![]() ![]() Once there he meets his father (who had vanished when Tarl was a child) and becomes immersed in Gorean society. Hero Tarl Cabot is a university professor in the USA (as was the author) who gets whisked off to Gor in a flying saucer type thing. ![]() Plot-wise this is typical sci fi/fantasy fare, with a definite nod to Edgar Rice Burroughs. Like many pulp fiction works, they challenge the modern reader to answer the question – is it okay that I’m enjoying this horrible book? ![]() I was fascinated by the books as a teenager, for reasons that will be obvious to anyone who has seen the covers of the Star books editions in the UK, but I don’t think I actually read any of them until I was well into adulthood. ![]() The most recent, ‘Avengers of Gor’ is number 36 in the series. Despite being in his late 80s now, Norman is still writing the books, albeit at a much slower rate than he did in their heyday. The mix of pulp fantasy and misogynist philosophy made the books very popular in the 70s and 80s and has even spawned a Gorean sub-culture which lurks both online in places like ‘Second Life’. Set in a fantastic and brutal “Counter Earth”, they describe a society where slavery is a natural part of life (for both slaves and their owners) and women typically submit to men in S&M style relationships. To say that John Norman’s ‘Gor’ books are problematic is an understatement. Read this and more crime, thriller, horror and pulp reviews on ![]()
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