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Surprising

Book 1. (2 results) Tarnsman of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
3	69	Sometimes there was a surprising discrepancy between the two.	10
13	43	It was a human being, moving with surprising alacrity over the rough ground.	10

Book 2. (3 results) Outlaw of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
2	75	There is nothing surprising in this inasmuch as each bird is trained, by the Caste of Tarn Keepers, to respond to a different note.	10
9	36	It was surprising then that I could locate none.	10
26	38	The sound of caravan bells is no longer strange in Tharna and strings of traders have found their way to her gates, to exploit this most surprising of all markets.	10

Book 3. (3 results) Priest-Kings of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
8	121	If they were it was surprising that tarnsmen from all the cities of Gor would not have descended on the place, as the saying goes, to try chain luck.	10
15	3	There seemed to be very little heat from the bluish flame of the Mul-Torch but, considering the size of the flame, a surprising amount of light.	10
20	202	Yes, undoubtedly our Earth girls would find this most surprising.	10

Book 4. (3 results) Nomads of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
2	89	I suspected that this might be due to the hostilities and bickerings of the peoples among themselves; where people did not wish to unite, where they relished their autonomy, where they nursed old grievances and sang the glories of vengeance raids, where they considered all others, even those of the ...	10
8	471	By surprising her I had gained perhaps ten or fifteen yards.	10
9	3	It was somewhat surprising to me that Kamchak and I, being in our way ambassadors of the Wagon Peoples, were entertained in the house of Saphrar, the merchant, rather than in the palace of Phanius Turmus, Administrator of Turia.	10

Book 5. (5 results) Assassin of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
5	240	"We found, after the Nest War," Kusk informed me, "that many of our ex-slaves could not read, which is not surprising since they had been bred in the Nest and it had not been generally thought important that they have that skill.	10
5	625	It is perhaps surprising, but I think there would have been little difficulty telling which knot had been tied by a man and which by a woman; moreover, though this was much subtler, Elizabeth's knot did, in its way, remind me of her.	10
6	116	The true dancing girl, who has a great aptitude for such matters, and years of experience, is a marvel to behold, for she seems always different, subtle and surprising.	10
17	145	The progress and startling rise of the Steels as a faction dated from the first day of the races, when, in the eleventh race, Gladius of Cos, astride a great tarn, initiated the Steels as a faction with a surprising, but resounding, win over a strong field of competitors.	10
19	85	This was surprising because the hour was still early; I supposed the crowd this night would be unusually large, even for the fourth night of the Love Feast; none of the citizens had paid much attention to my being brought under guard to the box of Cernus; he was Ubar; it is not unusual on Gor for a ...	10

Book 6. (2 results) Raiders of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
8	617	I saw, it mildly surprising me, and amusing me, that she wanted to serve, that her emotions, her lips, her body, begged to serve.	10
14	33	The size and weight of the oars used will doubtless seem surprising, but, in practice, they are effective and beautiful levers.	10

Book 7. (4 results) Captive of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
7	424	Surely I would prefer to be owned by a woman, perhaps to be her serving slave, to brush and comb her long hair, to dress her, to adorn her, to fetch her cosmetics, to carry her messages and run her errands, but then I realized I did not want that at all! I did not want to be owned by a woman! But wh...	10
7	445	Many an angry young man of modest means returns, disappointed and frustrated, from the market, leading home on his tether the most that he can afford, an item of what he takes to be second-rate merchandise; but he discovers, perhaps after introducing her to the house, and tying her and giving her th...	10
10	193	I had toyed with the idea of granting it, not for the hundred dollars, of course, but for piquant frisson involved, the tingling, flattering little thrill of such a transaction, me, Elinor Brinton, selling a kiss, the surprising, unexpected, naughty adventure of it, of pretending, for a moment, that...	10
14	444	Others, with a psychological subtlety perhaps surprising in a primitive culture, recognize that a girl may covet the collar, and will thus court it, for example, walking at night on high bridges, frequenting certain areas of the city after dark, taking unnecessary journeys, and such.	10

Book 9. (1 results) Marauders of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
10	365	Free women view the platform with stern disapproval; on it, female beauty is displayed for the inspection of men; this, for some reason, outrages them; perhaps they are furious because they cannot display their own beauty, or that they are not themselves as beautiful as women found fit, by lusty men...	10

Book 11. (3 results) Slave Girl of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
3	652	A slave girl is a delight to a man; she is extremely prized and precious; that the day of her acquisition should be celebrated each month with special ceremonies and rites is not surprising.	10
7	320	It is not surprising that the Gorean slave girl is obedient.	10
13	332	"It is all right, little Dina," he said, with surprising pleasantness, considering how harshly he had managed me upon the block.	10

Book 12. (3 results) Beasts of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
3	422	As the slave is an animal it is not surprising that her medical needs, if attended to, will be usually attended to by one who specializes in the care and treatment of animals.	10
24	483	And yet how peculiar and surprising would such a perversion appear against the expanse of history.	10
31	203	"It seems surprising that there are many Kurii," I said.	10

Book 13. (4 results) Explorers of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
15	27	"I find that surprising," said he.	10
27	146	He had, I conjectured, made a serious mistake, a misjudgment surprising in one of so subtle a mind.	10
32	992	Too, the kissing of the whip is a quite accurate detail, one practiced in many cities, but surely a surprising detail to occur in the dream of a girl ignorant of bondage.	10
34	312	Thus, it would not be surprising if most men did not pay much attention to the thoughts and feelings of women.	10

Book 14. (8 results) Fighting Slave of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
7	72	How little surprising, then, that I should not have found myself overly discontent with the felicitous discovery that I had now been introduced into a quite different milieu.	10
7	1052	Suddenly, surprising me, she rolled onto her stomach and, with her small fists, struck down at the blanket spread over the straw.	10
11	571	Actually, however, though I was not prepared to argue, I found this quite surprising.	10
12	214	It was perhaps a bit formal and precise for a native speaker, a little too correct, perhaps, and it had been occasionally infected with certain oddities of expression and construction which had been surprising, but I had not weighed these factors heavily.	10
19	13	It may seem surprising but a strong man, determined, and working against time, can break through a training beam in a matter of only a few Ehn.	10
19	427	What might have hitherto seemed implausible to me, even incredible, though I suppose it was obvious enough, at least to others, now seemed surely surprising, but also credible.	10
27	111	And it is not surprising that this custom should be associated with the institution of female slavery.	10
34	169	I trust that the abundance of slave girls on Gor will not seem surprising.	10

Book 15. (3 results) Rogue of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
10	176	But I suppose it is not surprising that a woman who realizes that she will be punished if she is not fully pleasing, and in all particulars, should then be seriously concerned to be pleasing, fully pleasing—and in all particulars.	10
21	327	I supposed that it was not surprising that women reduced to bondage, collared and branded, denied by the strictures of their condition the mockeries of male imitation, and finding the impediments to the manifestation of their deepest and most secret nature removed, should gradually find themselves m...	10
29	183	"It is sometimes surprising," said Callisthenes, regarding me, smiling, "what a few men, determined and skilled, can accomplish".	10

Book 16. (2 results) Guardsman of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
17	600	It is not surprising, then, that the girls, under the conditions obtaining, strive to be pleasing.	10
20	1426	Too, it is not surprising that a guardsman may be in the vicinity, for he may have followed her, noting, under the stolen robes and veils, the body movements, the hesitant, uncertain steps, the tormented breathing, perhaps even the confused, trembling responses to civil inquiries, of a woman in the ...	10

Book 17. (7 results) Savages of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
1	245	Such things, I had reason to know, could move with surprising speed.	10
4	80	That seemed to me surprising.	10
6	63	It is not surprising, of course, that the quality of beauty in barbarian slaves brought to Gor is quite high.	10
8	9	This is not surprising since the institution of female slavery, on Gor, is both extremely successful and quite ancient.	10
13	91	It is not surprising that nature has selected for the master and the slave.	10
13	432	It has always been surprising to me why some men are so pathetically anxious to please women who hate them".	10
13	868	I trust that this acceptance of female intelligence is not surprising, or disturbing, to males of Earth.	10

Book 18. (5 results) Blood Brothers of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
7	740	It is not surprising, therefore, that she is no stranger to fear.	10
12	211	From what I knew of her, I did not find this surprising.	10
28	80	Certainly it was a surprising kind of generalship to find in the Barrens.	10
44	110	"No," she said, "for they might take you here, surprising you and surrounding you, you being isolated in this place, you being, for most practical purposes, trapped with little possibility of escape on Council Rock".	10
44	235	It is thus not surprising that there are female slaves.	10

Book 19. (3 results) Kajira of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
8	101	"Do you find it surprising?" asked Drusus Rencius.	10
29	301	I gradually began to feel a surprising elation.	10
31	477	It is not surprising that being on a man's leash is a profoundly erotic experience for a female.	10

Book 20. (5 results) Players of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
2	806	This is not really surprising.	10
4	345	This is not surprising in a free woman.	10
13	41	"It was our original intention to wait for you in the camp, surprising you there," said Flaminius.	10
13	286	It was capable of incredible stillness and then sudden, surprising bursts of movement.	10
20	7	The Kur, with that agility seemingly so unnatural and surprising in a beast of its size, descended from the ubar's box and interposed itself between me and the pathetic figure, now staring wildly upward, fallen, twisting and shuddering, moved this way and that, being pulled and shaken, being torn by...	10

Book 21. (4 results) Mercenaries of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
15	40	It was not surprising to me that such a woman should lie at the side of his desk.	10
16	119	It was not surprising, then, that they should now find themselves the captives of a somewhat more refined constraint system.	10
24	73	Ar, as many cities, sometimes had rather contrasting neighborhoods in surprising proximity to one another.	10
26	1665	On the other hand, nudity is not as shocking or surprising on Gor as it seems to be, generally, on Earth.	10

Book 22. (6 results) Dancer of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
11	139	Now, this evening, he had abruptly turned from me, with surprising abruptness I had thought.	10
11	723	By the leashes, pulling up and twisting, to my surprise, handling me quite easily, with surprising expertness, she and Sita pulled me up, half on my feet, and then brought me back, gasping, off balance, and lowered me to my back.	10
11	1597	I gathered that this vitality, or responsiveness, coming from so new a branded slut, must be surprising.	10
24	508	"Is it so surprising," she asked, "that a beast might walk upright?" I looked at her.	10
27	291	He had handled me with the dexterity of a human slaver, surprising a woman in her bed.	10
32	189	But how tightly I was bound! How helpless I was! "It is surprising, is it not," I asked, "that you should search so long for a mere slave?" "I suppose so," he said.	10

Book 23. (8 results) Renegades of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
2	233	"Yes," she said, "yes!" "That is not surprising, considering how you are secured," I said.	10
9	72	There are several varieties of body hoods on Gor, which is not surprising in a society in which slavery, and particularly female slavery, is an essential ingredient.	10
21	450	"I do not think my behavior so untoward, unpredictable or surprising for my sex," she said.	10
21	1294	How hard it is to withstand the lovely dangers of their discourse! Have not countless thousands fallen victim to the toils of their cleverly cast nets? What cunning she-sleen they are! How skilled they are with so subtle, surprising and keen a weapon! There is a Gorean saying to the effect that a la...	10
21	1351	There is nothing surprising about this.	10
23	108	"Thus, it is not surprising," I said, "that he who best understands women, he who knows them best, he who loves them best, he who is most concerned with their fulfillment, is he who is most likely to put them in their place in nature, and keep them there, who is most likely to give them the attentio...	10
24	418	These may be mixed upon occasion with sudden, perhaps surprising, movements, almost spasmodic, or spasmodic, in nature.	10
24	750	As speculative images of the Priest-Kings themselves, in effect, the rulers and gods of Gor, are forbidden, or at least generally discouraged, I suppose it is not surprising that humans are wary of boldly bedecking coins with their own images.	10

Book 24. (9 results) Vagabonds of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
13	59	As I have suggested, this was not surprising to me.	10
14	83	"That, too, perhaps seems surprising," I observed.	10
28	435	"It is surprising to me," he said, "that rencers are not scouring the delta to recover her".	10
37	170	In any event, they have never proven the probity of these surprising views, nor is it possible to do so, as they are obviously false, and false propositions cannot be proven, a matter of logic.	10
37	202	So, one supposes, it is not so surprising that women make ideal slaves.	10
40	15	If this were true, it was not surprising.	10
45	105	This is not surprising as they are all, ultimately, of Earth stock.	10
45	108	This may seem surprising to those of Earth, but, in the cultural context, it makes a great deal of sense.	10
45	119	How shall they see one another, and how shall they be to one another? Is man an inexplicable particle, a magical mote, a surprising tune with no instrument, no history, no meaning, something independent of, and unrelated to, the world that gave him his substance, every atom in his flesh, his birth, ...	10

Book 25. (3 results) Magicians of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
19	88	Nor is it surprising that men respect free women but seek, and lust after, slaves.	10
20	470	Some of this may have to do with something as simple and obvious as the greater amount of exposed skin, which is then much more aware of variations and subtleties in the atmosphere, and such, but it is rather, and primarily, a matter of the awakening of the entire, beautiful psychophysiological natu...	10
20	749	"As you were in the house of Appanius, who is a rich man," I said, "it is surprising that you never observed such dancers".	10

Book 26. (11 results) Witness of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
6	185	I had found the way in which I was regarded by these men, almost from the beginning, as soon as I became aware of such things, almost from my first moments after having crawled from the corridor in line, with the others, chained by the neck, to the first processing area, to be startling, or, at leas...	10
12	850	She did not have gloves, which must have cost her modesty somewhat, but I did not find this surprising.	10
14	1698	"Surely you do not find it surprising that a female would be kissed when she is collared".	10
14	1700	"Nor surprising that you, personally, might be kissed, and, in particular, when you were wearing a collar?" "I do not know," she said.	10
24	965	But this was not surprising for the iron masters in such a place, of the caste of metal workers, are skilled.	10
29	454	Sometimes boys enjoy surprising slaves in the streets or markets and flip their tunics, to ascertain the brand, and, doubtless, to treat themselves to a flash of thigh.	10
29	850	But what would be so surprising about this? Were we so different? And are not free women, as the men of this world sometimes suggest, only slaves without collars? The pit guard then released her ankle, and the fellow behind her released her upper arms.	10
33	31	It was not surprising that they had been the two which, released in the tunnels, defending the depths, attacking the raiders earlier, had survived.	10
34	22	Accordingly it was not surprising he did not locate the lever which would have secured the trap, disarming it.	10
37	145	This was not surprising, of course, given the pit master's obvious reservations concerning the intentions of the black-tunicked men.	10
38	117	"The siege of Ar's Station, on the large scale of things," said the pit master, "seems surprising.	10

Book 27. (19 results) Prize of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
1	56	So it is difficult for her to speak simply and clearly of her age, not because of any personal embarrassment or vanity, which she might once have felt, and would not now be permitted, but because the matter put in one way would be extremely misleading and put in another way might appear at least ini...	10
4	157	Some of what I say may seem surprising to you, even incredible, so I would encourage you, despite your possible impulses to do otherwise, not to interrupt me frequently or inopportunely.	10
6	50	She was not long left to ponder her surprising situation before her lessons began again.	10
7	123	He did not find this surprising, of course.	10
11	245	It would not have been surprising to have found such a room in the suburban mansion of a man of wealth and position.	10
11	299	She could not deny that serving men as a naked slave called up from deep within her strange, surprising, unfamiliar feelings.	10
17	456	Too, sometimes the master is first killed by the beast, who has doubtless seen him as a surprising and unwelcome impediment to its hunt.	10
18	13	There is nothing unusual, untoward or surprising in this.	10
19	337	It was not surprising then that the comfort of a she-thrall, the comfort of a curvaceous little bondmaid, particularly one being disciplined, was less than uppermost on their minds.	10
20	940	Indeed, she had been obviously taken in the streets of Ar as merely another lovely, briefly tunicked Gorean slave girl, as no more than another Gorean slave girl, and then she thought, this thought muchly pleasing her, that there was nothing unfitting or surprising about that, for that was what she ...	10
21	196	Some cried out at its surprising coldness.	10
25	233	That was not surprising, as there were, obviously, a great many slaves in the camp.	10
25	1129	This is not surprising for we are both women and can come home to ourselves only at the feet of a man.	10
26	333	In a collar, and I hope this will not be surprising, a woman may find clarity and comfort, and her meaning and redemption.	10
26	580	She realized that, in the hood, it was not likely she could be recognized, either as the dancer of two nights afore, nor as the slave for whom, yesterday evening, such a surprising price had been paid.	10
26	594	I do not think this is surprising.	10
27	83	Thus, it is not surprising that she will make a beautiful slave.	10
27	801	As this phenomenon is common in many languages, it is not surprising that it should appear in Gorean, as well.	10
27	1902	"That is surprising," said the officer, "but easily tested".	10

Book 28. (18 results) Kur of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
1	523	They were taught, too, to see men as weaklings and inept adversaries, not surprising given the crippling social engineering to which most Earth males were subjected almost from the cradle, and not as their natural masters.	10
1	708	Clearly she was not mute for she could utter sound, and she could not have been deaf, for she produced many of his sounds, though not all, with surprising fidelity.	10
1	852	But she did not object, perhaps for fear of being struck, or perhaps for another reason, having to do with surprising and unexpected sensations.	10
1	1022	Would it really seem so surprising if amongst sexes so different there might not be diverse rightnesses? What if, say, in a given species, for example, the human, nature had chosen to breed not neuters, but, say, dominants and submissives, or, to speak more clearly, masters and slaves.	10
2	185	This will not be surprising to anyone familiar with the same sort of thing elsewhere, say, on Earth, where, for example, natural predators, and carnivores, such as the dog and the cat are often supplied with such alternative forms of nourishment.	10
2	199	Not surprisingly, however, this invitation was declined by the brunette, who shook her head negatively, wildly, a gesture which may have been surprising to the Kur but was clearly not an act of compliance.	10
3	258	This is not surprising as Earth females are regarded as slave stock, suitable for the collars of Gorean masters.	10
5	398	In any event, it is not surprising that she was pleased to be back in her collar, with all the security it afforded her, but, more importantly, now, she was forward and even arrogant in wearing it.	10
16	27	It was not surprising that Cabot thought often, even irritably, of the former Miss Pym.	10
21	124	Kurii in the stands leaped about and called out encouragement to their favorite in what seemed doubtless to Cabot a surprising and unusual contest.	10
24	186	This is, of course, not surprising, for the higher a woman's intelligence, provided it be conjoined with profound feminine needs, the better the slave.	10
33	207	They had met surprising resistance, however, in attempting this, due to the weight of the raft.	10
50	151	"Do you not find it surprising," asked Lord Grendel, "that the route of the fugitives was so accurately and promptly descried?" "Doubtless a tragic fortuity," said Cabot.	10
54	28	Say, it turned up a hundred times, a thousand times, would you not find this surprising?" "Surely," said Statius.	10
55	250	"It is surprising to find her here," said Cabot.	10
76	18	Is she not well worth chaining?" Thus, it is not surprising that many slaves, after a time, are not only well pleased with their collars, but find themselves proud to be collared.	10
79	178	I trust this is not surprising, that hardy men, skilled with weapons, who often lived with peril, might have such concerns.	10
80	278	What man, seeing a beautiful woman, does not imagine her in a collar, and want her? It is, accordingly, not surprising that Gorean masters keep their girls in collars.	10

Book 29. (22 results) Swordsmen of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
1	389	It must not be thought surprising that the Lady Bina had been deferred to, for she was a free woman.	10
1	390	The girl before me was fetching in the shipping tunic, but that was not surprising as such tunics, even such as hers, a shipping tunic, are not designed to conceal the charms of their occupant.	10
2	250	"It is surprising to encounter one here, for the beach is lonely," I said.	10
2	253	"That is not so surprising," he said, "for one of the major precincts of Port Kar is close, one of her major timber reserves".	10
3	24	I found this tolerance on his part surprising, and her laxity incomprehensible.	10
4	72	If such murders had taken place I did not think that Kurii would have risked entrusting Constantina or Pertinax with a cognizance so dreadful and solemn, lest it be betrayed by some careless word, some inadvertent expression, a surprising hesitation, some gauche, unwary phrase, or pause.	10
5	181	I had little doubt that their efforts had been attended with surprising results.	10
5	350	And, indeed, was her disguise not required of her, that she might, in relative safety, arousing little suspicion, negotiate the realms of Gor, her markets and streets, her fields and bridges, her wharves and roads? To Goreans, a free female of Earth would be surprising, at least.	10
5	737	This is not as surprising as it sounds for free women are not allowed in paga taverns, and such places, and would seldom have an opportunity to observe what takes place between a female slave, particularly a pleasure slave, and her master.	10
9	230	And this is not surprising.	10
10	54	This is not surprising, of course, as they are animals.	10
10	207	It must be Miss Wentworth, but her silence was surprising.	10
10	443	'" I did not think that it was really surprising that Miss Wentworth had not immediately recognized Thrasilicus.	10
10	763	I did not find this surprising, from my estimation of his position, and apparent acuity.	10
12	120	It was not surprising that female Kur agents were almost always quite beautiful.	10
23	23	I saw she was reluctant to approach Pertinax, which was not surprising, given certain occurrences of the preceding evening, near the stable.	10
23	87	I doubted that Lord Nishida had given orders that I was to be slain after the feast, for he had shown me something surprising earlier in the day, in a tour of some of the remoter storage sheds, near the training fields.	10
28	300	This was not surprising.	10
38	201	"That is surprising," I said.	10
38	271	It was not surprising, I supposed, that I was not this morning with the cavalry.	10
40	75	I wonder if that is surprising.	10
43	137	"And thus his skills with the blade are less surprising".	10

Book 30. (10 results) Mariners of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
3	867	"Did you have any surprising feelings?" "Feelings?" she asked.	10
4	93	This is not as surprising as it might seem, as the poison of the ost, as that of many poisonous snakes, is prey-selective, deadly against warm-blooded animals, such as tiny urts, its customary prey, or even larger animals, such as verr and tabuk, but harmless to other snakes, to certain forms of tha...	10
8	353	"Is this truly surprising?" I asked.	10
12	376	The mast swung with the rolling of the ship, a surprising swell, perhaps from the helmsman's work.	10
16	163	"I find the apprehension of a warrior surprising," said Lord Okimoto.	10
20	23	It was only later that I began to suspect the rationale for this surprising liberty.	10
25	232	"I, the daughter of a Ubar, given away like a pot girl!" "Still," I said, "it seems surprising".	10
29	28	It was not surprising, then, particularly given the apparently decisive defeat of the exploratory force, that fellows would think of escape, think of taking the ship and putting to sea.	10
29	85	"I find it surprising," said Lord Nishida, "that you, an oarsman, should be the captain of this enterprise".	10
31	21	This is not surprising.	10

Book 31. (3 results) Conspirators of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
7	251	I do not think there was anything surprising or anomalous in this, for the linguistic skills of women, for whatever reason, tend to be considerable.	10
26	179	Interestingly, whereas it is seems clear that masters, or many masters, enjoy chaining their slaves, what may be less clear, or more surprising, is that many slaves, indeed most, welcome their chaining; they are grateful for it; what an honor it does them; what a compliment it pays them; they have b...	10
51	78	It is thus not surprising, given the denouement of the expedition, that he should cease to maintain the deceit of interest in a slave.	10

Book 32. (5 results) Smugglers of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
5	203	Why should a man be ashamed of his feelings, and desires, and why should a woman be ashamed of her feelings and desires? Did it truly take ten thousand generations to discover that nature was a mistake? Is it not surprising to be taught the subversion of one's nature, to be ashamed of, deny, and fig...	10
15	317	Although I found this surprising at first, upon reflection, it seemed reasonable.	10
25	103	It had been left by the tarsks, and this was not surprising.	10
25	326	I found that surprising, for it is difficult to approach a tabuk, as they are alert, skittish animals.	10
43	680	If paga was prohibited on the dock, for fear it might compromise or slow work, it was not surprising that the "ka-la-na" of the collar girl should be prohibited, as well.	10

Book 33. (7 results) Rebels of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
13	152	It was not surprising to me that victory was no stranger to his warriors and Ashigaru.	10
19	14	What was unusual was the desperation on the part of the besieged to obtain rice, and the ratio of exchange, often as surprising as one fukuro for a slave.	10
29	30	Unfortunately, given the surprising promptness of the pursuit, which I had not anticipated, a matter of little more than a few Ehn, this stratagem failed of its intended effect.	10
30	94	For example is it not surprising, if one stops to consider it, that something of value, say, a fukuro of rice, or a slave, might be exchanged for a tiny piece of metal, of whatever sort? I had heard of one city in which the state had issued small black leather packets sewn shut, which packets were a...	10
41	35	It was not surprising, incidentally, that a number of slaves might be in the camp.	10
54	302	If the hierarchy as a whole was a party to the wager, or game, so to speak, I would expect a delayed reaction to the dragon's inexplicable behavior and change of course, one perhaps involving inquiries, consultation, and such; on the other hand, I expected the reaction would be precipitate if a clan...	10
61	155	It was not surprising, then, that nerves were taut and thoughts might seize on hopes, not facts.	10

Book 34. (16 results) Plunder of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
1	233	How can one help it? Do not rumors rustle about? Are not strange stories borne on surprising winds? Are not unusual thoughts found in green places, amongst trees? But I had never read a Gorean book.	10
1	517	So I would call her, and, when she arrived, which she would, I was sure, acquaint her with my surprising, untoward predicament, and send her forth to obtain what tools might be appropriate to free my wrists.	10
2	69	"Strange beasts, unwilling to be seen, might prowl in surprising precincts," she said.	10
5	84	I then felt, surprising me, carpeting under my feet, and sensed, below that, a metal surface.	10
8	44	Is it not strange that there are worlds where such an observation should appear surprising, and be hailed as a profound insight? And this, I would learn, that men were not women, and women were not men, was the case amongst even the free.	10
9	226	In the late afternoon, surprising me, there was a sudden cessation of activity on the wharf in our vicinity, and, as precipitately, a lull in conversation.	10
9	317	Surely that surprising cry could not be traced to so unlikely a venue.	10
11	105	Needless to say, I found this surprising.	10
15	107	In this way an animal might escape a larger, more formidable animal entering its burrow, or, more frequently, utilize the additional opening to withdraw from its lair unnoticed, which may be of advantage in deceiving watchful prey, in surprising an enemy, and so on.	10
23	191	My sources inform me that it is to Kurik of Victoria, in Brundisium, that the package is to be delivered, Brundisium, a great port, familiar with exotic cargos, unusual birds, mighty serpents, surprising beasts, a port where such cargos are not likely to elicit undue attention.	10
26	13	The existence of a "black caste," on a world such as Gor, is not as surprising, inexplicable, or unconscionable, as it might seem.	10
33	160	"It is well known that women, interestingly, have a surprising facility for the acquisition of languages".	10
33	634	What sort of blow might be struck here? Surely that surprising beast we had interrogated did not constitute a threat to a family, a party, a state? But who knew? Perhaps.	10
33	747	I could see the surprising brightness in the sky, against the night.	10
43	63	The Lady Bina found this rebuff of her suit surprising, and somewhat annoying.	10
52	65	The first sign of some contact between the factions of Lord Agamemnon and Lord Arcesilaus had occurred this morning, when Drusus Andronicus, on behalf of Surtak, had called on Lord Grendel to arrange for the return of Lyris, accepting, as was not surprising, Lord Grendel's proposal of an even exchan...	10

Book 35. (7 results) Quarry of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
3	172	Have we not seen even more deplorable behavior, upon occasion, in the first, or even the second, sale of a former Gorean free woman, taken, say, in a slave raid, or acquired as a part of the loot of a fallen city? If a first sale can be surprising, or trying, even for a mere barbarian, one clearly b...	10
8	782	It is not surprising.	10
11	398	Do not herds, and ilks, bond so, and thus reassure one another? Truth, I suspect, is complex and obscure; ideology, on the other hand, is simple and clear; it is thus not surprising, I suppose, that it might be frequently preferred to truth.	10
13	264	You are to be aware of words, or looks, or movements, which might seem odd, surprising, uncommon, untoward, or suspicious.	10
40	57	"One hears many things," said Astron, "some perhaps innocuous or irrelevant, some perhaps surprising or puzzling, some perhaps darkly minacious".	10
47	176	"It still seems surprising to me," I said.	10
47	242	"Its nature then," said Addison Steele, "is not surprising".	10

Book 36. (10 results) Avengers of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
1	129	I had surmised something of this sort, shortly after my arrival, from the condition of the village, it muchly surprising me, it muchly exciting me.	10
7	111	What captains come and go, and what are their ships? Do surprising meetings take place? Do rumors spring into life, and spread? Do some patrons possess coins likely to be beyond their supposed resources? Do strangers appear? Are men recruited for voyages of an undisclosed nature? Be vigilant.	10
16	258	"All animal life withdraws from strong stimuli, perhaps because such stimuli, surprising and unexplained, are often associated with the presence of a danger, such as a predator.	10
20	54	I myself supposed that there must have been at least a dozen such onslaughts, but it was not surprising to me that many in the room knew little, or nothing, about such incidents.	10
21	88	Certainly I did not find this outcome surprising.	10
48	138	Many Goreans, as I understand it, though such things are seldom made explicit, being more taken for granted than proclaimed, more understood than expressed, have a view of the world and reality which might be found surprising by the average individual of Earth.	10
53	63	I mention this lest it seem surprising, or improbable, that portions of the Dorna's crew were outboard, attempting to free their ship from the shore of the living island.	10
57	196	This was surprising as sharks are not normally found in deep, open water, far from the shallower water housing the banks of flora fed upon by smaller fish.	10
59	184	"That is not surprising," said Clitus.	10
60	147	"You appear too frequently in surprising places.	10