Book 3. (7 results) Priest-Kings of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
|---|---|---|
| 24 | 2 | The Golden Beetle was not nearly as tall as a priest-King, but it was probably considerably heavier. |
| 24 | 3 | It was about the size of a rhinoceros and the first thing I noticed after the glowing eyes were two multiply hooked, tubular, hollow, pincerlike extensions that met at the tips perhaps a yard beyond its body. |
| 24 | 4 | They seemed clearly some aberrant mutation of its jaws. |
| 24 | 5 | Its antennae, unlike those of priest-kings, were very short. |
| 24 | 6 | They curved and were tipped with a fluff of golden hair. |
| 24 | 7 | Most strangely perhaps were several long, golden strands, almost a mane, which extended from the creature's head over its domed, golden back and fell almost to the floor behind it. |
| 24 | 8 | The back itself seemed divided into two thick casings which might once, ages before, have been horny wings, but now the tissues had, at the points of touching together, fused in such a way as to form what was for all practical purposes a thick, immobile golden shell. |
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The Golden Beetle was not nearly as tall as a priest-King, but it was probably considerably heavier.
It was about the size of a rhinoceros and the first thing I noticed after the glowing eyes were two multiply hooked, tubular, hollow, pincerlike extensions that met at the tips perhaps a yard beyond its body.
They seemed clearly some aberrant mutation of its jaws.
Its antennae, unlike those of priest-kings, were very short.
They curved and were tipped with a fluff of golden hair.
Most strangely perhaps were several long, golden strands, almost a mane, which extended from the creature's head over its domed, golden back and fell almost to the floor behind it.
The back itself seemed divided into two thick casings which might once, ages before, have been horny wings, but now the tissues had, at the points of touching together, fused in such a way as to form what was for all practical purposes a thick, immobile golden shell.
- (Priest-Kings of Gor, Chapter )