Book 19. (7 results) Kajira of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
|---|---|---|
| 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. |
| 33 | 679 | How, except for such power, could a barbarian woman, such as Sheila, the former Tatrix of Corcyrus, come to power in a city such as Corcyrus? I suspect, also, that the true motivation of the attack on the mines of Argentum was not to fill the coffers of Corcyrus, already a prosperous city, but to supplement the economic resources of these other forces. |
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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.
How, except for such power, could a barbarian woman, such as Sheila, the former Tatrix of Corcyrus, come to power in a city such as Corcyrus? I suspect, also, that the true motivation of the attack on the mines of Argentum was not to fill the coffers of Corcyrus, already a prosperous city, but to supplement the economic resources of these other forces.
- (Kajira of Gor, Chapter )