Slave Girl of Gor

by John Norman

Book Overview

Taken as a possession, Judy Thornton, an Earth resident, is found meandering in the wilderness of the Earth-like planet of Gor. In keeping with the culture of the Goreans, she is trained and used as a... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0879972858
• ISBN13: 9780879972851
• Release Date: March 1977
• Publisher: Daw Books
• Length: 446 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.

Customer Reviews

The Gor Ethos--Not just a Male Trip

I began reading the Gor series about six months ago and have so far collected 22 of the orginal 27 books. The bondage and S/M themes that gain strength in each book made me wonder as a male if Norman were simply presenting a kinky and overly masculine perspective.So I began to examine female writers beginning with Janet E. Morris' Silistra. And whaddayaknow? Norman has talented female counterparts praising bondage from a female standpoint! Amazing! So women do want sex as badly as men!"Slavegirl of Gor" is the most provocative of Gor's novels up to this point, and is the first to be devoted to the experience of bondage per se from a woman's point ov view. I actually found the depictions of a woman "in her need" unbelievable until compared the same experiences as related by female writers. They described the very same things, down to scratching their nails in the dirt or against walls when their sexual needs could not be fulfilled! While I am not prepared to follow Norman down the road of male-doiminance/female-submission and S/M, he is able to bring alive every violent, sweating, bleeding, painful sensual moment of the narrative in a way that no other writer does. Norman also has first-rate character-development, even if his punctuation needs correction. The wealth of historical, cultural and linguistic research that stands behind these books is fantastic, and I say this as a published scholar of ancient and biblical history and languages. It's a shame that the later books in the series are so hard to get.

A good addition to the Gorean Saga

This book details the experiences of an intelligent college girl who is taken from earth to the planet gor and there transformed into a gorean slave girl. The book for the most part is written from her perspective. As a submissive female myself, I was able to understand her fears and then joy at finding her personnal freedom in being allowed for the first time to be totally female. John Norman brings depth and understanding in this book as he explores the feelings of many women world wide who feel that todays society does not allow us to be the total creatures we were created to be. It is one of the better Gorean novels.

excellant writtings

this one has read most of John Norman's books on Gor. Also this one has been a part of IRC gor for over a year. The 3 books that is told from the slaves point of view is very well done, after reading the books from the male point of view it is remarkable how Mr. Norman brings out the feelings and emotions that a women goes through as they realize that her place is not as an equal of the men. It is hard to put across feelings of what she goes through as she realizes that she has no choice but be pleasing to her Master, but he does portray it extremely well. Try it read it, read all of the books :)

Is j. Norman Dead ?

I have read all of John normans work including this one but I can not find any more titles by him. I was told that he had sadly passed away is this true? He is a fine writer and the characters he portrays are believable. We can learn about ourselves and our relationships with others by reading his novels. I personally feel that we have lost a vital part of ourselves in the wheels of the machine. In this day and age of political correctness where men and women fear to talk to each other in case of offense it is good to break away to a more natural barbarous epoch.Ta-sardar-gor

With each book I find greater inner streight than before

Upon the completion of each book, I find even more inner streight within my-self..I being a woman take these books as a learning tool and the lessons are greater in each new book I read.The streigth is very appealing & but the releationship is devine.. just call be BRANDY