| "Any free woman who couches with another's slave, or readies herself to couch with another's slave, becomes herself a slave, and the slave of the slave's master. It is a clear law." ~Magicians of Gor, page 7~ “A seduction slave?” she wept. “Yes,“ he said. “He has much increased my stock of slaves.” ~Magicians of Gor, page 8~ "Free women, in most of the high cities on Gor, particularly those of higher caste, go veiled in public. Also they commonly wear the robes of concealment which cover them, in effect, from head to toe. Even gloves are often worn. There are many reasons for this, having to do with modesty, security, and such." ~Magicians of Gor, page 12~ "Near the free woman was a female slave, in a short gray tunic." ~Magicians of Gor, page 18~ "I exist for you," she said, "and it is what I want, to please and serve you." She was much in love. She wanted to give all of herself to Marcus, irreservedly, to hold nothing back, to live for him, and, if need be, to die for him. It is the way of the female in love, for whom no service is too small, no sacrifice too great, offering herself selflessly as an oblation to the master." ~Magicians of Gor, page 27~ "Although Marcus was harsh with his slave, pretending even to a casual and brutal disdain for her, he was also, it might be mentioned, extremely possessive where she was concerned. Indeed, he was almost insanely jealous of her. She was not the sort of girl, for example, whom he, as a host, even at the cost of a certain rudeness and inhospitality, would be likely to hand over for the nightly comfort of a guest. It would be at his slave ring alone that she would be likely to find herself chained." ~Magicians of Gor, page 27~ "The love of a slave girl is the deepest and most profound love that any woman can give a man. Love makes a woman a man's slave, and the wholeness of that love requires that she be, in truth, his slave. With nothing less can she be fully, and institutionally, content." ~Magicians of Gor, page 31~ "Do you think you will try to escape?" he asked the girl. "I will not try to escape, Master," said the girl. "I wonder," mused Marcus "I am collared," she said. "I am branded." "True," said Marcus. In this way she had suggested that even if she might desire to escape such hope would be forlorn for her. She was reminding him of the categorically of her condition , its absoluteness, of the hopelessness of escape for such as she, a female held in Gorean bondage. For example, there are not only such obvious things as the brand and collar, and the distinctive garbing of the slave, or the lack of garbing, but, far more significantly, the extreme closeness of the society, with its scrutiny of strangers, and the general nature of an uncompromising culture, with its social, legal and institutional recognition of, and inflexible enforcement of, her condition. There is, accordingly, for all practical purposes, no escape for the Gorean slave girl. At best she might, at great risk to her own life, succeed in obtaining a new chaining, a new Master, and one who, in view of her flight, will undoubtedly see to it that she is incarcerated in harsher bondage than that from which she fled, to which, now, under her new strictures, she is likely to look back upon longingly. Similarly the penalties for attempted escape, particularly a second attempt, are severe, usually involving hamstringing. Only the most stupid of women dares even to think of escape, and then seldom more then once.:" ~Magicians of Gor, page 32 & 33~ "Stones! Guess stones!" called a fellow. "Who will play stones?" This is a guessing game, in which a certain number of a given number of "stones," usually from two to five, is held in the hand and the opponent is to guess the number. There are many variations of "Stones," but usually one receives one point for a correct guess. If one guesses successfuly, one may guess again. If one does not guess successfully, one holds the "stones" and the opponent takes his turn. The game is usually set at a given number of points, usually fifty. Whereas the "stones" are often tiny pebbles, they may be any small object. Sometimes beads are used, sometimes even gems. Intricately carved and painted game boxes containing carefully wrought "stones" are available for the affluent enthusiast. The game, as it is payed on Gor, is not an idle pastime. Psychological subleties, and strategies, are involved. Estates have sometimes changed hands as a result of "stones." Similarly, certain individuals are recognized as champions of the game. In certain cities, tournaments are held." ~Magicians of Gor, page 34~ ""Lie on your back," I told her, "your arms at your sides, the palms of your hands up, your left knee raised." She did so." ~Magicians of Gor, page 35~ “A Gorean saying came to mind, that the free woman is a riddle, the answer to which is the collar.” ~Magicians of Gor, page 50~ “For example, sometimes free women attempt, sometimes even disguising themselves, to spy on the doings of masters and slaves. For example, they might attempt, disguised as lads, to gain entrance to paga taverns. And often such entrance is granted them but later, to their horror, they may find themselves thrown naked to the dancing sand and forced to perform under whips. Similarly if they attempt to enter such establishments as pretended slaves they may find themselves leaving them by the back entrance, soon to become true slaves. In many cities, such actions, attempting to spy on masters and slaves, disguising oneself as a slave, garbing oneself as a slave, even in the supposed secrecy of one's own compartments, lingering about slave shelves and markets, even exhibiting an interest in, or fascination with, bondage, can result in a reduction to bondage. The theory is apparently that such actions and interests are those of a slave, and that the female who exhibits them should, accordingly, be imbonded.” ~Magicians of Gor, page 50~ "Gorean men do not surrender their birthright as males, their rightful dominance, their appropriate mastery. They do not choose to be dictated to by females." ~Magicians of Gor, page 51~ “Most male slaves in the city were pampered silk slaves, owned by Gorean women who had not yet learned their sex. Such slaves, when captured, if not slain in disgust by the victors, were usually herded together like slave girls, and chained for disposition in markets catering to their form of merchandise, markets patronized largely by free women. To be sure, there were virile male slaves in Ar. For example, many of the fellows who attended to the great refuse vats usually kept at the foot of the stairs in insulae were male slaves. Usually they worked under the direct or indirect supervision of free men. Occasionally they would be treated to a dram of paga or thrown a kettle girl for the evening.” ~Magicians of Gor, page 71~ “There is a Gorean saying that only a fool buys a woman clothed.” ~Magicians of Gor, page 76~ “The girl normally heels a right-handed Master on the left, that she not encumber the movements of the weapon hand.” ~Magicians of Gor, page 117~ "Here and there upon the walls, among those working, were silked flute girls, sometimes sitting cross-legged on the flat stones, rather even with or even below the heads of workers, some times perched cross-legged on large stones, above the heads of workers, sometimes moving about among the workers, sometimes strolling, playing, at other times turning and dancing. Some were also on the lower level, even on the Wall Road. “Many of the flute girls seem pretty,” said Marcus." ~Magicians of Gor, page 118~ "Flute girls, incidentally, when hired from their master, to entertain and serve at parties, are commonly unbelted, that for the convenience of the guests." ~Magicians of Gor, page 122~ "The discipline of a slave," I said, "may be attended to by any free person, otherwise she might do much what she wished, provided only her Master did not learn of it." The legal principle is clear, and has been upheld in several courts, in several cities, including Ar." ~Magicians of Gor, page 122~ "For example, in a group of female slaves, for example, in a pleasure gardens, a fortress or a tavern, there will usually be a girl appointed First Girl. Indeed, if there is a large number of slaves, there are sometimes heirarchies of “first girls”, lower-level first girls reporting to higher-level first girls, and so on. The lower-level slaves will commonly address their first girl as “Mistress”. ~Magicians of Gor, page 123~ "Excellent slaves are seldom beaten, for there is little, if any, reason to do so. To be sure, such a girl, particularly a love slave, occasionally desires to feel the stroke of the lash, wanting to feel pain at the hands of a beloved master, wanting to be whipped by him because she loves him, in this way symbolizing to herself her relationship to him, that of slave to master, her acceptance of that relationship, and her rejoicing in it." ~Magicians of Gor, page 124~ “You have drawn a weapon against me,” I said. ”You are of the warriors?'’ said the fellow. He wavered. He, too, knew the codes. ”Yes,” I said. ”And he?” asked the fellow ”He, too,” I said ”You are not in the scarlet,” he said. ”True,” I said. Did he think that the color of a fellow's garments was what made him a warrior? Surely he must realize that one not of the warriors might affect the scarlet, and that one who wore the grimed gray of a peasant, one barefoot, and armed only with the great staff, might be of the scarlet caste. It is not the uniform which makes the warrior, the soldier." ~Magicians of Gor, page 129~ "One of the utilities of a slave, of course, is to occasionally serve as the helpless object upon which the Master may vent his dissatisfaction, his frustration or anger. Too, of course, they may serve many other related purposes, such as the relief of tensions, to relax oneself and even to calm oneself for clear thought." ~Magicians of Gor, page 134~ “'No, no, no!” she wept. “I am young but I am a woman, and alive! Do you think that intelligence and maturity are prerogatives only of such as you! No!….I want to make a man happy, truly happy, in the fullest dimensions of his being, not a part of him, leaving the rest to hide or shrivel and die! I cannot know my bondage if he does not learn his mastery! Why should his birthright be denied to him, and mine to me? As a master needs a slave so, too, the slave needs the master!” ~Magicians of Gor, page 192~ “Forgive me, Master,” she said. “I was not respectful. It was appropriate that I be cuffed.” ~Magicians of Gor, page 193~ "It is common," I said, "for a slave to request permission to speak." ~Magicians of Gor, page 193~ "Punishment for having to repeat a command is always at the option of the master. For example, a command might not be clearly heard, or might not be clear in itself, or might appear inconsistent with the master's presumed intentions. Whether punishment is in order or not is then a matter for judgment on the master's part." ~Magicians of Gor, page 198~ “Beauty and intelligence are all well and good,” I said, “but the best slave is she who loves most deeply.” ~Magicians of Gor, page 204~ "I wondered if a man could be a man without a slave. I supposed that he might be a strong fellow, and a good fighter and such, without a slave. Similarly, one might have lived, I supposed, without having eaten meat, without having heard music. I wondered if a woman knew what it was to be a woman without ever having had a master. It did not seem to me likely." ~Magicians of Gor, page 213~ "But what if he is weak?" she begged. "Continue to serve him, in the fullness of your slavery, begging him for the least of his kisses, the most casual of his caresses." "Yes, Master," she said, tears in her eyes. "Even such small attentions, as you will discover, now that you have become sensitized to your slavery, will be precious to you." "Yes, Master," she said. …………… "But what if he is stupid?" she asked. "Beg him then to sell you, or give you away," I said, "that you may, if only in being sold off on the block, come into the collar of another, one capable of satisfying what you are, a slave." "But what if he will not sell me, or give me away?" she said. "What if he insists on keeping me, as he is, and as I now am? What if he will keep me only according to his own rules, and lights, and keep me from myself, denying me to myself, frustrating my deepest and most profound needs, as I am?" "Then," said I angrily, "that is how it will be, for it is you who wear the collar. He is the master. You are the slave." ~Magicians of Gor, pages 223 & 224~ "You cannot punish me!"she cried. "You are not my masters!" "Any free person can punish an errant slave girl," I said. "Surely you do not think that her behavior fails to be subject to supervision and correction as soon as she is out of her Master's sight?" ~Magicians of Gor, page 225~ “The magicians of Anango are famed on Gor. If you wish to have someone turned into a turtle or something, those are the fellows to see. To be sure, their work does not come cheap. The only folks who are not familiar with them, as far as I know, are the chaps from far-off Anango, who have never heard of them.” ~Magicians of Gor, page 259~ "The demeaning of men, whereas it is permitted to, and not unknown among, free women, is not permitted to female slaves. Such, on their part, can be a capital offense." ~Magicians of Gor, page 226~ "She wore a brief, brown rag, perhaps from some other girl who had been given something better. Her hair had been cropped rather closely to her head, as is not uncommon with field slaves. She was barefoot and her feet and calves were white with dust….. “Your labors seem arduous,” I said. “It is as my master pleases,” she said, looking up at me once more “And your day is long?” I asked. “As my master pleases,” she said. “You are a field slave,” I said. “Yes, Master,” she said." ~Magicians of Gor, page 299 and 301~ "Any free woman who voluntarily couches with another's slave, or readies herself to do so, becomes the slave of the slave's master. By such an act, the couching with, or readying herself to couch with, a slave, as though she might be a girl of the slave's master, thrown to the slave, she shows herself as no more than a slave, and in this act, in law, becomes a slave." ~Magicians of Gor, page 303~ "Female work slaves, field slaves, stable slaves, and such, like kettle-and-mat girls, are usually considered the lowest of slaves. At any rate, they commonly bring the lowest prices in the markets." ~Magicians of Gor, page 305~ "It was a tunic resembling that of a state slave, done in the new fashion. The garmenture of the state slave, that of a girl owned by the city itself, some time ago, had been brief, sleeveless and gray, slashed to the waist. The collar worn by such slaves had been gray, matching the tunic." ~Magicians of Gor, page 340~ “I have been assigned by my master, Appanius, to Milo, to be a personal serving slave to him, to clean his quarters, run his errands, and such.” "And does he sleep you at his slave ring?" she asked. "No Mistress," I gasped, "he sleeps me on my mat, in the corner of his room, and I am not permitted to leave it until morning!" ~Magicians of Gor, page 366~ |
| ~Magicians of Gor~ Written by John Norman (Copyright 1988 by John Norman) (Daw Books, Inc.) ~Back Cover~ With the capital city of Ar under the sway of the beautiful traitress Talena, a ruler placed in power by the Cosian invaders, Tarl Cabot and the Delta Brigade, the embers of the underground force sworn to defeat Cos, must call upon the unique talents of master magician Boots Tarsk-Bit to recapture the precious Home Stone of vanquished Ar's Station. For snatching the Home Stone from the enemy's grasp may prove the vital ingredient in Tarl's desperate and dangerous campaign to rouse the people of Ar to fight on to regain their freedom from the hated foe... In Magicians of Gor, Tarl Cabot and his allies must work a unique magic with illusions and swordblades to root out the treachery at the heart of a mighty empire. ~Inside~ "We have a job for you, " I said to the magician, " and I suspect you might accomplish it." "Is this a dangerous job?" he asked. "It is one involving great riskland small prospect of success," I said. "It is also one in which, if you fail, you will be apprehended and subjected to ingenious, lengthy and excruciating tortures, to be terminated only months later with the mercy of a terrible death. Are you afraid?" "Of course not," he said. "Beyond what you describe there is little to fear." "What is this task?" asked the magician. "You wish the Central Cylinder moved? You wish the walls of Ar rebuilt overnight? You wish a thousand tarns tamed in one afternoon?" "What do you think would happen, " I asked, "if the Home Stone of Ar's Station, now on public display, disappeared from beneath the very noses of the authorities?" "You wish me to obtain the Home Stone of Ar's Station for you?" "For Ar," I said,"for Ar's Station, for the citizenry of Ar's Statiion, for the overthrow of Cos!" |
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| ~Quotations from the book, Magicians of Gor~ |
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