Book 35. (1 results) Quarry of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 29 | 40 | Yet they sat View more quotes about side">side by side, speaking to one another, and exchanging views. |
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Book 35. (7 results) Quarry of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 29 | 37 | Some had presumably made this short voyage before, and others not. |
| 29 | 38 | There were some forty men on board this particular game ship, one of several coming and going from and to the Southern Gate, not counting the oarsmen, two to an oar, the rudder men, and he whom I took to be the captain. |
| 29 | 39 | The passengers were diverse in attitude and mien, and varied in apparent wealth and status. |
| 29 | 40 | Yet they sat side by side, speaking to one another, and exchanging views. |
| 29 | 41 | The rank, distance, and hierarchy common to Gorean society seemed in these crowded precincts to be abated or ignored. |
| 29 | 42 | In sporting events, there can be a leveling, one founded on wagering, a shared community of uncertainty and anticipation, a fellowship in a democracy of risk. |
| 29 | 43 | Many of the male passengers seemed well at ease, and I suspected that they had made the journey before, perhaps several times; others seemed curious, or animated or eager; it may have been their first trip; some others, though few, seemed tense, as though something of moment might be afoot, profit or loss, or perhaps even ruin or redemption. |
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Some had presumably made this short voyage before, and others not.
There were some forty men on board this particular game ship, one of several coming and going from and to the Southern Gate, not counting the oarsmen, two to an oar, the rudder men, and he whom I took to be the captain.
The passengers were diverse in attitude and mien, and varied in apparent wealth and status.
Yet they sat side by side, speaking to one another, and exchanging views.
The rank, distance, and hierarchy common to Gorean society seemed in these crowded precincts to be abated or ignored.
In sporting events, there can be a leveling, one founded on wagering, a shared community of uncertainty and anticipation, a fellowship in a democracy of risk.
Many of the male passengers seemed well at ease, and I suspected that they had made the journey before, perhaps several times; others seemed curious, or animated or eager; it may have been their first trip; some others, though few, seemed tense, as though something of moment might be afoot, profit or loss, or perhaps even ruin or redemption.
- (Quarry of Gor)