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From: todd@brl-tgr.ARPA (Todd Tuckey )
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Subject: Re: "Gor" by John Norman
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Date: Tue, 29-Jan-85 09:52:52 EST
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Posted: Tue Jan 29 09:52:52 1985
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Reply-To: todd@brl-tgr.ARPA (Todd Tuckey (SECAD-coop) <todd>)
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Summary: 

I've read all of the Gor books to date, primarily because I enjoy the
stories, the plot lines, and Norman's attention to tiny details which
make the setting more realistic.  I liked the first five or six the
best, while the setting and Norman's treatment of women was still new.
But I found that as the series moves on, he says nothing new about
his views on the "true" sexual order (i.e. men masters, women slaves).
He just keeps restating the same thing in multi-page soliloquies, often
using the exact same wording as he did in a previous book.  The worst
examples of this occur in the books which are written from a (supposedly)
women's point of view.

I don't share his sexual views, but I do find them interesting reading.
Norman's idea that women are natural slaves is a bunch of crap.  I think
both sexes have fantasies along those lines, but neither would like to
see female slavery implemented on a global scale.

Todd Tuckey