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Pagan Passions By: Laurence M. Janifer (1933-2002) |
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PAGAN PASSIONS Adult Science Fiction,
with the supernatural making complete sense. The Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Greece and Rome had returned to
Earth with all their awesome powers intact, and Earth was transformed
almost overnight. War on any scale was outlawed, along with
boom and bust economic cycles, and prudery no change was more startling
than the face of New York, where, for instance, the Empire State
Building became the Tower of Zeus! In this totally altered world, William Forrester was an acolyte of
Athena, Goddess of Wisdom, and therefore a teacher, in this case of a
totally altered history and Maya Wilson, girl student, evidently had a
totally altered way of grading in mind but what else would a worshipper
of Venus, Goddess of Love, have in mind? This was just the first of the many Trials of Forrester, every bit as
mighty and perilous as the Labors of Hercules. In love with Gerda Symes,
like him a devotee of Athena, like him a frequenter of the great Temple
of Pallas Athena (formerly known as the 42nd Street Library) dedicated,
in short, to the pleasures of the mind Forrester was under the soft,
compelling pressure of soft, compelling devotees of Venus, Bacchus and
the like, and in need of all the strength that he and his Goddess, the
beautiful and intellectual Athena, could muster to save him from the
endless temptations of this new Earth. And into this sensuous strife strode Temple Myrmidons religious cops
sworn to obey orders without question or hesitation with a pickup order
for William Forrester. Where he was taken, what happened to him, the truly fantastic
discoveries he made about himself and the Gods and Goddesses here are
the ingredients that make up this science fiction novel of suspense,
intrigue, mystery and danger. For science fiction it is, with the
supernatural making complete sense, and fun too, despite the Sword of
Damocles hanging by a thread over Forrester's head! by Randall Garrett and
Larry M. Harris
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Larry M. Harris Published by
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New York 14, New York
ALL CHARACTERS IN THIS WORK ARE WHOLLY
FICTITIOUS AND ANY RESEMBLANCE TO PERSONS
LIVING OR DEAD IS PURELY COINCIDENTAL Copyright 1959 by Galaxy Publishing Corp. Galaxy Novels are sturdy, inexpensive editions of choice
works of imaginative suspense, both original and reprint,
selected by the editors of Galaxy Magazine for Beacon Books. THIS IS BEACON BOOK NO. 263 Cover by Robert Stanley Printed in the U.S.A. by
THE GUINN COMPANY INC.
New York 14, N. Y.
Transcriber's Note Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright
on this publication was renewed. Minor spelling and typographical errors
have been corrected without note.
CHAPTER ONE
The girl came toward him across the silent room. She was young. She was
beautiful. Her red hair curled like a flame round her eager,
heart shaped face. Her arms reached for him. Her hands touched him. Her
eyes were alive with the light of pure love. I am yours, the eyes kept
saying. Do with me as you will. Forrester watched the eyes with a kind of fascination. Now the girl's mouth opened, the lips parted slightly, and her husky
voice murmured softly: "Take me. Take me." Forrester blinked and stepped back. "My God," he said. "This is ridiculous." The girl pressed herself against him. The sensation was, Forrester
thought with a kind of awe, undeniably pleasant. He tried to remember
the girl's name, and couldn't. She wriggled slightly and her arms went
up around him. Her hands clasped at the back of his neck and her mouth
moved, close to his ear. "Please," she whispered... Continue reading book >>
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