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This started as an [[Edgar Rice Burroughs]] pastiche long ago in ''Tarnsman of Gor''. Gor resides in the Sol/Terra Libration Point 3; ''i.e.'', it is the counter-Earth, which is somehow protected from Newton and Lagrange yeeting out its metastable orbit by MAGIC. | This started as an [[Edgar Rice Burroughs]] pastiche long ago in ''Tarnsman of Gor''. Gor resides in the Sol/Terra Libration Point 3; ''i.e.'', it is the counter-Earth, which is somehow protected from Newton and Lagrange yeeting out its metastable orbit by MAGIC. | ||
''Tarnsman'' starts the series innocuously-enough: the hero, Norman's [[Mary Sue|self-insert]] as a university professor, somehow gets translated over there and then has to deal with this cruel and slave-owning society. As we go along, though, we learn that Norman actually ''likes it here''. | ''Tarnsman'' starts the series innocuously-enough: the hero Tarl Cabot, Norman's [[Mary Sue|self-insert]] as a university professor, somehow gets translated over there and then has to deal with this cruel and slave-owning society. As we go along, though, we learn that Norman actually ''likes it here''. | ||
And so do Norman's fans. There's actually a community of bondage-and-submission devotees who see this shit as near-Scripture. The hell, man. | And so do Norman's fans. There's actually a community of bondage-and-submission devotees who see this shit as near-Scripture. The hell, man. | ||
The ''Priest Kings'' Golden Beetle made it to [[Fiend_Factory#White_Dwarf_.2349|Fiend Factory in ''White Dwarf'' 49]], so Gor (regrettably) has been /tg/-relevant for some decades now. And since 2017 there is a RPG. | The ''Priest Kings'' Golden Beetle made it to [[Fiend_Factory#White_Dwarf_.2349|Fiend Factory in ''White Dwarf'' 49]], so Gor (regrettably) has been /tg/-relevant for some decades now. ''[[Dragon Magazine]]'' even gave Cabot stats, in the "Giants of the Earth" line ([[Giants_in_the_Earth#Issue_.2361|#61]]): Human Fighter 20. And since 2017 there is a RPG. | ||
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Revision as of 22:24, 23 August 2021
Gor is John Norman's magical realm.
This started as an Edgar Rice Burroughs pastiche long ago in Tarnsman of Gor. Gor resides in the Sol/Terra Libration Point 3; i.e., it is the counter-Earth, which is somehow protected from Newton and Lagrange yeeting out its metastable orbit by MAGIC.
Tarnsman starts the series innocuously-enough: the hero Tarl Cabot, Norman's self-insert as a university professor, somehow gets translated over there and then has to deal with this cruel and slave-owning society. As we go along, though, we learn that Norman actually likes it here.
And so do Norman's fans. There's actually a community of bondage-and-submission devotees who see this shit as near-Scripture. The hell, man.
The Priest Kings Golden Beetle made it to Fiend Factory in White Dwarf 49, so Gor (regrettably) has been /tg/-relevant for some decades now. Dragon Magazine even gave Cabot stats, in the "Giants of the Earth" line (#61): Human Fighter 20. And since 2017 there is a RPG.