Tarnsman of Gor

John Norman

Apr 2014 · Gorean Saga Book 1 · Open Road Media

About this ebook

The first novel in the long-running sword-and-planet series set on a Counter-Earth, where warriors rise above the chaos of bondage and brutality.

Tarl Cabot has always believed himself to be a citizen of Earth. He has no inkling that his destiny is far greater than the small planet he has inhabited for the first twenty-odd years of his life. One frosty winter night in the New England woods, he finds himself transported to the planet of Gor, also known as Counter Earth, where everything is dramatically different from anything he has ever experienced. It emerges that Tarl is to be trained as a Tarnsman, one of the most honored positions in the rigid, caste-bound Gorean society. He is disciplined by the best teachers and warriors that Gor has to offer . . . but to what end?
 
Rediscover this brilliantly imagined world where men are masters and women live to serve their every desire.
 
Tarnsman of Gor is the 1st book in the Gorean Saga, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.

Ratings and reviews

A few years ago I stumbled across a small cardboard box at a yard sell filled with nothing but these books. At first thought I supposed they were an antiques roadshow find and quickly snatched them up. I broke open the first book of the series and began to read, thinking I'd give them a look through at first, but then it captured me right by the balls and I craved more of this fantastic tale of tarns and hot women slaves. I have to say that this is one book I can't put down, it is truly amazing!

Read almost all the Gor novels when I was in high school. Norman tells a fantasy like no other. I haven't read that many books though lol

Great book I read all the series 30 years ago.I'm reading them again now on electronic media. ..they are still awesome

About the author

John Norman, born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1931, is the creator of the Gorean Saga, the longest-running series of adventure novels in science fiction history. Starting in December 1966 with Tarnsman of Gor, the series was put on hold after its twenty-fifth installment, Magicians of Gor, in 1988, when DAW refused to publish its successor, Witness of Gor. After several unsuccessful attempts to find a trade publishing outlet, the series was brought back into print in 2001. Norman has also produced a separate science fiction series, the Telnarian Histories, plus two other fiction works (Ghost Dance and Time Slave), a nonfiction paperback (Imaginative Sex), and a collection of thirty short stories, entitled Norman Invasions. The Totems of Abydos was published in spring 2012. 

All of Norman’s work is available both in print and as ebooks. The Internet has proven to be a fertile ground for the imagination of Norman’s ever-growing fan base, and at Gor Chronicles (www.gorchronicles.com), a website specially created for his tremendous fan following, one may read everything there is to know about this unique fictional culture. 

Norman is married and has three children.