Book 31. (7 results) Conspirators of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
|---|---|---|
| 8 | 133 | In passing, I will note something of interest, at least to a barbarian. |
| 8 | 134 | On your world pieces of paper, even with impressive printing on them, are seldom accepted in exchange for actual goods. |
| 8 | 135 | The Gorean thinks generally in terms of metal, copper, silver, and gold, something obdurate and solid, which can be handled, split, quartered, shaved, and weighed, or else in terms of actual goods. |
| 8 | 136 | It would be dangerous to try to buy a sleen or slave, or a sul or larma, from a Gorean for no more than a piece of paper. |
| 8 | 137 | On the other hand, notes are exchanged amongst various coin houses, or banking houses, without difficulty. |
| 8 | 138 | Sometimes the wealth of a city has been transferred from Jad to Ar, or Ar to Jad, in the form of a piece of paper, sewn into the lining of a robe. |
| 8 | 139 | In such a way wealth can be exchanged, even back and forth, without a tarsk-bit changing hands. |
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In passing, I will note something of interest, at least to a barbarian.
On your world pieces of paper, even with impressive printing on them, are seldom accepted in exchange for actual goods.
The Gorean thinks generally in terms of metal, copper, silver, and gold, something obdurate and solid, which can be handled, split, quartered, shaved, and weighed, or else in terms of actual goods.
It would be dangerous to try to buy a sleen or slave, or a sul or larma, from a Gorean for no more than a piece of paper.
On the other hand, notes are exchanged amongst various coin houses, or banking houses, without difficulty.
Sometimes the wealth of a city has been transferred from Jad to Ar, or Ar to Jad, in the form of a piece of paper, sewn into the lining of a robe.
In such a way wealth can be exchanged, even back and forth, without a tarsk-bit changing hands.
- (Conspirators of Gor, Chapter )