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The Gor Books


THE BOOKS OF JOHN NORMAN'S GOR SERIES


The Gor books were written by Professor John Lange under the non de
plume of John Norman, and were published in the United States between 1967
and 1988. They sold something like a million copies, making him a
certified bestseller. They have been printed in at least four countries
outside of the US, though not in their entirety (France, for instance,
only published the first three, to my knowledge). Dr.Lange is still very
much alive as of this writing, and I am told that he is busily working on
the 26th book of the series to be published within the next year or so.
This is reputedly due in part to a sudden influx of fan interest generated
on the internet through our channels and websites.
Professor Lange, I am told, studied both Ancient Earth Cultures and
Psychology in college, specifically psychology as it relates to human
sexuality. In addition to the Gor books he also wrote some other
non-Gorean fiction, the books Time Slave and Ghost Dance, as well as a
trilogy known as the Telnarian Histories. He also authored a nonfiction
work entitled Imaginative Sex.
There are some interesting rumors floating around out there regarding
he and his work; one is that he was a Headmaster or instructor at an
all-girl school at one time, another that not all of the Gor books
(particularly the Jason Marshall books, books 14-16) were actually
authored by him. He denies these rumors and dismisses them as rubbish.
The Gor books, in their entirety, presently consist of 25 novels
which are made up of roughly 9,300 single spaced pages of printed text.
Averaging approximately 300 words per page, this stacks up to about 2.8
million words. In comparison, the standard King James edition of the Holy
Bible contains roughly 1400 pages, and averages 500 words per page for a
total of around 700,000 words, making the Gor books roughly four times the
length of the Bible. My usage of the Bible as a reference here in relation
to the 2.8 million words of the Gor books makes a certain amount of sense,
because, GOD HELP ME, I've read'em all. Several times, in point of fact.
When one considers the sheer amount of work published, John Norman is
one of the most prolific authors of the decades in which he was published.
Not as prolific or as widely read, or accepted, as, say, Stephen King; but
right up there with Tom Clancy, Scott Turow, David Eddings, and Terry
Brooks, all authors of lengthy fiction series.
As of this writing, the first seven Gor books have been reprinted by
Masquerade Books, and can be found in the social sciences or erotic
fiction section of such bookstores as Borders Books and MediaPlay (which
is rather strange, when one considers that the first seven Gor books are
more science fiction/fantasy than erotic anything). The rest of the series
remains out of print, though Vision Entertainment, the guys who are
planning to market graphical renditions of them in Gor Magazine,
eventually plan to republish at least the last six, plus Norman's new
installment, Witness of Gor. One can find old copies of the series rather