Marauders of Gor

by John Norman

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"A really fun, Beowulf-style action story" in the long-running, cult classic science fiction adventure series set on a Counter Earth (Pulp Week). Former Earthman Tarl Cabot is now a powerful Tarnsman of the brutal and caste-bound planet of Gor, also known as Counter Earth. He embarks on an adventure in the dangerous and mysterious wilderness of Gor, pitting his warrior's skills against treacherous outlaws, bandits, and fighters. Three different women are working to bring change to Tarl's show more far-from-peaceful life on Gor: Talena, his onetime queen and first love; Elizabeth, his brave fighting partner; and the Amazonian Verna, chief of the fierce and wild panther women. As Tarl journeys through the wilderness, the fates of these three remarkable women will finally be decided.   Rediscover this brilliantly imagined world where men are masters and women live to serve their every desire.   Marauders of Gor is the 9th book in the Gorean Saga, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.  show less

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40% in and I just can't do it any more. There's simply too much slave-girl description and not nearly enough story. Having got to book number 9 in this ongoing series I almost feel like I'm letting myself down by not ploughing on through these slave sections, but then I remind myself that they do tend to be taking up more and more of the novels, and so I'm learning to forgive myself.

I'll almost certainly read the odd one here and there, if only to reassure myself that I've made the right decision. Its such a shame too, since there were one of two moments that had me thinking how good this one was turning out to be, only have that illusion shattered. There are apparently some excellent battle scenes a little later in the story, which is show more a pity since I'm just unable to force myself on any more, and am probably missing out.

Oh well. No-one can say I didn't give this series a good go. I've enjoyed a lot of it. Maybe I just need to put a little space between us for a while.

Goodbye Gor! I shall remember you fondly...

EDIT: After a short break I'm back to give it another go. Fingers crossed I'll finish it this time.

...watch this space!

ok, just finished this and enjoyed the last part of the story. As it turns out there was remarkably little sex-slavery type stuff from here on out(for a gor novel I mean). The battle wasn't bad, although I've read better written battle scenes, and I liked the way it hinted toward greater adventures up there and out there as it were, what with Tarl Cabot looking up at the sky and stars etc at the end.

All things considered, I'm glad I came back and finished it.
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See Tarnsman of Gor.
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Los Kurii… su nombre hace estremecerse incluso a los más valientes guerreros. Nada les ha vencido jamás. Nadie.

Tarl Cabot, el que fuera servidor de los miesteriosos Reyes Sacerdotes de Gor, se ha convertido en un hombre envilecido, indigno de ser llamado Guerrero. Su honor ha sido mancillado por su propia cobardía, y sus fuerzas le han abandonado. Pero en algún lugar de las inhóspitas tierras de unos trasplantados vikingos se halla la proncipal guarida de los siniestros Otros, los implacables enemigos de la Contratierra. Y Tarl Cabot es consciente de que evitar el enfrentamiento con el poderoso enemigo es una deshonra aún mayor. Debe volver a ser el invencible guerrero que otrora fue.

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Canonical title
Marauders of Gor
Original title
Marauders of Gor
Original publication date
1975
People/Characters
Tarl Cabot; Ivar Forkbeard; Hilda; Svein Blue Tooth; Rollo; Gorm (show all 29); Thyri; Ottar; Samos; Olga; Leah; Bera; Aelgifu/Pudding; Luma; Talena; Thurnock; Wulfstan; Thorgard of Scagnar; Hrolf; Rog; High Initiate; Pouting Lips; Bjarni of Thorstein Camp; Sarus; Ho-Hak; Gurt; Pretty Ankles; Honey Cake; Telima
Important places
Torvaldsland; Kassau; Torvaldsberg
First words
I sat alone in the great hall, in the darkness, in the Captain's Chair.
Last words
(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Then, in silence, listening to the water against the hull, I considered again the stars, and the sea.
Original language*
Inglés
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Fiction and Literature, Fantasy, Science Fiction
DDC/MDS
813.54Literature & rhetoricAmerican literature in EnglishAmerican fiction in English1900-19991945-1999
LCC
PS3564 .O6 .M37Language and LiteratureAmerican literatureAmerican literatureIndividual authors1961-
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