Book 10. (1 results) Tribesmen of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 16 | 46 | In my original conjecture, however, as to the sterility of these View more quotes about small">small seas, I was mistaken. |
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Book 10. (7 results) Tribesmen of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 16 | 43 | I had expected them to be sterile bodies of water, from the absence of sunlight, precluding basic photosynthesis and the beginning of a food chain, and the high salt content of the fluid. |
| 16 | 44 | A human body, for example, will not sink in the water. |
| 16 | 45 | This is one of the reasons, too, it is particularly desirable, in this environment, to weight the raft poles, to help counter the unusual buoyancy of the saline fluid. |
| 16 | 46 | In my original conjecture, however, as to the sterility of these small seas, I was mistaken. |
| 16 | 47 | "Look there," called a harvester. |
| 16 | 48 | I saw it, too. |
| 16 | 49 | The other men came to my side of the raft, and we noted it, moving in the water. |
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I had expected them to be sterile bodies of water, from the absence of sunlight, precluding basic photosynthesis and the beginning of a food chain, and the high salt content of the fluid.
A human body, for example, will not sink in the water.
This is one of the reasons, too, it is particularly desirable, in this environment, to weight the raft poles, to help counter the unusual buoyancy of the saline fluid.
In my original conjecture, however, as to the sterility of these small seas, I was mistaken.
"Look there," called a harvester.
I saw it, too.
The other men came to my side of the raft, and we noted it, moving in the water.
- (Tribesmen of Gor)