Book 10. (1 results) Tribesmen of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 17 | 253 | I leaped from the View more quotes about raft">raft, striking the surface of the water. |
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Book 10. (7 results) Tribesmen of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 17 | 250 | "Light torches," I cried. |
| 17 | 251 | From the lamp torches were lit. |
| 17 | 252 | We saw the Old One emerge from the water, rising up, more than a dozen feet of that great, mighty body rearing upward, water streaming from it, in its jaws the body of T'Zshal. |
| 17 | 253 | I leaped from the raft, striking the surface of the water. |
| 17 | 254 | I reached the side of the Old One before I realized fully the possibilities of my action. |
| 17 | 255 | The teeth of the Old One, like that of the long-bodied sharks of Gor, and related marine species, as well as similarly evolved forms of Earth, bend rearward; each bite anchors the bitten material, which can be dislodged conveniently only in the direction of the throat. |
| 17 | 256 | In short, the Old One could not easily release its quarry. |
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"Light torches," I cried.
From the lamp torches were lit.
We saw the Old One emerge from the water, rising up, more than a dozen feet of that great, mighty body rearing upward, water streaming from it, in its jaws the body of T'Zshal.
I leaped from the raft, striking the surface of the water.
I reached the side of the Old One before I realized fully the possibilities of my action.
The teeth of the Old One, like that of the long-bodied sharks of Gor, and related marine species, as well as similarly evolved forms of Earth, bend rearward; each bite anchors the bitten material, which can be dislodged conveniently only in the direction of the throat.
In short, the Old One could not easily release its quarry.
- (Tribesmen of Gor)