Book 1. (7 results) Tarnsman of Gor (Context Quote)
Chapter #
Sentence #
Quote
20
67
Strangely, though it has now been six years since I left the Counter-Earth, I can discover no signs of aging or physical alteration in my appearance.
20
68
I have puzzled over this, trying to connect it with the mysterious letter, dated in the seventeenth century, ostensibly by my father, which I received in the blue envelope.
20
69
Perhaps the serums of the Caste of Physicians, so skilled on Gor, have something to do with this, but I cannot tell.
20
70
Two or three times a year I have returned to the mountains of New Hampshire, to look again on that great flat rock, to spend a night there, in case I might see once again that silver disk in the sky, in case once again I might be summoned by the priest-kings to that other world.
20
71
But if I am so summoned, they will do so with the understanding that I am resolved to be no pawn in their vast games.
20
72
Who or what are the priest-kings that they should so determine the lives of others, that they should rule a planet, terrorize the cities of a world, commit men to the Flame Death, tear lovers from each other's arms? No matter how fearful their power, they must be challenged.
20
73
If I should once again walk the green fields of Gor, I know that I should attempt to solve the riddle of the priest-kings, that I should enter the Sardar Mountains and confront them, whoever or whatever they might be.
Strangely, though it has now been six years since I left the Counter-Earth, I can discover no signs of aging or physical alteration in my appearance.
I have puzzled over this, trying to connect it with the mysterious letter, dated in the seventeenth century, ostensibly by my father, which I received in the blue envelope.
Perhaps the serums of the Caste of Physicians, so skilled on Gor, have something to do with this, but I cannot tell.
Two or three times a year I have returned to the mountains of New Hampshire, to look again on that great flat rock, to spend a night there, in case I might see once again that silver disk in the sky, in case once again I might be summoned by the priest-kings to that other world.
But if I am so summoned, they will do so with the understanding that I am resolved to be no pawn in their vast games.
Who or what are the priest-kings that they should so determine the lives of others, that they should rule a planet, terrorize the cities of a world, commit men to the Flame Death, tear lovers from each other's arms? No matter how fearful their power, they must be challenged.
If I should once again walk the green fields of Gor, I know that I should attempt to solve the riddle of the priest-kings, that I should enter the Sardar Mountains and confront them, whoever or whatever they might be.
- (Tarnsman of Gor, Chapter )