Book 3. (1 results) Priest-Kings of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 18 | 90 | "The analogy, of course," said Sarm, "is incorrect, for there is no home stone as such in the Nest of Priest-Kings, the home stone being a barbarous artifact generally common to the cities and homes of Gorean humans". |
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Book 3. (7 results) Priest-Kings of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 18 | 87 | One of the latter was the power source of the Priest-Kings, the great plant wherein the basic energy is generated for their many works and machines. |
| 18 | 88 | "Sometimes this is spoken of as the home stone of all Gor," said Sarm, as we walked the long, winding, iron spiral that clung to the side of a vast, transparent blue dome. |
| 18 | 89 | Within that dome, burning and glowing, emitting a bluish, combustive refulgence, was a huge, crystalline reticulated hemisphere. |
| 18 | 90 | "The analogy, of course," said Sarm, "is incorrect, for there is no home stone as such in the Nest of Priest-Kings, the home stone being a barbarous artifact generally common to the cities and homes of Gorean humans". |
| 18 | 91 | I was somewhat annoyed to find the home stones, taken so seriously in the cities of Gor that a man might be slain if he did not rise when speaking of the home stone of his city, so airily dismissed by the lofty Sarm. |
| 18 | 92 | "You find it hard to understand the love of a man for his home stone," I said. |
| 18 | 93 | "A cultural oddity," said Sarm, "which I understand perfectly but find slightly preposterous". |
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One of the latter was the power source of the Priest-Kings, the great plant wherein the basic energy is generated for their many works and machines.
"Sometimes this is spoken of as the home stone of all Gor," said Sarm, as we walked the long, winding, iron spiral that clung to the side of a vast, transparent blue dome.
Within that dome, burning and glowing, emitting a bluish, combustive refulgence, was a huge, crystalline reticulated hemisphere.
"The analogy, of course," said Sarm, "is incorrect, for there is no home stone as such in the Nest of Priest-Kings, the home stone being a barbarous artifact generally common to the cities and homes of Gorean humans".
I was somewhat annoyed to find the home stones, taken so seriously in the cities of Gor that a man might be slain if he did not rise when speaking of the home stone of his city, so airily dismissed by the lofty Sarm.
"You find it hard to understand the love of a man for his home stone," I said.
"A cultural oddity," said Sarm, "which I understand perfectly but find slightly preposterous".
- (Priest-Kings of Gor, Chapter 18)