| Welcome to the realm of Gor |
The
term comes from a series of sci/fi novels about a planet
called Gor, where men are men and women know their place.
The extreme slave culture described struck a chord with
many D/s devotees, because Gorean websites, newsgroups, and
chat-rooms have sprung up all over the internet where people
engage in a fantasy life based on the world described in the
Gor novels. Some even try to live their whole lives 24/7
according to gorean principles. For those budding kajira
and kajirus (slavegirls and slaveboys) who can suspend
disbelief, Gor offers a rich fantasy life with strong BDSM
themes. Others are only glad that the author of the Gor
novels didn't write
about Mickey Mouse or we'd all be having to ask permission
in the third-person to enter Disney World. John Norman (real
name John Frederick Lange ) was the author who ignited so
many D/s fantasies with his Gor novels. In real-life, he is
probably as far removed from the male characters he
describes in his novels as its possible to get (ah...wish
fulfillment ! ) An academic writer and philosopher who
received his Doctorate from Princeton, he worked for several
years as an Associate Professor of Philosophy at a New York
University. The work for which he is best known, his Gor
novels, is a series of 25 books about the fictional planet
of Gor, the "Counter-Earth". Several million copies of his
works have been printed and he has been published in several
languages. Two feature-length motion pictures have been
based on his work. Even today his work is regarded as
slightly controversial, and some of his writing has been
censored and banned periodically throughout his lengthy
career. His work has attracted a large following both in his
native United States and throughout the world. Several of
his earlier works have recently been reprinted in America,
and he continues to be published abroad. The first of the
Gor novels appeared in 1967, and installments to the series
continued to be published right through until 1988. Also
during this period, Norman authored an additional sf/fantasy
trilogy known as the Telnarian Histories, plus two other
unrelated fictional novels, and a nonfiction paperback
entitled 'Imaginative Sex'. The first six books of the Gor
series were recently reprinted, and have again been made
available in select bookstores in the US. Whole websites
are devoted to the fantasy world of Gor and it is beyond the
scope of this brief guide to deal in depth with its
complicated structures, language and customs. If you're
curious, read any of the novels.
if you wish to read and own the copys of the Gor books there
is a link at the bottom
W/we hope you will enjoy them as much as we have!!
Tal and safe journeys
Gorean books link
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