Smugglers of Gor

Gor #32

by John Norman

This is an unusual book, having to do with alleged events on the alleged world, Gor, the Antichthon, or Counter-Earth, as it seems to have two narrators, or authors, who, as the texts will have it, see, and relate to, certain events, possibly of consequence to the fate of worlds. It may be recalled that the great ship of Tersites, to the best of our knowledge, was the first ship to successfully negotiate Thassa, the sea, in a voyage which led to the World’s End, an unusual gaming board on which two, from the human point of view, alien species may be gambling for a world, the pieces being men. In this book, which, in its way, constitutes a prequel to MARINERS OF GOR, we learn that a mysterious cargo, suitably disguised, was covertly placed on the great ship, a cargo which might influence the outcome of the aforementioned gamble, or wager. One narrator is a young woman, once a Miss Margaret Alyssa Cameron, and the other is an individual whose name, for reasons which will become obvious, is withheld in the manuscript. It does seem clear, however, that the individual referred to was somehow instrumental in bringing the former Miss Cameron to the height of a large slave block in the coastal city of Brundisium, one of Gor’s major ports.

Genres: Fantasy, Science Fiction, Fiction, Adult

560 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2012

About the author

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John Norman, real name John Lange, was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1931. His best known works, the Gor series, currently span 36 books written 1966 (Tarnsman of Gor) to 2021 (Avengers of Gor). Three installments of the Telnarian Histories, plus three other fiction works and a non-fiction paperback. Mr. Norman is married and has three children.

Reviews

[AmbushPredator · Rating 4 out of 5]

A brief interlude before the final novel, and this is a 'prequel' of sorts, occurring around the building of the Great Ship of Tersites (a Gorean aircraft carrier analogue), but featuring mostly on an unnamed member of the Caste of Slavers and his pursuit of an Earth woman brought to Gor (by him!) to be a slave. Norman's wry humour gets an outing here quite a bit!

I'm sad theres only one more book to go. I'll miss Tarl Cabot.