Post by Chicago Jake on Nov 20, 2008 4:11:00 GMT -6
I can't possibly be the only Gor fan on this message board! At least, I hope I am not.
Anyway, the 27th Gor novel , "Prize of Gor," was released this week, as an e-book. It is due out as an actual paper book in December. Is anyone else looking forward to this as much as I am?
Not that I will read it immediately, I must admit. I have only read the first 14 or so books. The rest are extremely hard to find, having been out of print for quite a while. But I just recently discovered that I can order them, used, through ABE books. (www.abe.com) I'm hoping to catch up quickly.
What is interesting about this new book is, it is about an Earth woman, in her 60s, who finds herself transformed back to her youth, through the high-tech youth serums of the physicians of the planet Gor. This is nothing new, overall, in the Science Fiction world. But it IS new in the Gor universe. And, it occurs at a time when the author of the Gor novels, John Norman, is deep in his seventies. Coincidence? Probably not, but I find it fascinating. An author, whose work I respect, looking back and incorporating his deepest and most introspective thoughts into his first publication in a decade. As Mr. Spock might say, "fascinating!"......Jake
Anyway, the 27th Gor novel , "Prize of Gor," was released this week, as an e-book. It is due out as an actual paper book in December. Is anyone else looking forward to this as much as I am?
Not that I will read it immediately, I must admit. I have only read the first 14 or so books. The rest are extremely hard to find, having been out of print for quite a while. But I just recently discovered that I can order them, used, through ABE books. (www.abe.com) I'm hoping to catch up quickly.
What is interesting about this new book is, it is about an Earth woman, in her 60s, who finds herself transformed back to her youth, through the high-tech youth serums of the physicians of the planet Gor. This is nothing new, overall, in the Science Fiction world. But it IS new in the Gor universe. And, it occurs at a time when the author of the Gor novels, John Norman, is deep in his seventies. Coincidence? Probably not, but I find it fascinating. An author, whose work I respect, looking back and incorporating his deepest and most introspective thoughts into his first publication in a decade. As Mr. Spock might say, "fascinating!"......Jake