Sodal

'I am known as the Sodal Ye, greatest of all Sodals of the catch-carry-kind, Prophet of the Nightside Mountains, who brings you the true word.

HOTHOUSE Aldiss, Brian 1962

Sodal Ye grunted something to the talking woman, who in turn grunted at her mute companion.

HOTHOUSE Aldiss, Brian 1962

'Now!' cried Sodal Ye in a voice which twitched her into action.

HOTHOUSE Aldiss, Brian 1962

'Creatures of the evergreen universe, the Sodal Ye of the catchy-carry-kind comes to you with the truth.

HOTHOUSE Aldiss, Brian 1962

'They'll be upon us if you don't stop talking, Sodal.'

HOTHOUSE Aldiss, Brian 1962

Uneasily, when the Sodal called again, Yattmur brought the food forward.

HOTHOUSE Aldiss, Brian 1962

Sodal Ye has more important things to do - such as watching the mighty sky, the sea in which this tiny seed Earth floats.

HOTHOUSE Aldiss, Brian 1962

Breaking into Sodal Ye's swearing, he said angrily, 'What have you to complain of?

HOTHOUSE Aldiss, Brian 1962

Shaken out of his contemplation, Sodal Ye said, 'We have to move higher up the crest of the mountain.

HOTHOUSE Aldiss, Brian 1962

'I asked you if you had intelligence, woman,' said the being who called himself Sodal Ye, his voice as thick as liver.

HOTHOUSE Aldiss, Brian 1962