Gorean Book Quote Requests

The headquarters for the forces of Misk lay in his compartment and there, pouring over the scent maps of the tunnels, he directed the placement of his defenses.
Priest-Kings of Gor     Book 3     Page 229

I suspected, Kurii, fresh, brilliant, calculating, masters in the steel worlds, in their command rooms, their map rooms and strategy rooms, were, even before the ashes in this remote valley in the north had cooled, engaged in the issuance of orders.
Marauders of Gor     Book 9     Page 268

The entire floor of the chamber, shining, richly mosaiced, broad, reflecting the torchlight, was a map.
. . .

I regarded the vast map on the floor of the chamber. I could see, high on the map, Ax Glacier, Torvaldsland, and Hunjer and Skjern, and Helmutsport, and, lower, Kassau and the great green forests, and the river Laurius, and Laura and Lydius, and, lower, the islands, prominent among them Cos and Tyros; I saw the delta of the Vosk, and Port Kar, and, inland, Ko-ro-ba, the Towers of the Morning, and Thentis, in the mountains of Thentis, famed for her tarn flocks; and, to the south, among many other cities, Tharna, of the vast silver mines; I saw the Voltai Range, and Glorious Ar, and the Cartius and far to the south, Turia; and near the shore of Thassa, the islands of Anango and Ianda, and on the coast, the free ports of Schendi and Bazi. There were, on this map, hundreds of cities, and promontories and peninsulas, and rivers and inland lakes and seas.
Tribesmen of Gor     Book 10     Page 7

"There is a map case there," he said, "and my notebooks. I have, in my journey, charted the Ua, and in the notebooks I have recorded my observations. Those things, though you, of the warriors, may not understand this, are priceless."

"Your records would doubtless be of value to geographers," I said.

"They are," said Shaba, "of inestimable value to all civilized men."

"Perhaps," I said.

"The maps, those records," said Shaba, "open up a new world. Think not only in terms of crass profit, my friend, of the bounties there to hunters and trappers, to traders and settlers, to planters and physicians, but to all men who wish to understand, who wish to know, who wish to unveil hidden secrets and penetrate hitherto unsolved mysteries. In these maps and records, for those who can understand them, lie the first glimpses of new and vast countries. In these maps, and in these notes and drawings, there are treasures and wonders."
Explorers of Gor     Book 13     Page 433

With the Older Tarl I left the Chamber of the Council and entered a room off the chamber to wait for my father. In the room was a table, and on the table was a set of maps. The Older Tarl immediately went to the maps, and, calling me to his side, began to pore over them, pointing out this mark and that. "And there," he said, poking downward with his finger, "is the city of Ar, hereditary enemy of Ko-ro-ba, the central city of Marlenus, who intends to be Ubar of all Gor."
Tarnsman of Gor     Book 1     Page 64

I mounted my tarn, that fierce, black magnificent bird.
. . .

The pack contained the light gear carried by raiding tarnsmen in particular, rations, a compass, maps, binding fiber,
Tarnsman of Gor     Book 1     Page 64

Had I not seen Suleiman shortly I would have had to strike eastward myself. Without a guide this would have been incredibly dangerous. The men of the Tahari kill those who make maps of it.
Tribesmen of Gor     Book 10     Page 101

"We will return to the quarters of the depth warden," said the leader of the strangers. "We will make that our headquarters."

"You will be most welcome," said the pit master.

"We will require a map of the depths," said the leader of the strangers.

"None exists in the city, by policy," said the pit master," just as no map of the city, either, may be prepared."

This, as I understood it, was not uncommon in this world. In some cities it is regarded as a capital offense to make or be found in possession of a city map. The motivations for such policies, one assumes, are military.
Witness of Gor     Book 26     Page 574

In Ar, street maps, at least public street maps, are forbidden, largely as a military precaution.
Plunder of Gor     Book 34     Page 250

It is illegal in many cities, incidentally, to take maps of the city out of the city. More than one fellow, too, has put himself in the quarries or on the bench of a galley for having been caught with such a map in his possession.
Magicians of Gor     Book 25     Page 388