Tarl Cabot has always believed himself to be a citizen of Earth. Yellow's next move, of course, is to advance the Ubara's Tarnsman's Spearman to Ubara's Tarnsman Five, attacking red's defending Spearman. Product Details About the Author Read an Excerpt Product Details 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. 'About this title' may belong to another edition of this title. Buy a cheap copy of Tarnsman of Gor book by John Norman. Tarnsman of Gor is the 1st book in the Gorean Saga, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order. Norman is married and has three children. The series is inspired by science fantasy pulp fiction works by Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Internet has proven to be a fertile ground for the imagination of Norman’s ever-growing fan base, and at Gor Chronicles (a website specially created for his tremendous fan following, one may read everything there is to know about this unique fictional culture. The setting was first described in the 1966 novel Tarnsman of Gor. Not knowing why, and how, Tarl is definitely a confused man and is not denying that as this is all completely new to him and very, very strange. The Totems of Abydos was published in spring 2012.Īll of Norman’s work is available both in print and as ebooks. A Tarnsman is one of the most honored positions someone living there can have who also is allowed one of the most prestigious modes of transport on the planet, riding a big bird called a Tarn. 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. After several unsuccessful attempts to find a trade publishing outlet, the series was brought back into print in 2001.

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. 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.