ANSWERS - February 2001

ACROSS
 3 This is unmistakable from a slave
 5 Species unification would be this rather than a blessing
 7 Nothing fulfills a woman so much as her own ______.
10 This tastes better than man, according to kog
13 It is not a healthy world in which civilization is nature's _________.
14 All species are not the ______.
15 From a slave, this is nothing
16 Slaves may do this only in the name of their Masters (3words)
17 This is a foolish dream

DOWN
 1 Another animal that does not exist on Gor
 2 These animals do not exist on Gor, but Goreans know of them
 4 It is seldom wise to _______ onself against the sky.
 6 Scourge of Thassa
 8 It is an interesting question, the relation between natural and conditioned _________.
 9 This sale is often the hardest for a woman
11 Keeping a girl in _______ is commonly thought useful in her control and management.
12 This type of relief, of a slave girl, is totally under command of the master.

Kryptoquizz Solutions:

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
F J N R A K Z O G L P B S H M T C Y I V X W D U Q E

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  OA DMXBR YFVOAY YAINXA MHA NMSYFRK VOFH IBFQ VAH MK VOA AHASQ.

The red savage does not take an industrial or arithmetical
 approach to warfare.  He would rather rescue one comrade
 than slay ten of the enemy.  (page 47)

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Q V T W B X P U Y A C F O S J D Z K G N E L R H M I

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 NUB QSGRBK UV OEGN TJSNYSEB NJ WBXBSW QSW VBMJSW RUYTU UB TQSSJN GBB...

The answer of the fool is the answer he has been taught to give,
 the answer he must continue to defend and beyond which he cannot
 see....  (page 75)

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
I M R N H Y X E L O G S U W A K T B P Z V C Q D J F

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QLPH ZA PKHWN I XBHIZ NHIS AY ZLUH NLPRVPPLWX ZEH UIZZHB.
EH UIJ EICH PAUHZELWX LW ULWN.

When a Gorean tells you to draw your blade, it is generally not
wise to spend a great deal of time discussing the matter.  
He may have something in mind.  (page 88)

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
J F K B G N U V D H O T W I L C S X Z P A Y R E Q M

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PVGQ RGXG ZTJYG UDXTZ.

They belonged totally to their masters and more generally to men.
They were slave girls.  (page 126)



KRYPTOLIST:

The moons (months).

HBUSIZGTHS                   Waniyetuwi
HBUSJXOBUHS                  Wanicokanwi
KBCBOLSJBBCESHS              Magaksicaagliwi
SLGBHSJBABABUHS              Istawicayazanwi
HXATFSHS                     Wozupiwi
OBUGBLBHS                    Kantasawi
GBOSITYBHS                   Takiyuhawi
JBUFBLBFBHS                  Canpasapawi
JBUHBFZCSHS                  Canwapegiwi
HBITOLBVSHS                  Wayuksapiwi


The Tribes or people of the Barrens

IXKC ANVK                    Dust Legs
SANNG                        Fleer
JNAAZF LPWUNK                Yellow Knives
KANNP                        Sleen
LEWWAE                       Kaiila
LEWAWEXL                     Kailiauk
FEPWJEPYW                    Waniyanpi
WKMX MEPI                    Isbu Band

TRIVIA:


1)  One of Tarl's slaves is disciplined for whispering "It is early" to him.
    Why was she disciplined for this?

    1a)  She was not given permission to speak (page 8)

2)  In a Gorean slave this denotes the girl is the most degraded and
    lowest of slaves.

    2a)  Ear piercing (page 10)

3)  The Kur did not come to sue for peace.  How did Tarl know this?

    3a)  They are too much like men (page 15)

4)  How long had Voyages of Acquisition taken place?

    4a)  Thousands of years (page 16)

5)  All rational creatures maintain these two properties

    5a)  Propriety and etiquette (page 18)

6)  A girl finding herself a slave of her former enemies would
   find her slavery to have these flavors.

    6a)  Intimate and terrifying (page 19)

7)  What is the military organization of the Kurii?

    7a)  The Hand, with the leader being the Eye
            Two Hands and Two Eyes become a Kur which is commanded by a Blood
            Twelve Kurs constitute a Band commanded by a higher ranked Blood
            Twelve Bands constitute a March
            Twelve Marches constitute a People  (page 22)

8)  Both Goreans and Kur practice this display in proposing a truce;
   Additionally what is done when proposing surrender?

    8a)  Lifting of weapons and setting them aside;  Surrender is denoted
         if the sheild straps are torn away and the spear is broken (page 24-25)

9)  What is the only thing that unites the Red Savages?  Why is this?

    9a)  Hatred of Whites;  We're never told, only that it has to do
          with "the Memory"  (page 35)

10)  Red Savages distinguish between dreams and reality in what way?

    10a)  They consider both to be real (page 37)

11)  What is the most highly regarded battle exploit of the Red Savages?

    11a)  To touch or strike an enemy with open hand (page 44)

12)  "In particular, it tends, on the whole, to arrange social
     hierarchies in such a way that the society is oriented toward
      aggressiveness and warfare, features which tend to protect
      and preserve, in an almost natural harmony and balance,
      delicate relationships between food supplies, territories,
      and populations."  Describes what?

    12a)  Tribal warfare (page 45)

13)  A man who refuses to go on the war path has what done to him?

    13a)  He is dressed as and must live as a woman (page 46)

14)  Why don't red savages lie on the hide of the kailiauk?

    14a)  They depend on it for their lives;  It is the major source
         of food and life.  The kailiauk is revered.  The red savages
         believe that if they are unworthy of the kailiauk he will go
         away.  (page 50)

15)  This is thought desirable for a slave girl to do.

    15a) Work long hours at menial tasks (page 59)

16)  This type of slave is seldom selected for breeding purposes.
    What type is it and why are they not bred?

    16a)  The male silk slave;  They are not bred because slavers
          prefer what they take to be health to what they think
          of as sickness.  (page 69)

17)  Tarl says that most women of earth could not make this admission,
     even to their lovers.

    17a)  "I am woman, I am feminine"  (page 74)

18)  How is a slave girl expected to serve a Master who she finds repulsive?

    18a)  Perfectly  (page 76)

19)  Tarl wonders if barbarisms are this.

    19a)  Civilizations that are not ones own (page 89)

20)  What are the two reasons that a slave girl almost never
     intentionally displeases her master?

    20a)  It is too costly; and she doesn't want to (page 140)

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