John Norman
Birth date: June 03, 1931
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I have been familiar with the Gor series thought I haven't read any of them till this past week. I was surprised and delighted by this title. From what I herd about Gor, mostly from role-players on forums and in the virtual community of Second-Life where there are player run areas, portraying the ...
A little over 20 years ago John Normanstepped outside the world (if not the themes) of Gor and delivered a trilogy entitled the Telnarian Histories. Whereas the Gor novels were primarily fantasy epics tinged with science fiction elements, this new trilogy flipped that around, being more of a traditi...
The reputation of the John Norman Gor books, as put by The Encyclopedia of Fantasy: "extremely sexist, sadomasochistic pornography involving the ritual humiliation of women." Pretty serious stuff.This reputation, however, derives from the "later volumes." Tarnsman of Gor is the very first novel in t...
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Everything comes apart here. Our hero becomes the antihero. The next 19 - 20 books are just more and more of the same "all women want to be slaves" idea. Books 1 - 5 are great. The rest can be used as fireplace starters.