How many gorean books

Shelve Mercenaries of Gor. Dancer of Gor by John Norman. Doreen Williamson is a quiet, shy librarian on Ear… More. Shelve Dancer of Gor. Renegades of Gor by John Norman. The maritime ubarate of Cos, with her allies, is m… More. Shelve Renegades of Gor. Vagabonds of Gor by John Norman. In the continental war matters proceed apace, to t… More. Shelve Vagabonds of Gor. Magicians of Gor by John Norman. The party of treason in Ar is triumphant.

After th… More. Shelve Magicians of Gor. Witness of Gor by John Norman. Ar, defeated, shamed, systematically looted, is oc… More. Shelve Witness of Gor. Prize of Gor by John Norman. Ellen is a beautiful young slave girl on the plane… More. Shelve Prize of Gor. Kur of Gor by John Norman. Some might suppose that the Kurii are monsters, bu… More. Shelve Kur of Gor. Swordsmen of Gor by John Norman. Fresh from his exploits in the Steel Worlds, home … More.

Shelve Swordsmen of Gor. Mariners of Gor by John Norman. Shelve Mariners of Gor. Conspirators of Gor by John Norman. John Norman's epic Gorean Saga is one of the longe… More. If so, it's unfortunate that he had to destroy an outstanding adventure saga to foist his fixated fantasy on his fans. So that's the saga of Gor: the greatest adventure series that never happened. For myself, I admit to being hooked on Gor. I will continue to buy and read every book released. I've developed a good facility for recognizing within the first sentence the approach of yet another action-starved scene consisting of painfully long monologues or dialogs concerned with the psychology of slave girls and quickly flipping through it.

I wish some publisher would re-release the series with all of the drivel about slave girls removed, not because it's offensive but because after the first few repetitions it becomes boring. If you want to explore Norman's Gor, I recommending reading novels , skipping 9, 11, 19 and 22 because they are all written from the slave girl's point of view, don't involve Tarl Cabot and are the weakest of the books. I'd also avoid 26, 27, 28, 31 and 32 because they are excruciatingly heavy in slave girl silliness and almost devoid of plot.

Another three to avoid are 14, 15 and 16 because while more action based, they don't feature Tarl Cabot but a different hero so similar to him you have to wonder why Norman took the time to change the character's name. Finally, I can't recommend number 17 or Whereas most of Gor is Greco-Roman, this one's more cowboy and Indians and seems jarringly out of place. Also, 17 starts with Tarl beginning a quest to save his Kur friend Half-ear.

Yet they don't meet until the very end of 18 and even then for less than one page. Novels after number 6 have to be approached with the understanding that unless the reader likes long diatribes about how all women want to be slaves they are going to spend a lot of time flipping through wasted pages. Starting with the mid-teens, most Gorean novels have percent or more of the pages devoted to long ramblings about the psychology of slave girls.

I'm happy to report that Volume Rebels of Gor is a good addition to the series. The dialogs are stiff and stilted with that we-are-all-manly-men-of-few-words style that Mr. Norman often employs, but after a while you get into the rhythm of it and it works. There were a few good laughs toward the end of the story.

I wish there had been more. Still, it's an acceptable read and much better than most of the recent entries. For a detailed list of the plots for the books I recommend www. He will seek vengeance. His quest will carry him to the taverns and palaces of corrupt, luxurious, decadent Sybaris, on Thera, where life is cheap and collared slave girls plentiful, where ruthless corsairs live by the sword and whip, and into strange and dangerous waters teeming with predatory vessels and monstrous sea life.

As the mystery is unraveled, bit by bloody bit, he discovers that its threads may reach far beyond the Farther Islands. About the Author John Norman is the creator of the Gorean Saga, the longest-running series of adventure novels in science fiction history. Norman is married and has three children.

Could someone please tell me if all that has been said about his writings are true? Thanks, Zsinj. Last edited: Nov 24, Lowlander Registered User. Joined Aug 2, Messages Norman is just incredibly bad. I tried to read one of his novels Fighting Slave of Gor and had to give up after 20 pages. And mind you, I really like pulp fiction. I read some reviews who claim the earliest Gor novels beginning with Tarnsman of Gor are rather enjoyable and less obsessed with degradation of women than later in the series.

I have to say the list of your fav. I have read most of these people and they're all recommended especially Smith, Wagner, Howard and Brackett. I'll give some other recommandations in this now almost forgotten subgenre of sword and sorcery or in some cases science and sorcery : -Alan Burt Akers : his first 5 Dray Prescot series are not too bad. In the Burroughs tradition, much better than Norman. Barker : Man of Gold and Flamesong. Sprague de Camp : Reluctant King novels funny sword and sorcery : always rare and Zei novels planetary romance -Jane Gaskell : Atlan novels.

Recommended : great stuff. Stover : the novels of Barra the Pict -A. Moore, wrote some great science fantasy Well of the Worlds, Mask of Circe etc Merritt : great pulp writer. Much darker than Burroughs. Sword and sorcery by a black author with a black hero. Very hard to find. Heard a rumour these will be republished next year in hardcover. Mathain agitated and opinionated. Joined Nov 5, Messages I agree that Norman is just about unreadable, especially later in the series, as Norman became more and more overtly interested in masochism and sexism.

So yes, all you've heard is true true true. John Jakes wrote the Brak the Barbarian novels, which was mostly a Conan ripoff, but wasn't so horrible. Of course, don't skip Jack Vance. And I'm sure there are others Kleronomas Regulated User. Joined Aug 16, Messages The above comments seem to be par for the course regarding Norman. He does, however, seem to be quite collectable. Is that the case? I'm interested, as I picked up 7 or 8 of his counter-earth books the other day at a book fair thinking that at least they would have some resell value if I find them unreadable.

Randy M. Registered User. Joined Sep 2, Messages 3, Gor Kleronomas said:. Joined Jun 23, Messages 1, I started reading them when I was a young teenager a long time ago after I ran out of Edgar Rice Burroughs. The first few were OK. Then he started slowly to work in his slave-bondage fantasies wrong kind of fantasy dude. Slowly at first, then at some point he dropped all pretence.