John Norman's long-running Gor series has a reputation that precedes it. Set on a brutal counter-Earth where beautiful women long to be enslaved by the strong men who maintain nature's moral balance, it would seem that the books have all the trappings of spicy, guilty pleasure reading. Jack and Kate dive into the sixth title, Raiders of Gor, alleged to be the last "good" entry in the thirty-five book series. Listen along as your hosts encounter sexual slavery, drunk crying, and enough tedious agricultural detail to break a lesser reader.
Why have critics neglected to acknowledge Norman's high-minded philosophical influences? Can civic pride transform a hive of scum and villainy into a city of heroes? Where do Home Stones come from? How is series protagonist Tarl Cabot a lot like a startup founder? All these questions and many more will be answered in this month's episode of Bad Books for Bad People.
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Episode 65: The Raven's Table - Vikings + Smut + Gore
Episode 64: American Gothic - Robert Bloch Takes On HH Holmes
Episode 63: Pharos the Egyptian - Mummies, Himbos, and Gratuitous Violins
Episode 62: Best of 2022
Episode 61: Three Act Tragedy - Murder, Cozy Grandma Style
Episode 60: Ghost Story - Nothing to Sneeze At
Episode 59: Between Two Fires - Medieval Times Were Bad, Actually
Episode 58: Wolfen - Werewolf? They're wolf!
Episode 57: Flash for Freedom! - A lovable rogue?
Valley of Plenty 7: The Lady in the Lake
Episode 56: Manhunt - Having a Ball(s) After the Apocalypse
Episode 55: The Keep - Creep versus Creeps in WWII
Episode 54: On Stranger Tides - Let's Get Piratical
Valley of Plenty 6: The Tower of the Swallow
Episode 53: The India Fan - Victorian Romance with all the Fixins
Valley of Plenty 5: The One with Vampires
Episode 52: Best of 2021
Valley of Plenty 4: Legal Advice for Witchers
Episode 51: Requiem Infernal - Weird Fiction, Warhammer 40K Style
Episode 50: The Carpathian Castle - Dracula before Dracula...?
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