Book 1. (7 results) Tarnsman of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
|---|---|---|
| 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. |
| 1 | 1 | The Statement of Harrison Smith I first met Tarl Cabot at a small liberal arts college in New Hampshire, where we had both accepted first-year teaching appointments. |
| 1 | 2 | He was an instructor in English history and I, intending to work for some three years to save money toward law school, had accepted an appointment as an instructor in physical education, a field which, to my annoyance, Cabot never convinced himself belonged in the curriculum of an educational institution. |
| 1 | 3 | We hiked a good deal, talked and fenced, and, I hoped, had become friends. |
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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.
The Statement of Harrison Smith I first met Tarl Cabot at a small liberal arts college in New Hampshire, where we had both accepted first-year teaching appointments.
He was an instructor in English history and I, intending to work for some three years to save money toward law school, had accepted an appointment as an instructor in physical education, a field which, to my annoyance, Cabot never convinced himself belonged in the curriculum of an educational institution.
We hiked a good deal, talked and fenced, and, I hoped, had become friends.
- (Tarnsman of Gor, Chapter )