is, in view of your action on the wall, and elsewhere".	10
21	1448	I had gathered that, long ago, these men had seen action together, probably on the river.	10
24	307	He then repeated this action to starboard.	10
24	321	Were it not for the action of Dietrich of Tarnburg at Torcadino, she would already be at the gates of Ar".	10
24	329	They do not realize it is battle hardened, that it has been in action for months".	10

Book 24. (11 results) Vagabonds of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
1	171	Two days after the fall of Ar's Station a mercenary, who had apparently seen much action, passed near the wagon of Ephialtes.	10
1	280	At any rate, as it had turned out, the Ubarate of Cos had decided, wisely, in my opinion, to take no official notice of this action.	10
1	349	It had been he who had managed to convey Ar's Station's half of the topaz to Port Cos, which action had resulted in the redemption of the pledge of the topaz, bringing the forces of Port Cos, and apparently, in the process, ships of the Vosk League, as well, to Ar's Station, to evacuate the piers, t...	10
1	1118	It is their business to please men, and they well know it, not to prove impediments to their action.	10
3	97	Dietrich's boldness and gallantry, the brilliance of his action, that of seizing Torcadino, Cos' supply depot in the south, thereby stalling the invasion, now seemed relatively ineffective.	10
3	147	She, by her own action, in locking the collar on her own neck, as much as if she had spoken a formula of enslavement, is now also a slave.	10
13	216	When one has been in a disastrous action, particularly a mysterious one which has not been anticipated, one which one does not fully understand, there is a tendency of the survivors to overestimate casualties.	10
18	148	He had to pull back, that he not, by his own action, cut his own throat.	10
19	421	Afterwards, in a small, related action, my barge was ambushed.	10
42	34	"Certainly," he said, "if an action ensued".	10
48	204	I was actually a bit apprehensive that Marcus, who was something of a man of action, might rush over to the Cosian camp, slashing away at fellows doing their washing, and so on.	10

Book 25. (10 results) Magicians of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
1	308	The ugliness of the crowd, its hostility, and such, was, I think, a function of recent events, which had precipitated confusion, uncertainty and terror in Ar, in particular the military catastrophe in the delta, in which action, absurdly, the major land forces of Ar had been invested, and the news t...	10
2	67	On the supposition that the latter action took priority the might of Ar in the north entered the delta in pursuit of the Cosians, in which shifting, trackless morass column after column was lost or decimated.	10
3	591	This is, I believe, and example, though a rather extreme one, of a not unprecedented sort of psychological reaction, the attempt, by disparagement or action, motivated by envy, jealousy, resentment, or such, to keep from others pleasures which one oneself is unable, or unwilling, to enjoy.	10
7	180	There is often a delicate balance in such things, and sometimes in such situations even a small action, even a seemingly insignificant stimulus, can trigger a sudden, massive response.	10
10	101	In this way, on the other hand, it performs its action openly, without special attention but, too, without stealth.	10
10	102	It says, thusly, the action is in order, that it is acceptable, even trivial.	10
11	252	"Or larls," I said, "patient, unreconciled, dangerous, capable of action".	10
15	36	Cos may even take this action as one favorable to themselves.	10
16	23	"Take me from them! Hide me! Glory to the Delta Brigade!" None in the crowd, it seemed, dared echo this sentiment, but there was no mistaking its mood, one of sympathy for the fellow, and of anger toward the mercenaries, and there was a very definite possibility, one thing leading to another, that i...	10
16	172	There had apparently been concerted action in the burning of the house of records, but that did not necessitate the existence of a "Brigade".	10

Book 26. (17 results) Witness of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
11	1716	Too, I gathered that there was discipline in this place, and here I do not speak of such things as the correctives and admonitives, however sure, strict and severe, to which an errant slave might find herself subjected, but of sterner stuff, the discipline of the military, that of the Warrior, that ...	10
13	321	It snapped at the free woman, in this action losing its hold on the cage.	10
19	201	As she was on a common chain, neck-coffled on it, her action dragged on the neck chains of the girl behind her and before her, half pulling the one behind her to her feet, jerking back, twisting, causing to cry out with pain, the one before her.	10
19	693	The free woman, though her primary attention was on the man with the water bag, from the corner of her eye, took note of our action, it seemed apprehensively.	10
22	29	We want him to be jealous of us, and fiercely possessive of us; we want to be important to him; we do not want to be ignored or neglected; we do not want to be taken for granted, or just be "there," perhaps almost unnoticed, as are so many "wives" of Earth; the slave, I assure you, receives a great ...	10
24	107	It was a strange feeling, being where I was, where it seemed so quiet, the sky so blue and calm, the clouds moving overhead, unhurried, knowing that not far away some terrible action might be ensuant, perhaps at the pens.	10
31	650	His action, as sudden as it was, took the black-tunicked men by surprise.	10
34	20	In the case of the second man, it seemed that he had neglected to lock two small rods in place, toward the center of the bridge, before sliding it out, into place, without which action, it buckles and turns, as on a hinge.	10
37	91	"I do not advise you to pursue this course of action," said the pit master.	10
37	248	"I do not advise this course of action," said the officer of Treve.	10
38	114	"Dietrich's action stops the drive to Ar," said the pit master.	10
38	261	"The moves were determined from my first action.	10
40	209	"And no action pertinent to these matters is to be taken until the game is done?" "Agreed, for myself and the slave," said the pit master.	10
40	219	"As you may recall," said the officer, "no action pertinent to these matters is to be taken until the game is done".	10
46	215	How attractive he was! I spread my knees before him, scarcely aware of my action.	10
46	278	I regarded this action with apprehension.	10
46	528	"He may take action or not, as he sees fit".	10

Book 27. (8 results) Prize of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
13	174	Thus she cannot break and run, an action which might prompt the beast's pursuit behavior".	10
15	522	Briefly there flashed through her mind the tarnsman from Brundisium who, apparently enamored of a free woman, had taken a different action, seizing the woman, to make her his slave, she then to be herself perhaps no more to him than a paga girl.	10
16	875	The Gorean will often tend to be courteous and refined in his speech, and yet, in action, direct and forceful, sometimes even ruthless and brutal.	10
17	554	On the other hand, although the fellow's intention was doubtless sensible, and harmless enough, and even benign, the effect of his action on the slave in question was profound.	10
19	25	"Action at this time is premature," said Tersius Major.	10
19	427	We will take independent action".	10
20	440	But his action had begun an alignment, a pull in a particular direction.	10
25	598	Indeed, why otherwise would the slave, when a free woman, have come alone to the festival camp, if she had not, on a profound subconscious level, scarcely understanding her own action, been seeking more, a more which she was sure must exist.	10

Book 28. (8 results) Kur of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
1	667	The codes encourage attention to the future and action, rather than to the past and speculation.	10
1	1135	He repeated this action twice, and then he thought that she had had enough.	10
16	50	If they learn to deal with Kurii, with concerted action, then perhaps isolated groups, enemies over territory, may join together, if only temporarily, for purposes of defense, or, if appropriate, aggression.	10
30	113	But in such a case the master might object, and take action, perhaps charging a coin for the girl's use, or perhaps killing the thief".	10
39	62	This cry, if nothing else, seemed to break the spirit of the besiegers, and determine them to action, for they then began to spring up, and mill about, uncertainly.	10
44	151	Grendel had shown no response to this action on the part of the female.	10
61	213	No action of import is to be undertaken on such a day".	10
63	121	In this action may perhaps be detected the astute recommendation of Flavion, whose grasp of politics, diplomacy, and war was of a most direct, simple, and practical sort.	10

Book 29. (5 results) Swordsmen of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
5	479	I recalled that Dietrich of Tarnburg had fought a tenacious holding action at Torcodino, to delay the advance on Ar, to give her time to meet the avalanche, the swift confluences, of armed men who would descend upon her.	10
5	480	But his action had been unavailing, and Ar had remained quiescent, even inert, though surely the screams of the tarns of war must have somehow reached her walls.	10
10	171	His action was so quick that I, familiar with the reflexes of warriors, which often spell the difference between life and death, must admire it, and Pertinax, startled, gasped, his blade still haplessly lowered.	10
12	311	Usually one quarrel would be discharged, and then the crossbowman was well advised to withdraw from action until it was possible to ratchet back the cable for another load, or, if a foot stirrup was used, which was quicker, but gave less power, to haul it back with two hands, get it over the catch, ...	10
25	204	On the other hand, Goreans with access to the Second Knowledge, recognized the sphericity of Gor, the viability of the antipodes, the action of gravity, and such.	10

Book 30. (10 results) Mariners of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
2	35	The mast is lowered when the ship prepares for action.	10
3	16	Also, they might be launched, if one wished, to dispose of witnesses, a practice favored by some pirates, or, as noted, to pick up survivors, following an action.	10
3	335	I resolved to put into action a bold plan, one I had conceived as a last, fearful resort, if all seemed lost, to be executed before the upper levels of the cylinders were attained.	10
3	1544	She snatched it up, and, tunic clutched in one hand, rushed outside and flung shut the gate of the cell, which action closed and locked the gate.	10
15	12	His view was long; he was patient; he seldom acted on the moment, but each action, one suspected, rather like the carving of a bow or the sharpening of a knife, had its contribution to some end in view.	10
22	237	I thought no single marksman, given the liberty of his judgment, would have continued to fire arrows with such little effect, but, I gathered, this action, with its largely futile waste of missiles, was in accord with the command of the drum, the captain of which, most likely, was well behind the li...	10
23	43	Had it not been for the stubborn rear-guard action of Lord Nishida and others, later reinforced from the ship, and the hasty, nocturnal, massive evacuation of our trapped forces from the beach, it seems clear that the enterprise of Lords Nishida and Okimoto, whatever might be its nature, would have ...	10
28	86	For example, I was much afraid that the sorry return of the exploratory force, and the possible imminence of the forces of Lord Yamada, might further increase apprehension amongst the men, hasten the formation of reckless resolves, and lead to some rash action.	10
29	14	I had thought the instigator of this action would have been Tyrtaios, but I did not see him.	10
31	10	It was made clear to our men, our armsmen and mariners, that this action was intended to be one much to their benefit, that it was intended to secure and safeguard the treasure.	10

Book 31. (3 results) Conspirators of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
18	936	His action had been no more than a way of calling attention to me, as a slave might be indicated.	10
45	92	The beast was fully aware of it, for its head turned in that direction, its ears inclined to that place, and its nostrils drew in the alien scent, and then the beast, with no further action, either of a monitory or preparatory nature, continued on its way.	10
45	111	A small soft noise greeted this action.	10

Book 32. (5 results) Smugglers of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
34	42	"Is it to intercept deserters, to trade, to convey departing contingents to the galleys, to take part in some action? They do not know".	10
38	10	Axel, clearly, was primarily concerned to establish its existence, numbers, and direction, following which he would consider his possible course of action, either to attempt to deal with it, saving at least one prisoner who might be later interrogated at Shipcamp, or, if it seemed prudential, to wit...	10
43	994	It may be recalled that this arrangement had been put in place by either Tyrtaios, or Lord Okimoto, to support Axel, and take action, if he were fortunate enough to make contact with the Panther Women.	10
52	837	Surely that was not the action of one who might care for a slave.	10
52	850	Indeed, that action had been more an expression of annoyance, or contempt, an indication that a master might disapprove of, and fail to tolerate, an unwarranted presumptuousness on the part of a property, a mere beast.	10

Book 33. (19 results) Rebels of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
1	438	How are such things to be understood? Might not mysteries be suspected, might not fears flourish, might not superstitions be engaged?" "I find it difficult to believe that you would suggest so fanciful and unrealistic an action," said Lord Okimoto, "one destitute of the prospects of success and so c...	10
4	26	A complement is to be kept ready for action".	10
9	28	My question is this, is it appropriate to lift the ritual knife when success, survival, even victory, is still possible?" "In such a case," had said Lord Okimoto, "lifting the ritual knife would be not only premature, but would be an error of action; indeed, it would be improper, and thus forbidden"...	10
9	93	Action undertaken in such a situation may easily prove inopportune and unwise.	10
10	99	Surely many had marked my action.	10
11	117	How is it that the cavalry flew? Was this action not forbidden? He withdraws his troops to protect his towns, holdings, palaces, and fortresses from fire cast down from the sky".	10
13	176	Thus, given the legerdemain of ambiguity and obscurity, abetted by occasional, reassuring nuggets of augured gold, it would be possible to convince a gullible patron to pursue courses of action which were less to his advantage than to that of another, in this case, Lord Yamada.	10
13	177	I was confident that Daichi, like similar practitioners of kindred arts, might, with the usual amalgam of pretentious pronouncements, awesome gravity, and ponderous theatricality, influence the thinking and action of any client so luckless as to have fallen under his spell.	10
13	439	Even the wisp of an allusion, or a seemingly unrelated or meaningless action, the dispatch of a messenger, the nature of the seal on a document, the ordering of a map, may sometimes hint at movements, at routes, at alliances.	10
17	54	The lifting of the bow stretches the arms, and postpones the action; this calms the heart and steadies the nerves.	10
19	241	Sometimes this trick is used by girls in exhibition cages, awaiting their sale in the evening, taking their hair in their hands and lifting it behind their head, which action both reveals her beauty and accentuates it.	10
20	27	I suspected she did not know that her compromising action had been observed.	10
20	121	Lord Yamada is now well aware of the disclosure of Sumomo's secret commission, the detection of her action on the parapet, that the nature of her role in the holding of Lord Temmu has been brought to light, as she apparently is not.	10
21	60	I had little doubt that he had almost immediately regretted the hastiness of his action.	10
29	354	How was it that she had failed to exercise a greater caution? How anomalous an action that had been for a woman of her obvious intelligence.	10
38	72	I suspected the pen guards had not considered the possibility of concerted action, not amongst peasants.	10
42	174	Certainly I would not look forward to conducting three naked slaves through the camp, an action unlikely to pass unnoticed.	10
47	203	Lord Yamada had performed this action fluidly.	10
57	61	Certainly the common wisdoms of war would recommend such an action.	10

Book 34. (10 results) Plunder of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
6	547	Two of the preceding girls, one the girl who had worn the expensive jacket and skirt and the other the girl who had worn the torn evening gown, apparently had not performed this gesture of obeisance promptly enough or satisfactorily enough, for each was forced to repeat the action, again and again, ...	10
7	159	Now we were unable to take action, dared we do so, to expel the beverage.	10
7	176	The matter is further complicated by the fact that movement, your walking, for example, hastens the action of the drug".	10
9	380	What action or what words, I gathered, could make amends for so dreadful an offense.	10
49	44	Whether one is interested in the success of a supper, a happy outcome at the tarn races, or merely wishes to melt the heart of some aloof free woman, or such, the Initiates, humble in their holiness and concern, earnest and sympathetic, stand ready to take action, notifying the Priest-Kings of the m...	10
49	190	"Due to the independent action of others," said Kurik.	10
52	7	I regarded this action with much uneasiness.	10
61	11	"This cowardice, this dereliction of duty, this refusal to promote an action clearly in accord with the will of, and in the best interests of, Lord Agamemnon necessitated, indeed, demanded, mutiny.	10
65	154	Their projected action was apparently to be accomplished anonymously.	10
69	22	"So extreme a course of action?" I asked.	10

Book 35. (7 results) Quarry of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
3	411	What slave does not? That action, replacing the whip on his belt, did free his right hand.	10
6	182	The slaver's men, if aware of what was transpiring, would doubtless have intervened, taking one action or another, but it seems they were at the head of the coffle, trying to soothe disputants.	10
8	95	Why, I wondered, were the masters willing to view her departure with such equanimity? How she had abused the privilege of being allowed on deck! Happily, it seemed, her action had not resulted in the suspension of such a privilege for myself and the other two.	10
10	75	Occasionally a taverner's man will rake the sand, by means of which action the sand is smoothed and stray tarsk-bits may be detected and collected.	10
38	275	Of what value would my life be had I had complied with her request? Too, even if I could be free of the house to wander about, there would have been terrible dangers attendant on such an action.	10
44	16	Give no sign of this, lest the men on the pier suspect my action.	10
45	84	"This morning, the morning of the action, as was agreed, two gold staters of Brundisium".	10

Book 36. (30 results) Avengers of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
6	287	"We must take action," he urged.	10
7	1	I Converse with Authorities; I Plead a Case for Action; The Governor's Assurance "Surely your oarsman is mistaken," said Archelaos, fingering the twin strings of his beard, governor of Thera, his palace on the ridge of Sybaris, overlooking the harbor, crowded with its hundreds of ships.	10
7	3	"He is of a smitten village, Nicosia, on Chios?" said Nicomachos, dark-haired, and impatient of manner, First Captain of Sybaris, High Officer of Cos, Admiral of the Fleet of the Farther Islands, Thera, Chios, and Daphna, leaning forward, an action which caused the medallion and chain of his office ...	10
11	82	I trusted that this tiny movement had not escaped the notice of the attendant, whose eyes narrowed at the action.	10
13	15	The raiders, so assured of themselves, had not even turned their vessels' bows to the water, from which position the ship can most quickly be brought into action.	10
26	37	It is important to make evasive action as unpredictable as possible.	10
31	51	"Neither action would be in order," I said.	10
35	129	Thirdly, it could support the corsair fleet in action, interfering with attacked vessels, impeding movements, blocking escapes, even delivering reinforcements to the corsairs in the way of boarders equipped with grappling irons and scaling ladders".	10
36	38	Fortunately for the slaves, neither the Tesephone nor the Dorna saw action on the voyage to Daphna.	10
36	227	That mercenaries were now being recruited afresh in Sybaris also suggested the likely prospect of such an action.	10
42	126	"Lamps!" Even before the lamps were lit, and dangling on their cords, the men of Mytilene, with cries of rage, rushed toward the gate, brandishing their miscellany of weapons, including those taken from the fallen mercenaries slain in our earlier action, stabbing and striking.	10
43	36	I slid shut the panel on my own lamp, and this action was copied, one by one, for several lanterns behind me, the tunnel progressively growing darker and darker.	10
45	96	I would have preferred to be in action, joining in the hunt for the fugitive, as movement is calming, but I deemed it more important to remain where I was, located so as to coordinate matters and receive reports should they be forthcoming.	10
48	92	I watched him perform this action.	10
49	71	"As Tab and Sakim left no message of any sort to explain their departure, we may infer that the appearance of the corsair fleet was sudden and unexpected, perhaps emerging from darkness in the vicinity of dawn, a situation calling for instant action, getting the Dorna and Tesephone to sea before an ...	10
52	25	"Where are they?" "The Dorna has been in action," I said, "doubtless more than once".	10
52	101	"Clearly the Dorna has seen action," said Clitus.	10
52	124	The raised mast of the first ship, which doubtless had the Admiral of the corsair fleet on board, had signaled the readiness for action.	10
53	6	This position provides a height sufficient to survey action and provides immediate communication with the helm deck.	10
53	55	Given the unexpected action of the Dorna, its inadvertent plunging into the ranks of the mercenaries, scattering all and crushing many, and the ensuing behavior of the injured, perhaps maddened, beast, war was far from the minds of most of the mercenaries, that despite the urgings and howling of cer...	10
53	143	"But in such an action at least two ships would be lost," I said, "the Tesephone and at least one of theirs".	10
53	164	"They will expect a small land action, only in a different venue," I said.	10
53	174	The ideal for an enemy contemplating boarding was clearly, if possible, to utilize two ships and draw alongside the target vessel on both the port and starboard side, thus permitting a simultaneous, coordinated attack, analogous to a land action in which an enemy can be attacked both on the front an...	10
53	194	This action would likely pass notice with the enemy, given his distance.	10
54	20	They prefer a living keleustes who can see the benches and heed the action of the oars and, consequently, adjust the beat, subtly, as necessary, to optimize the performance of the vessel, subject to actual conditions.	10
54	123	In that way they would abide the outcome of the action, will wait to see what is to be done with them, their fates dependent on the doings of men, must wait to see who will own them".	10
57	19	On the other side of our small 'fort in the sea', Tab and the crew of the Dorna were similarly observing the approach of a corsair ship and readying themselves for action.	10
58	68	"We could fire her before action begins," said Thurnock.	10
59	34	The Theran fleet under Nicomachos, anticipating land action on Chios near Mytilene, had embarked with numerous Cosian regulars aboard, which allowed frequent shifts of oarsmen, an advantage which the corsair fleet had itself hitherto exploited, this now, however, enabling the Theran fleet to equal, ...	10
60	210	I made nothing of his action.	10