Book 3. (7 results) Priest-Kings of Gor (Context Quote)
Chapter #
Sentence #
Quote
2
117
From above I would try to sever the vertebrae.
2
118
The larl's skull is an even more difficult cast, for its head is almost continually in motion.
2
119
Moreover, it possesses an unobtrusive bony ridge which runs from its four nasal slits to the beginning of the backbone.
2
120
This ridge can be penetrated by the spear but anything less than a perfect cast will result in the weapon's being deflected through the cheek of the animal, inflicting a cruel but unimportant wound.
2
121
On the other hand if I were under the larl I would have a brief but clean strike at the great, pounding, eight-valved heart that lies in the center of its breast.
2
122
My heart sank for I heard another growl, that of a second beast.
2
123
I had but one spear.
From above I would try to sever the vertebrae.
The larl's skull is an even more difficult cast, for its head is almost continually in motion.
Moreover, it possesses an unobtrusive bony ridge which runs from its four nasal slits to the beginning of the backbone.
This ridge can be penetrated by the spear but anything less than a perfect cast will result in the weapon's being deflected through the cheek of the animal, inflicting a cruel but unimportant wound.
On the other hand if I were under the larl I would have a brief but clean strike at the great, pounding, eight-valved heart that lies in the center of its breast.
My heart sank for I heard another growl, that of a second beast.
I had but one spear.
- (Priest-Kings of Gor, Chapter )