Book 12. (1 results) Beasts of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 31 | 69 | It did not use View more quotes about human">human phonemes and so it is difficult, if not impossible, to convey the quality of the sound. |
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Book 12. (7 results) Beasts of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 31 | 66 | Then it dropped again to all fours and moved to the table on which there reposed the dark, boxlike object. |
| 31 | 67 | It moved a switch on the box. |
| 31 | 68 | It uttered sounds, low, guttural, inquisitive. |
| 31 | 69 | It did not use human phonemes and so it is difficult, if not impossible, to convey the quality of the sound. |
| 31 | 70 | If you have heard the noises made by great cats, such as the Bengal tiger or the black-maned lion, and can conceive of such noises articulated with the subtlety and precision of a civilized speech, that will provide you with an approximation of what I heard. |
| 31 | 71 | On the other hand, the vocal apparatus of the beast was not even of Earth origin. |
| 31 | 72 | Certain of its sounds, for example, were more reminiscent of the snort of the boar, the snuffling of the grizzly, the hiss of the snake, than those of the large cats. |
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Then it dropped again to all fours and moved to the table on which there reposed the dark, boxlike object.
It moved a switch on the box.
It uttered sounds, low, guttural, inquisitive.
It did not use human phonemes and so it is difficult, if not impossible, to convey the quality of the sound.
If you have heard the noises made by great cats, such as the Bengal tiger or the black-maned lion, and can conceive of such noises articulated with the subtlety and precision of a civilized speech, that will provide you with an approximation of what I heard.
On the other hand, the vocal apparatus of the beast was not even of Earth origin.
Certain of its sounds, for example, were more reminiscent of the snort of the boar, the snuffling of the grizzly, the hiss of the snake, than those of the large cats.
- (Beasts of Gor)