Book 1. (1 results) Tarnsman of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 13 | 49 | View more quotes about somehow">Somehow the shock of that great, wild cry gripped me in a steel fist of terror. |
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Book 1. (7 results) Tarnsman of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 13 | 46 | The bird struck the ground between the diseased victim and the approaching larl. |
| 13 | 47 | Rather than risk casting my spear from the safe but unsteady saddle of the tarn, I leaped to the ground, just as the larl, furious that it had been discovered, uttered the paralyzing hunting roar and charged. |
| 13 | 48 | For an instant I could not move, literally. |
| 13 | 49 | Somehow the shock of that great, wild cry gripped me in a steel fist of terror. |
| 13 | 50 | It was uncontrollable, an immobility as much a physiological reflex as the jerking of a knee or the blinking of an eye. |
| 13 | 51 | Then, as swiftly as it had come, that nightmarish instant of immobility passed and I set my spear to take the jolt of the larl's attack. |
| 13 | 52 | Perhaps my sudden appearance had disoriented the beast or shaken its marvelous instincts, because it must have uttered its killing cry an instant too soon, or perhaps my muscles and nerves responded to my will more rapidly than it had anticipated. |
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The bird struck the ground between the diseased victim and the approaching larl.
Rather than risk casting my spear from the safe but unsteady saddle of the tarn, I leaped to the ground, just as the larl, furious that it had been discovered, uttered the paralyzing hunting roar and charged.
For an instant I could not move, literally.
Somehow the shock of that great, wild cry gripped me in a steel fist of terror.
It was uncontrollable, an immobility as much a physiological reflex as the jerking of a knee or the blinking of an eye.
Then, as swiftly as it had come, that nightmarish instant of immobility passed and I set my spear to take the jolt of the larl's attack.
Perhaps my sudden appearance had disoriented the beast or shaken its marvelous instincts, because it must have uttered its killing cry an instant too soon, or perhaps my muscles and nerves responded to my will more rapidly than it had anticipated.
- (Tarnsman of Gor)