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From: Melissa Hollingsworth <thetruemelissa@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: (Worst) Tarnsman of Gor (Gor, volume 1) by John Norman
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2025 13:53:27 -0700
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Verily, in article <105ofuj$1iid$1@dont-email.me>, did lynnmcguire5
@gmail.com deliver unto us this message:
> 
> On 7/22/2025 8:04 AM, James Nicoll wrote:
> > Tarnsman of Gor  (Gor, volume 1) by John Norman
> > 
> > In this ERB pastiche, unremarkable academic Tarl Cabot reinvents himself
> > as a man of action on the counter-Earth, Gor. There's much less BDSM than
> > the series reputation would lead one to expect.
> > 
> > https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/what-you-critics-said
> 
> Hmm.  Maybe time for a reread.


When I was a lass, I told a man I enjoyed fantasy novels. He said that 
he also did, and he loaned me a little something called 
_Slave_Girl_of_Gor_. We weren't dating much longer.

That series is terrible. It was porn for people who didn't want to admit 
they read porn.

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