Book 34. (1 results) Plunder of Gor (Individual Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
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| 49 | 104 | One advantage of extending a campaign to the early fall is that, at that time, the enemy's sa-tarna is ready for harvest. |
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Book 34. (7 results) Plunder of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
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| 49 | 101 | Such activities, while admittedly hazardous, may, when successful, have their rewards, gold, for example, and women. |
| 49 | 102 | I was told of an incident along these lines, the seeming paradoxicality of matters, that took place in a winter campaign, unusual for Goreans, as the favored time of war, as that of most sports, is the warmer weather. |
| 49 | 103 | Indeed, most campaigns begin in the spring, and may continue through the summer and early fall. |
| 49 | 104 | One advantage of extending a campaign to the early fall is that, at that time, the enemy's sa-tarna is ready for harvest. |
| 49 | 105 | In any event, the winter, in the year in question, apparently set in early, and unexpectedly, and with ferocity. |
| 49 | 106 | A blizzard, with its bitter cold, fierce winds, and blinding snow enveloped the two armies, not only postponing hostilities, but rendering the most tentative efforts at reconnaissance impractical. |
| 49 | 107 | Dispatched scouts might be disoriented and lost in the storm, and freeze, or even, under the conditions, might wander, distraught and aimless, into the enemy camp itself. |
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Such activities, while admittedly hazardous, may, when successful, have their rewards, gold, for example, and women.
I was told of an incident along these lines, the seeming paradoxicality of matters, that took place in a winter campaign, unusual for Goreans, as the favored time of war, as that of most sports, is the warmer weather.
Indeed, most campaigns begin in the spring, and may continue through the summer and early fall.
One advantage of extending a campaign to the early fall is that, at that time, the enemy's sa-tarna is ready for harvest.
In any event, the winter, in the year in question, apparently set in early, and unexpectedly, and with ferocity.
A blizzard, with its bitter cold, fierce winds, and blinding snow enveloped the two armies, not only postponing hostilities, but rendering the most tentative efforts at reconnaissance impractical.
Dispatched scouts might be disoriented and lost in the storm, and freeze, or even, under the conditions, might wander, distraught and aimless, into the enemy camp itself.
- (Plunder of Gor, Chapter 49)