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Assassin of Gor (Gor #5)
by
John Norman
Kuurus, of the dread caste of Assassins, was on a mission of vengeance. For in the newly rebuilt City of Ko-ro-ba, someone had foully murdered a young warrior with flaming red hair--The mark of Tarl Cabot of Ko-ro-ba, and formerly of Earth. All guilty Men feared a hunting assassin--for none knew which was to be the next victim.
Paperback, 409 pages
Published
1971
by Ballantine Books
(first published 1970)
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Another great read from John Norman. This one has Tarl Cabot pretending to be an assasin. It's a swift page turner, the story being helped along a good deal with the usual vignettes of slave-girls being used and abused to varying degrees. He falls for yet another girl, Elizabeth Cardwell, who was abducted from Earth by 'The Others', a rival group to 'The Priest Kings' and whom he eventually frees(of course).
His original love, Talena, gets but a passing mention at the very end along the lines of...more
His original love, Talena, gets but a passing mention at the very end along the lines of...more
Rollicking fantasy adventure story with gladiators and giant eagle races but easily distracted by long tracts of text describing in great detail what slave girls are wearing and so on. This series started out as a coherent world, but now Earth women are starting to discover the joys of being slaves, and this breaks the illusion. Still, like Moby Dick, if you avoid the descriptive passages and look only at the adventure story, this is not too bad. Rated MA for adult themes, sexual references and...more
Predictable sequence of events but with far more surprises in the characters than usual makes the story worth reading or at least skimming with care. The continued discussion and examples of slavery, based as they are on a simplistic relationship between biology and social status, while ridiculous at one level are at least excellent sources for thought. Certainly the case can be made that Norman focuses too much on biology but it can equally be declared that often these days we don't look enough...more
Tarl becomes embroiled in a large political plot in Ar. This book also introduces a main antagonist to the Priest-Kings. I enjoyed following the next installment of Tarl's journey across Gor. The series up to this book has been phenomenal in fleshing out the world of Gor one city, one peoples at a time... it does so in a rich manner, slowly unraveling its complex cultures.
Although another novel which has been well written, Tarl has been solidly portrayed as well, pretty thick headed when it com...more
Although another novel which has been well written, Tarl has been solidly portrayed as well, pretty thick headed when it com...more
I read this whole series in a marathon session, while stationed in England. The depth and volume of the stories is humbling for any writer and I consider this series very influential in my own approach to writing and world building in general; generic post for all the books in this series as I am finally getting around to recording my reading list in Goodreads.
I remember liking this one a lot. The story takes place in the city of Ar, which might as well be Rome. There is a lot of political intrigue and spy type stuff in this Gor novel.
It was pretty painful trudging through the first half of the book.
But, I'm learning how to get past all of Normans bullshit.
The last half was a lot more entertaining.
You'd think I'd learn by now (after the first 4 books and a couple of the latter) that John Norman was the epitome of a chicken choking fan boy living out all his fantasies, delusions and obvious dysfunctions through his writing. But hey, what can I say? I'm a glutton for some of the cool crap that he does offer in the World of Gor....more
But, I'm learning how to get past all of Normans bullshit.
The last half was a lot more entertaining.
You'd think I'd learn by now (after the first 4 books and a couple of the latter) that John Norman was the epitome of a chicken choking fan boy living out all his fantasies, delusions and obvious dysfunctions through his writing. But hey, what can I say? I'm a glutton for some of the cool crap that he does offer in the World of Gor....more
The book takes you deeper into Gor and highlights those of the black.
Read the series ages ago and disliked the whole of it.
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Sep 15, 2007
Dave
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. . . yeah.
Shelves:
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Well. . . you know. its not getting any better. In this series it seems like norman, in an effort to say more things, just goes into these really fucking strange diatribes about bondage and the natural state of women.. ehhh..
Not quite as good as Nomads, but this was a very good book with a lot of intrigue and more detail on the complex world of Gor.
Not Sexist.
Not Sexist.
One of the better Gor books with a proper story worth reading (i.e. not just about slave girls, but actually taking the saga forward)
Swords, sandal, chicks in light bondage, and a hero who always wins the day.
Another good one of this series.
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John Norman was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1931. His best known works, the Gor novels, span 31 books written 1967 to 2012, plus three installments of the Telnarian Histories, two other fiction works and a non-fiction paperback. Mr. Norman is married and has three childre...more
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John Norman was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1931. His best known works, the Gor novels, span 31 books written 1967 to 2012, plus three installments of the Telnarian Histories, two other fiction works and a non-fiction paperback. Mr. Norman is married and has three childre...more
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