Agent Richard Curtis reports that “the complete set of twenty-six novels set on Gor, fantasist John Norman’s controversial science fiction world chronicling dominant men and submissive women, will be reissued in a series of omnibus mass market paperbacks” by Dark Horse. Rob Simpson is the acquiring editor. British and translation rights are being handled by Danny Baror.
The first omnibus volume, which will contain the first three books (Tarnsman of Gor, Outlaw of Gor, and Priest-Kings of Gor) will appear in November.
When it was first published in 1966, Norman’s hero, Tarl Cabot, was “a man ripped from his homeland and cast across space to the savage world of Gor, where thousands of kidnapped prisoners toiled as slaves for the all-powerful Priest-Kings.” The series is “part science fiction, part adventure novel, and the stories in the world of Gor would unfold to show Tarl Cabot’s growth from a novice to a man whose fate might determine the course of every man, woman, and child on Gor.”
When first published in the 1960s and 1970s, the books had lurid Boris Vallejo covers, and became enormously popular not only for their adventure but for the sex depicted in them. Dark Horse’s new publication hopes to reach a new generation of readers, as well as attract the interest of the long-time fans of the series (and some adherents of the minority sociological views).