It was based on science fiction and fantasy. ‘Gor’ and the ‘outlaw of Gor’ are the films that have been created based on the Gor series.’Gor’ was produced in 1988 by Avi Lerner and Harry Alan Towers. The Kurii wish to colonize Gor and earth and are in constant battle with the priest kings through their spies and agents.Ī lot of human historical cultures on earth are evident in the series, though the most outstanding is the Greco- Roman historical culture.An attempt was made in the 1990s to publish an authorized graphic novel of the Gor series under vision entertainment but the project collapsed due to financial issues and the nature of the imagery that was alleged to have violated Canadian law. We have the antagonists, the Kurii who have advanced technology but not greater than that of the priest kings. The priest kings are said to be sexless, the priest kings rule Gor as impartial custodians who do not interfere with human affairs as long as they live by certain rules on technology. The population of Gor consists of people who were taken there from earth through behind-the-scenes rulers of Gor and the priest kings. The setting of the series is illustrated to be a habitable planet, sharing the same orbit as earth but always hidden by the sun. The word ‘Gor’ means ‘home stone’ in the Gorean language.The series is usually referred to with a couple of names including, Tarl Cabot saga, the chronicles of counter- earth, the Gorean saga and the chronicles of Gor. The story combines philosophy, science fiction and love. The Gor series by John Norman are inspired by Gorean sub-culture, whose setting is a fictional counter earth called Gor. having adopted the name John Norman, to be able to publish his Gor novels. He is also known as John Frederick Lange Jr. John Norman, the author of Gor novels, all 33 books written between 1967 to 2013, has also authored the Telnarian histories series, other novels, non-fiction works and a collection of short stories in a book called ‘Norman invasions’ that was published in 2009.He was born in Chicago in 1931. The author, John Norman keeps changing settings and the plot is interestingly adventurous. They have an epic historical adventure that keeps one hooked to it as a reader. The Gorean Gor series novels are great reads.

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