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Anyone here read any John Norman ? (Original Post) russspeakeasy Jan 2012 OP
Many years ago I started reading the Gor books Ohio Joe Feb 2012 #1
There's an incredibly funny short parody of the Gor novels called "Houseplants of Gor." Codeine Feb 2012 #2
Now, that's funny. russspeakeasy Feb 2012 #3
I doubt that John Norman softhearted Feb 2013 #4
My suspicion ChazInAz Aug 2013 #5
A reasonable suspicion, but apparently not correct DavidDvorkin Aug 2013 #6
A friend of mine was an employee of Del Rey books in the mid-80s Big_Mike Feb 2015 #7
A Friend Had a Title Wolf Frankula Mar 2015 #8
Message auto-removed Name removed May 2017 #9

Ohio Joe

(21,894 posts)
1. Many years ago I started reading the Gor books
Wed Feb 1, 2012, 06:36 PM
Feb 2012

I was in my late teens and I thought the first couple of them had potential but... It did not take very long before they really kind of sucked. Just a diffrent excuse to tell you why women really wanted to be slaves. It was kind of like, yeah yeah, you put this out for 3/4 of the pages in each book, get on with some story. I gave up after four or five of them and was sorry I had wasted that much time on them.

ChazInAz

(2,778 posts)
5. My suspicion
Sat Aug 3, 2013, 11:36 PM
Aug 2013

I think "John Norman" was the house name for a stable of writers...hacks paid for their word-count.
Was it Spider Robinson who committed "Nosepickers of Dawr"?

Big_Mike

(509 posts)
7. A friend of mine was an employee of Del Rey books in the mid-80s
Tue Feb 24, 2015, 02:13 AM
Feb 2015

At that time, Norman was the hottest selling author in the shop.

I'll admit I read the first 4 or 5 books starting in '78 or so. His world building was strong, but I got tired of some of the recurring issues. However, he did get a metric butt-load of books printed.

Wolf Frankula

(3,667 posts)
8. A Friend Had a Title
Sat Mar 28, 2015, 05:36 PM
Mar 2015

Sadomasochists of Gor. I read many of the Gor Books. I stopped when I got a girlfriend.

I forgot to add 'Stockbrokers of Gor'. When these yuppies do an unfriendly takeover, it's really unfriendly.


Wolf

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