Book 1. (1 results) Tarnsman of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 3 | 106 | The angle of its axis was View more quotes about somewhat">somewhat sharper than the Earth's, but not enough to prevent its having a glorious periodicity of seasons. |
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Book 1. (7 results) Tarnsman of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 3 | 103 | * * * * The next morning it was back to Torm and his interminable lessons. |
| 3 | 104 | In large outline Gor, as would be expected, was not a sphere, but a spheroid. |
| 3 | 105 | It was somewhat heavier in its southern hemisphere and was shaped somewhat like the Earth—like a rounded, inverted top. |
| 3 | 106 | The angle of its axis was somewhat sharper than the Earth's, but not enough to prevent its having a glorious periodicity of seasons. |
| 3 | 107 | Moreover, like the Earth, it had two polar regions and an equatorial belt, interspersed with northern and southern temperate zones. |
| 3 | 108 | Much of the area of Gor, surprisingly enough, was blank on the map, but I was overwhelmed trying to commit as many of the rivers, seas, plains, and peninsulas to memory as I could. |
| 3 | 109 | Economically, the base of the Gorean life was the free peasant, which was perhaps the lowest but undoubtedly the most fundamental caste, and the staple crop was a yellow grain called Sa-Tarna, or Life-Daughter. |
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* * * * The next morning it was back to Torm and his interminable lessons.
In large outline Gor, as would be expected, was not a sphere, but a spheroid.
It was somewhat heavier in its southern hemisphere and was shaped somewhat like the Earth—like a rounded, inverted top.
The angle of its axis was somewhat sharper than the Earth's, but not enough to prevent its having a glorious periodicity of seasons.
Moreover, like the Earth, it had two polar regions and an equatorial belt, interspersed with northern and southern temperate zones.
Much of the area of Gor, surprisingly enough, was blank on the map, but I was overwhelmed trying to commit as many of the rivers, seas, plains, and peninsulas to memory as I could.
Economically, the base of the Gorean life was the free peasant, which was perhaps the lowest but undoubtedly the most fundamental caste, and the staple crop was a yellow grain called Sa-Tarna, or Life-Daughter.
- (Tarnsman of Gor)