Book 5. (1 results) Assassin of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 3 | 29 | It might be mentioned that the game, as I shall speak of it, for in Gorean it has no other designation, is extremely popular on Gor, and even children find among their playthings the pieces of the game; there are numerous clubs and competitions among various castes and cylinders; careful records of important games are kept and studied; lists of competitions and tournaments and their winners are filed in the Cylinder of Documents; there is even in most Gorean libraries a section containing an incredible number of scrolls pertaining to the techniques, tactics and strategy of the game. |
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Book 5. (7 results) Assassin of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 3 | 26 | I recalled that men from many periods and cultures of Earth had been brought, from time to time, to Gor, our Counter-Earth. |
| 3 | 27 | With them they would have brought their customs, their skills, their habits, their games, which, in time, would presumably have undergone considerable modification. |
| 3 | 28 | I have suspected that chess, with its fascinating history and development, as played on Earth, may actually have derived from a common ancestor with the Gorean game, both of them perhaps tracing their lineage to some long-forgotten game, perhaps the draughts of Egypt or some primitive board game of India. |
| 3 | 29 | It might be mentioned that the game, as I shall speak of it, for in Gorean it has no other designation, is extremely popular on Gor, and even children find among their playthings the pieces of the game; there are numerous clubs and competitions among various castes and cylinders; careful records of important games are kept and studied; lists of competitions and tournaments and their winners are filed in the Cylinder of Documents; there is even in most Gorean libraries a section containing an incredible number of scrolls pertaining to the techniques, tactics and strategy of the game. |
| 3 | 30 | Almost all civilized Goreans, of whatever caste, play. |
| 3 | 31 | It is not unusual to find even children of twelve or fourteen years who play with a depth and sophistication, a subtlety and a brilliance, that might be the envy of the chess masters of Earth. |
| 3 | 32 | But this man now approaching was not an amateur, nor an enthusiast. |
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I recalled that men from many periods and cultures of Earth had been brought, from time to time, to Gor, our Counter-Earth.
With them they would have brought their customs, their skills, their habits, their games, which, in time, would presumably have undergone considerable modification.
I have suspected that chess, with its fascinating history and development, as played on Earth, may actually have derived from a common ancestor with the Gorean game, both of them perhaps tracing their lineage to some long-forgotten game, perhaps the draughts of Egypt or some primitive board game of India.
It might be mentioned that the game, as I shall speak of it, for in Gorean it has no other designation, is extremely popular on Gor, and even children find among their playthings the pieces of the game; there are numerous clubs and competitions among various castes and cylinders; careful records of important games are kept and studied; lists of competitions and tournaments and their winners are filed in the Cylinder of Documents; there is even in most Gorean libraries a section containing an incredible number of scrolls pertaining to the techniques, tactics and strategy of the game.
Almost all civilized Goreans, of whatever caste, play.
It is not unusual to find even children of twelve or fourteen years who play with a depth and sophistication, a subtlety and a brilliance, that might be the envy of the chess masters of Earth.
But this man now approaching was not an amateur, nor an enthusiast.
- (Assassin of Gor, Chapter 3)