Book 20. (1 results) Players of Gor (Individual Quote)
Chapter #
Sentence #
Quote
18
7
"He now has only his homestone, isolated in a gauntlet of enemies".
"He now has only his Home Stone, isolated in a gauntlet of enemies".
- (Players of Gor, Chapter 18, Sentence #7)
Book 20. (7 results) Players of Gor (Context Quote)
Chapter #
Sentence #
Quote
18
4
"Never have I seen such play," marveled a man.
18
5
"It was not a mere slaughter," said a man, "but a profound humiliation".
18
6
"Piece by piece was stripped from Temenides," said a man.
18
7
"He now has only his homestone, isolated in a gauntlet of enemies".
18
8
I looked down at the board.
18
9
The player need not have done that.
18
10
Doubtless at a hundred points he could have brought the game to its conclusion, but he had preferred to dally with his opponent, divesting him of material, herding him like a nose-ringed tarsk helplessly about the board.
"Never have I seen such play," marveled a man.
"It was not a mere slaughter," said a man, "but a profound humiliation".
"Piece by piece was stripped from Temenides," said a man.
"He now has only his home stone, isolated in a gauntlet of enemies".
I looked down at the board.
The player need not have done that.
Doubtless at a hundred points he could have brought the game to its conclusion, but he had preferred to dally with his opponent, divesting him of material, herding him like a nose-ringed tarsk helplessly about the board.
- (Players of Gor, Chapter 18)