Book 1. (7 results) Tarnsman of Gor (Context Quote)
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Sentence #
Quote
6
84
When freed, I was lifted lightly in the mandibles and carried to the edge of the web, where the spider seized a hanging strand and scurried downward, placing me on the ground.
6
85
He then backed away from me on his eight legs, but never taking the pearly gaze of his several eyes from me.
6
86
I heard the mechanically reproduced sound again.
6
87
It said, "My name is Nar, and I am of the Spider people".
6
88
I then saw for the first time that strapped to his abdomen was a translation device, not unlike those I had seen in Ko-ro-ba.
6
89
It apparently translated sound impulses, below my auditory threshold, into the sounds of human speech.
6
90
My own replies were undoubtedly similarly transformed into some medium the insect could understand.
When freed, I was lifted lightly in the mandibles and carried to the edge of the web, where the spider seized a hanging strand and scurried downward, placing me on the ground.
He then backed away from me on his eight legs, but never taking the pearly gaze of his several eyes from me.
I heard the mechanically reproduced sound again.
It said, "My name is Nar, and I am of the Spider people".
I then saw for the first time that strapped to his abdomen was a translation device, not unlike those I had seen in Ko-ro-ba.
It apparently translated sound impulses, below my auditory threshold, into the sounds of human speech.
My own replies were undoubtedly similarly transformed into some medium the insect could understand.
- (Tarnsman of Gor, Chapter )