Book 36. (1 results) Avengers of Gor (Individual Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
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| 57 | 135 | The corsair ship was maneuvering to come alongside once more. |
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Book 36. (7 results) Avengers of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
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| 57 | 132 | "They fight for gold, not death". |
| 57 | 133 | "What mercenary shrinks from a fight he deems easily and profitably won," asked Thurnock, "a fight in which he risks little and is likely to gain much?" "It is true," I said, "the corsairs have four ships to our two, and the Dorna is crippled". |
| 57 | 134 | "They are coming again!" cried a man, pointing. |
| 57 | 135 | The corsair ship was maneuvering to come alongside once more. |
| 57 | 136 | It was a beautiful ship, low in the water, with fine lines, with the eyes on either side of the graceful, concave prow. |
| 57 | 137 | I remarked how the beak, mostly submerged, divided the water before its passage. |
| 57 | 138 | It reminded me a little of the dorsal fin of the nine-gilled Gorean shark, so much like those of Earth, a graceful, efficient, savage form of life, presumably selected for efficient predation, just as the Earth shark in similar environments. |
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"They fight for gold, not death".
"What mercenary shrinks from a fight he deems easily and profitably won," asked Thurnock, "a fight in which he risks little and is likely to gain much?" "It is true," I said, "the corsairs have four ships to our two, and the Dorna is crippled".
"They are coming again!" cried a man, pointing.
The corsair ship was maneuvering to come alongside once more.
It was a beautiful ship, low in the water, with fine lines, with the eyes on either side of the graceful, concave prow.
I remarked how the beak, mostly submerged, divided the water before its passage.
It reminded me a little of the dorsal fin of the nine-gilled Gorean shark, so much like those of Earth, a graceful, efficient, savage form of life, presumably selected for efficient predation, just as the Earth shark in similar environments.
- (Avengers of Gor, Chapter 57)