Book 33. (7 results) Rebels of Gor (Context Quote)
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"But there is another species involved, too, in these things, which, too, for similar reasons, I shall refrain from describing.
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They are commonly spoken of as Kurii.
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The Kurii, long ago, it seems, destroyed their native world, and the remnants of their warring races migrated into a number of steel worlds, artificial habitats, which lurk within the cover of thousands of the great stones of space, which, on Earth, we speak of as the asteroid belt.
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Both priest-kings and Kurii possess technologies which are well beyond those available now on our home planet.
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To shorten matters, the Kurii seek a new world, and covet Gor.
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Skirmishes and altercations have taken place for generations between these two species, the Kurii wishing to obtain this world and the priest-kings, naturally, to retain it.
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In temperament the Kurii tend to be imperialistic, tenacious, ambitious, and fierce, and the priest-kings, on the whole, tend to be pacific and nonaggressive, content, on the whole, to defend their world, rather than seek out Kurii in their strongholds and methodologically destroy them.
"But there is another species involved, too, in these things, which, too, for similar reasons, I shall refrain from describing.
They are commonly spoken of as Kurii.
The Kurii, long ago, it seems, destroyed their native world, and the remnants of their warring races migrated into a number of steel worlds, artificial habitats, which lurk within the cover of thousands of the great stones of space, which, on Earth, we speak of as the asteroid belt.
Both priest-kings and Kurii possess technologies which are well beyond those available now on our home planet.
To shorten matters, the Kurii seek a new world, and covet Gor.
Skirmishes and altercations have taken place for generations between these two species, the Kurii wishing to obtain this world and the priest-kings, naturally, to retain it.
In temperament the Kurii tend to be imperialistic, tenacious, ambitious, and fierce, and the priest-kings, on the whole, tend to be pacific and nonaggressive, content, on the whole, to defend their world, rather than seek out Kurii in their strongholds and methodologically destroy them.
- (Rebels of Gor, Chapter )