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| she hopes you enjoy these quotations from the books and that you will wish to purchase the chronicles yourself so that you can enjoy all of Master Norman's work. The link page on this site suggests places you may order the books. Also, Master Norman is offering pre-orders of his newest book and reprints of some of the older ones in the series. ~Panther Girls~ "Free Gorean women, incidentally, enjoy a prestige and status which, it seems to me, is higher than that of the normal Earth woman."~Explorers of Gor, Page 459~ "Free women, in being free, command attention when they speak. It is their due." ~Explorers of Gor, page 354~ �The men, save I, rose as one to their feet, for Gorean men commonly stand when a free woman enters a room.� ~Guardsman of Gor, page 255~ �I inclined my head, "Lady," said I, acknowledging the introduction. To a free woman considerable deference is due, particularly to one such as the Lady Rowena, one obviously, at least hitherto, of high station.� ~Players of Gor, page 12~ "The whore," I said, " is a free woman. Do not presume, in your insolence, lest you be cut to pieces, to compare yourself with her. She is a thousand times higher than you. You are a thousand times lower than she. She is free. You are slave." ~Explorers of Gor, page 314~ �I rejoiced that in at least one city on Gor the free women were not expected to wear the Robes of Concealment, confine their activities largely to their own quarters, and speak only to their blood relatives and, eventually, the Free Companion. I thought that much of the barbarity of Gor might perhaps be traced to this foolish suppression of the fair sex, whose gentleness and intelligence might have made such a contribution in softening her harsh ways. To be sure, in certain cities, as had been the cse in Ko-ro-ba, women were permitted status within the caste system and had a relatively unrestricted existence. Indeen, in Ko-ro-ba, a woman might even leave her quarters without first obtaining the permission of a male relative or the Free Compaion, a freedom which was unusual on Gor. The women of Ko-ro-ba might even be found sitting unattended in the theater or at the reading of epics.� ~Outlaw of Gor, pages 49 and 50~ "She wore white gloves. �This is an outrage!� she said. She wore tiny, golden slippers. Her robes of concealment, silken and flowing, shimmered in the torchlight. �What is the meaning of this?� she demanded. �I demand my immediate freedom!� One of the slave girls, one kneeling a few feet away, before us and to our right, at a table, one of those who was naked, save for her collar, laughed. Then she turned white with fear. She had laughed at a free woman. Samos turned to a guard and pointed at the offending slave. �Fifteen lashes,� he said. The girl shook her head in misery. She whimpered with terror. These would be lashes, she knew, with a Gorean slave whip. It is an efficient instrument for disciplining women."~Players of Gor, page 11~ "But a free woman is a thousand times more valuable than a slave!" she said. "Many," said I, "regard a slave as a thousand times more valuable than a free woman." She cried out angrily. It interested me that she had put a specific value on a free woman. "But then," I said, "many also believe that the free woman and the slave are the same, except for a legal technicality."��.. "Free women are only slaves, not yet collared," I said" ~Vagabonds of Gor, page 192 & 193~ �Free women may make men miserable, and even attempt to destroy them, but slaves may not do so. It is ours, rather, to strive to be pleasing to our masters.� ~Witness of Gor, page 538~ �Beware your words, � I cautioned her. �I am a free woman, � she said. �I can speak as I please.� I could not gainsay her in this. She was free. She could, accordingly, say what she wished, and without requiring permission." ~Mercenaries of Gor, page 7~ "I am a free woman," she said. "How can you, a free man, deny me anything I want?" "Easily," I said. She looked at me, angrily. "Many free women believe they can have anything they want, merely by asking for it, or demanding it," I said, "but now you see that that is not true, at least not in a world where there are true men." ~Players of Gor, page 119~ �Whereas a free woman may often make a man angry with impunity, she being lofty and free, this latitude is seldom extended to the slave.� ~Blood Brothers of Gor, page 221~ �Gorean free women, of course, may do what they wish. The slave girl, on the other hand, does not compete with the master, but serves him.� ~Explorers of Gor, page 39~ "The uncollared slave is not then a free woman but only a slave who is not then in a collar."~Renegades of Gor, page 273~ "In every women," said Ute, "there is a Free Companion and a slave girl. The Free Companion seeks for her companion, and the slave girl seeks her Master." ~Captive of Gor, page 83~ "I am sure you find free women of some interest," she said. "Certainly I find them of interest," I said. The most interesting thing about them, of course, was that they could be seized and enslaved. After that they might become of real interest to a man. The female slave, of course, yours in her servitude, is ten thousand times more interesting than a free woman could ever dream of being. In any contest of desirability the free woman must always lose out to the slave, and if she does not seem to do so, then let her be enslaved, and see how she then, suddenly, in a moment, competing then with her former self, becomes ten thousand times more desirable than she ever was as a mere free female.� ~Mercenaries of Gor, page 346~ �What does a free woman do, � she asked, �when she learns she is a slave?� �You are free,� I said. �The decision is yours. But beware of certain decisions, for if you make them, you would then no longer be free. Your decisions then might rather be concerned with such things as how to best please your master, within certain latitudes which he might permit you.� She was quiet, her head on my chest. �The self-enslavement decision is an interesting one,� I said, � for it is a decision which is freely made, being made by a free individual, but once made, it is irrevocable, for the individual is then no longer free, but only a property.� ~Mercenaries of Gor, page 416~ �A Gorean saying came to mind, that the free woman is a riddle, the answer to which is the collar.�~Magicians of Gor, page 50~ �Goreans, in their simplistic fashion, often contend, categorically, that man is naturally free and woman is naturally slave. But even for them the issues are far more complex than these simple formulations would suggest. For example, there is no higher person, nor one more respected, than the Gorean free woman��.. Goreans do believe�.that every woman has a natural master or set of masters, with respect to whom she could not help but be a complete and passionate slave girl.� ~Hunters of Gor, page 311~ �Is she free?" asked Ayari. "No," said Kisu. "Have her put her arms over her head, wrists back to back," said Ayari. "Do so," said Kisu. Tende complied. �How lovely that is,� said Kisu ����. The lovely posture which Tende had just assumed was undeniably one of the initial postures of certain slave dances. It is widely known on Gor. ����. No free woman, for example, would dare to place herself in such a position before Gorean free men, unless perhaps, weary of her misery and frustration, she was begging them, almost explicitly, to put her in a collar. There are many stories of Gorean free women, sometimes of high caste, who, as a lark or in a spirit of bold play, dared to dance in a paga tavern. Often, perhaps to their horror, they found themselves that very night hooded and gagged, locked in close chains, lying on their back, their legs drawn up, fastened in a wagon, chained by the neck and ankles, their small bodies bruised on its rough boards as they, helpless beneath a rough tarn blanket, are carried through the gates of their city. � ~Explorers of Gor, page 342~ "The Gorean girl is, even if free, accustomed to slavery; she will perhaps own one or more slaves herself; she knows that she is weaker than men and what this can mean; she knows that cities fall and caravans are plundered; she knows she might even, by a sufficiently bold warrior, be captured in her own quarters and, bound and hooded, be carried on tarnback over the walls of her own city. Moreover, even if she is never enslaved, she is familiar with the duties of slaves and what is expected of them; if she should be enslaved she will know, on the whole, what is expected of her, what is permitted her and what is not; moreover, the Gorean girl is literally educated, fortunately or not, to the notion that it is of great importance to know how to please men; accordingly , even girls who will be free companions, and never slaves, learn the preparation and serving of exotic dishes, the arts of walking, and standing and being beautiful, the care of a man�s equipment, the love dances of their city, and so on." ~Nomads of Gor, page 63~ "Aphris of Turia, pleased with herself, assumed her place between the merchant and Kamchak, kneeling back on her heels in the position of a Gorean free woman. Her back was very straight and her head high, in the Gorean fashion." ~Nomads of Gor, page 94~ �On Gor men sit cross-legged, not women. The Gorean female, whether free or slave, whether of low caste or high caste, kneels.� ~Magicians of Gor, page 118~ "Free women on Gor do not travel attended by only a single warrior, not of their own free will."~Tarnsman of Gor, page 113~ "Some Gorean 'coaches,' and fee carts, not many, are slung on layers of leather. This gives a reasonably smooth ride but the swaying, until one accomadtes oneself to it, can induse nausea, in effect, seasickness. This seems to be particularly the case with free women, who are notoriously delicate and given to imaginary complaints."~Renegades of Gor, page 19~ "In most paga taverns," he said, "free women are not permitted. In some they are." ~Kajira of Gor, page 122~ �I have never been in one of these places before��.. �I now understand�, she said, �why it is that free women never enter Paga taverns.� ~Assassins of Gor, page 22~ "If you may pleasure yourself in taverns," she said, "surely so, too, may I." "Free women," I said, "do not come here. It is too close to the wharves. It is dangerous. This is Gor."~Rogue of Gor, page 158~ �The reference to �block melodies� had to do with certain melodies which are commonly used in slave markets, in the display of the merchandise. Some were apparently developed for the purpose, and others simply utilized for it. Such melodies tend to be sexually stimulating, and powerfully so, both for the merchandise being vended, who must dance to them, and for the buyers. It is a joke of young Goreans to sometimes whistle, or hum, such melodies, apparently innocently, in the presence of free women who, of course are not familiar with them, and do not understand their origins or significance, and then to watch them become restless, and, usually, after a time, disturbed and apprehensive, hurry away.�~Vagabonds of Gor, page 37~ "There seem to be two major reasons why free women are seldom raped on Gor. First, it is thought that they, being free, are to be accorded the highest respect, and secondly, slave females are regarded as being much more desirable." ~Guardsmen of Gor, page 184~ "I suppose," I said, "I should be pleased that you did not order me to strip completely and kneel before you." "You are, of course," he said, "a free woman." �Yet it seems,� I said, � if only implicitly, you have threatened me.� "Suitable disciplines and punishments may be arranged for a free woman," he said, "suitable to her status and dignity." "I am sure of it," I said, ironically.�~Kajira of Gor, page 174~ "The beauty of a free woman is a commodity beyond price. This was not because there was anything special about it, of course, but only because it was not for sale.�~Players of Gor, page 132~ "No woman is worth anything until she is put in a collar. None of them have any worth until they are made worthless.�~Players of Gor, page 56 �Slaves generally have some value, at least to the master, even if not much. They, at least, can be bought and sold���Free women, on the other hand, being priceless, have for most practical purposes no value whatsoever.� ~Players of Gor, pages 228 & 229~ "Many of the daughters of merchants are proud sorts, for the merchants themselves, by virtue of their power, tend to vanity and pride, and agitate, justifiably or not, for the inclusion of their caste among the high castes of Gor.Their pampered daughters, protected from work and responsibility, ostentatiously garbed and elaborately educated in caste trivia, tend to be spoiled and soft."~Slave Girl of Gor, page 113~ |