John Norman
The controversial creator of Gor, a sword-and-planet world that became infamous as much as famous.
John Norman is an American author and philosophy professor best known — and much debated — for the long-running Gor series, which began as planetary-romance adventure in the tradition of Edgar Rice Burroughs. Set on a Counter-Earth, the early books deliver sword-and-planet action, exotic landscapes, and pulp spectacle.
The series became notorious for the elaborate dominance-and-submission philosophy that grew central to later volumes, which many readers find objectionable and others have built a subculture around; it remains genuinely divisive. We note this plainly so readers know what to expect. His titles appear in our science-fiction catalogue under the sword-and-planet umbrella. As always, the individual book pages are the best guide to each title's setting, tone, and content — every entry is content-rated and age-guided so you can decide what's right for you.
- For readers of sword-and-planet adventure
- A famous and highly divisive series
- Every title content-rated and age-guided
