Outlaw of Gor

John Norman

duben 2014 · Gorean Saga Kniha 2 · Open Road Media

Podrobnosti o e‑knize

A warrior falls as the cult classic sword and sorcery series continues—the inspiration for the film starring Jack Palance.

 Tarl Cabot finds himself transported back to Counter-Earth from the sedate life he has known as a history professor on Earth. He is glad to be back in his role as a dominant warrior and again in the arms of his true love. Yet Tarl finds that his name on Gor has been tainted, his city defiled, and all those he loves made outcasts. He is no longer in the position of a proud warrior, but an outlaw for whom the simplest answers must come at a high price. He wonders why the Priest-Kings have called him back to Gor, and whether it is only to render him powerless.
 
Rediscover this brilliantly imagined world where men are masters and women live to serve their every desire.
 
Outlaw of Gor is the 2nd book in the Gorean Saga, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order. 

Hodnocení a recenze

The issue I have with this book is simply that it is VERY poorly written. The text is repetitive, the hero is saved by the most convenient accidents imaginable and the text is repetitive. I like the world building of his series but I very much disagree with most of the claims these books make about women. They even conflict one another at times. For eyample did you know that a master should love his female slave and yet consider her nothing more than an animal?

O autorovi

John Norman, born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1931, is the creator of the Gorean Saga, the longest-running series of adventure novels in science fiction history. Starting in December 1966 with Tarnsman of Gor, the series was put on hold after its twenty-fifth installment, Magicians of Gor, in 1988, when DAW refused to publish its successor, Witness of Gor. After several unsuccessful attempts to find a trade publishing outlet, the series was brought back into print in 2001. Norman has also produced a separate science fiction series, the Telnarian Histories, plus two other fiction works (Ghost Dance and Time Slave), a nonfiction paperback (Imaginative Sex), and a collection of thirty short stories, entitled Norman Invasions. The Totems of Abydos was published in spring 2012. 

All of Norman’s work is available both in print and as ebooks. The Internet has proven to be a fertile ground for the imagination of Norman’s ever-growing fan base, and at Gor Chronicles (www.gorchronicles.com), a website specially created for his tremendous fan following, one may read everything there is to know about this unique fictional culture. 

Norman is married and has three children.