The builders

 ~Builders~

In authenticated gold, naturally, added Chino.

Authenticated gold? asked Petrucchio.

Of course, said Chino. If you have not had the coins authenticated, my friend, Lecchio, here is certified by the caste of Builders to perform the relevant tests. &&&..Players of Gor, page 297

Inside the tunnel, though dim, was not altogether dark, being lit by domelike, wire-protected energy bulbs, spaced in pairs every hundred yards or so. These bulbs, invented more than a century ago by the Caste of Builders, produce a clear, soft light for years without replacement&.Tarnsman of Gor, page 197

I had not realized how vast was the city, said one of the men.

It is large, said another fellow.

There is the Central Cylinder! said a man, pointing.

The high, uprearing walls of the city, some hundred feet or more in height, the sun bright upon them, stretched into the distance. They were now white&..It was hard to look at them, for the glare upon them. We could see the great gate, too, and the main road leading to it, the Viktel Aria&.Within the gamut of those gleaming walls, so lofty and mighty, rose thousands of buildings, and a veritable forest of ascent towers, of diverse heights and colors. Many of these towers, I knew, were joined by traceries of soaring bridges, set at different levels.

I do not think I have ever seen anything so beautiful, said a man.

We were looking upon what was doubtless the greatest city of known Gor...Mercenaries of Gor, page 255 & 256 

The Roads ~~~The Buildings

 

** The Roads **

The road, like most Gorean roads, was built like a wall in the earth and was intended to last a hundred generations. The Gorean, having little idea of progress in our sense, takes great care in his building and workmanship. What he builds he expects men to use until the storms of time have worn it to dust. Yet this road, for all the loving craft of the Caste of Builders which had been lavished upon it, was only an unpretentious, subsidiary road, hardly wide enough for two carts to pass. Indeed, even the main roads to Ko-ro-ba were a far cry from the great highways that led to and from a metropolis like Ar .....&.Outlaw of Gor, page 25 

Neither of these roads, incidentally, are great roads, in the sense of being mounted in the earth several feet deep, built of stone like a sunken wall, the sort of roads which are often intended to last a thousand years, the sort of roads which, typically, are found in the vicinity of large cities or are intended to be military roads, speeding directly to traditionally disputed territories or linking strategic points. These roads are both secondary roads, so to speak, generally graveled and rutted; occasionally they are paved with such materials as logs and plated stone; they can be almost impassable in rainy weather and in dry, warm weather, they are often dusty. Tertiary roads, so to speak, are often little more than unfrequented, twisting trails. There is often talk of improving the secondary roads, and sometimes something is done, but generally little is accomplished. The major consideration, of course, is money. Too, many roads, for great portions of their length are not clearly within the jurisdiction of given states &&&.Players of Gor, page 100 and 101