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Tarnsman of Gor

January 8, 2009
The first of the infamous S&M fantasy series of the world of Gor is a rather unremarkable adventure book. Taking cue from Burroughs' John Carter of Mars, Norman gives us an Earthling sent to survive on savage, alien world. However, instead of John Carter, a cowboy and Civil War vet right out of Wister's 'The Virginian', Norman's hero is a mild-mannered British professor.

His transformation from comical figure to unrivaled warrior is swift and inexplicable. Such a man might learn to become a soldier, to wield a sword, but that isn't good enough for Norman. His hero becomes literally the greatest soldier and swordsmen on his new, savage home.

However, Norman does not want us to question his plot or characters. He gives us a wild, melodramatic, unbelievable adventure without a hint of lightheartedness. Indeed, Norman seems to take every moment seriously, and with a swaggering machismo that dares us to laugh at it.

When Terb son of Terb (trained by Terb the viking to be a Terb-rider) defeats a dozen armed men with his arms literally tied behind h
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John Norman

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1931 - Today

John Norman

John Frederick Lange Jr. (born June 3, 1931) is an American writer who, as John Norman, has authored the Gor series of science fantasy novels. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Norman has received more than 452,057 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). John Norman is the 3,944th most popular writer (up from 4,279th in 2019), the 5,141st most popular biography from United States (up from 5,915th in 2019) and the 421st most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, John Norman ranks 3,944 out of 7,302. Before him are Aleksei Kruchyonykh, Elizabeth Strout, James Thurber, William of Apulia, Josefina Pla, and Vera Komissarzhevskaya. After him are Arundhati Roy, Yuri Rytkheu, Anton Delvig, Léon-Paul Fargue, G

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Tarl's Mother



This is my narrative and relevant references from the Books where Tarl's Mother is mentioned.
I make no pronouncements on these matters, but report them as I find them.
Arrive at your own conclusions.

I wish you well,
Fogaban


Very little is known about Tarl's mother, basically just that:
  • Tarl's mother was native to Earth
  • She spent time on Gor
  • She was back on Earth when Tarl was born
  • She died of bacillus when Tarl was about six

    • The Priest-King Misk said she died from a "petty" bacillus in Earth's contaminated atmosphere. So it sounds like an airborne disease.
    One airborne bacillus is anthrax. (We don't know she died of anthrax. Misk called the disease "petty". But perhaps a Priest-King would consider anthrax petty.)

    Tarl's father Matthew was also on Earth during Tarl's first few years but returned to Gor before Tarl's mother died.

    Matthew was kept on Gor as a hostage so that Tarl's mother would not speak to Tarl about Gor.



    The question has arisen, was Tarl's mother a free companion of Matthew or Matthew's slave?
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