“And, stretching in languid warmth, she contrived to twist her body into first one luxurious position, then another.”

—  Jack Vance, Dying Earth

Source: Dying Earth (1950-1984), The Eyes of the Overworld (1966), Chapter 2, "Cil"

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American mystery and speculative fiction writer 1916–2013

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