Book 6. (7 results) Raiders of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | 13 | Incidentally, when the island is to be moved under siege conditions, divers leave the island by means of the wells and, in groups of two and three, attempt to cut a path in the direction of escape; such divers, of course, often fall prey to underwater predators and to the spears of enemies, who thrust down at them from the surface. |
| 3 | 14 | Sometimes an entire island is abandoned, the community setting it afire and taking to the marsh in their marsh skiffs. |
| 3 | 15 | At a given point, when it is felt safe, several of these skiffs will be tied together, forming a platform on which rence may be woven, and a new island will be begun. |
| 3 | 16 | "So," said Ho-Hak, regarding me, "you are on your way to Port Kar?" He sat upon a giant shell of the Vosk sorp, as on a sort of throne, which, for these people, I gather it was. |
| 3 | 17 | I knelt before him, naked and bound. |
| 3 | 18 | Two ropes of marsh vine, besides my other bonds, had been knotted about my neck, each in the hands of a man on either side of me. |
| 3 | 19 | My ankles had been unbound only long enough to push me stumbling from the rush craft, among the shouting women and men and children, to the throne of Ho-Hak. |
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Incidentally, when the island is to be moved under siege conditions, divers leave the island by means of the wells and, in groups of two and three, attempt to cut a path in the direction of escape; such divers, of course, often fall prey to underwater predators and to the spears of enemies, who thrust down at them from the surface.
Sometimes an entire island is abandoned, the community setting it afire and taking to the marsh in their marsh skiffs.
At a given point, when it is felt safe, several of these skiffs will be tied together, forming a platform on which rence may be woven, and a new island will be begun.
"So," said Ho-Hak, regarding me, "you are on your way to Port Kar?" He sat upon a giant shell of the Vosk sorp, as on a sort of throne, which, for these people, I gather it was.
I knelt before him, naked and bound.
Two ropes of marsh vine, besides my other bonds, had been knotted about my neck, each in the hands of a man on either side of me.
My ankles had been unbound only long enough to push me stumbling from the rush craft, among the shouting women and men and children, to the throne of Ho-Hak.
- (Raiders of Gor, Chapter )