"00 - The Gor Books List" - читать интересную книгу автора (Norman John)

easily in used bookstores or through Amazon.com on the internet, though
books 21-25 were not given as long a print run as the earlier ones, and
are more difficult to locate.
The first seven books were originally published by Ballantine, and
were reprinted in new editions in the early 1980's. DAW books took over
after book 7 and faithfully published each successive volume right up
until the publishing field put the squeeze on Norman's
politically-incorrect subject matter in 1988 and shut him down. With any
luck, Vision will have the 26th novel out in bookstores sometime in 1999,
eleven years after his last Gor book was published and thirty-three years
after the first one saw print.
1. Tarnsman of Gor
This is the book which first introduces us to Tarl Cabot, the primary
protagonist of the series, and explains the nature of the Counter-Earth
Gor. A real good old fashioned action novel, it jumps from situation to
situation so fast the reader barely has time to catch his breath before
Tarl is plunged into yet another deadly confrontation. Tarl winds up in a
duel to the death to save the life of Talena, his love interest and the
daughter of his deadliest enemy. Norman's plot devices plainly reveal
shades of Edgar Rice Burroughs. All in all, a great beginning to the
series.
It seems ironic to me that, in the back cover of the first Ballantine
edition print of Tarnsman I own, that Norman's name is listed quite
prominently with the other writers of Ballantine's 1966 fantasy stable
such as Ray Bradbury, Fritz Leiber, Larry Niven, and Arthur C. Clarke. The
back of the book jacket even says, in the words of his Ballantine editors:
"We predict that the name of John Norman will one day be known among the
best." Thirty-two years later Norman's work is widely scoffed at by the
traditional SF/Fantasy crowd because of the sexuality and delicate subject
matter of his work, and he has been blacklisted by the publishing industry
since the last book went to print in 1988. Even now, when he is so close
to seeing the 26th book finally appear in print, there are forces in the
publishing world working to block him from doing so. Meanwhile, Harold
Robbins and Jackie Collins have topped the bestseller lists for years. I
suppose sex is okay in a novel, provided the dreaded word "slavery" isn't
used. Too weird.
2. Outlaw of Gor
This book brings us once again to Gor, this time for good. Tarl
returns from Earth at the start of this one, and stays there for the rest
of the series. In it we learn what has occurred on Gor during the past
seven years, and catch up on what we've missed. Upon arriving back on the
Counter-Earth, our hero discovers that his home city has run into a bit of
trouble, courtesy of the godlike Priest-Kings of Gor. Setting out to
confront the Priest-Kings, Tarl wanders into the city of Tharna, which, he
discovers, is female-owned and operated. Not only that, but they have the
nasty habit of enslaving everyone who visits them and forcing them to toil
away in their silver mines. Tarl gamely does this, makes some new friends,
busts them all out of the pokey and begins a revolution in the city. At
the end of the book, the men are back in charge (and rightly so! grunt
grunt) and Tarl says goodbye to his latest girlfriend, Lara, and sets out