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Planet of the Complete Bloody Psychopaths, conclusion

Jul 25, 2007 10:23

Foreword to the ebook edition of Tarnsman of Gor, Copyright © 1966 by John Lange
Published by e-reads, New York, ISBN 1-58586-224-X

Warning! Warning! Please put away all cats, coffee and other beverages, fasten your seatbelts and return your tray tables to the upright position - we have Author Sign!

( John Norman says John Norman is the warmest, kindest, most wonderful human being John Norman's ever known )

misogyny, chauvinism, worldbuilding, libertarianism, writing, badfic, sexism, fandom, gor

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violaswamp July 25 2007, 15:05:14 UTC

He is thus in favor of a free world, a really free world,

Yes, a "free" world, wherein people like John-Tarl are FREE to do whatever they like to people not like John-Tarl!

not a penitentiary in which the inmates are informed that they, at last, in their cells, are truly free.

*snorts* AHAHAHAHAHA! Truly precious! Does this dimwit not realize that such a penitentiary is exactly what he's advocating--one wherein the female inmates are informed by male guards that they are truly free?

The creepiest part about all this, for me, is learning that there are real people who have a "Gorean" lifestyle and who are disciples of Norman. You really should check out the site I linked to a while back, by a real-life "Gorean" who apparently has (or pretends to have) real-life "slave-girls." Or, on second thoughts, don't. My stomach could hardly stand it, and neither could my ribs, because for all my disgust I was laughing too hard.

We knew there would be some controversy, but sometimes the best work is that which inspires a strong reaction.

*dies* Are these people under the delusion that these books are like Lolita or The Color Purple or something? Yeah, sometimes the best work inspires a strong reaction, but that doesn't mean that if something inspires a strong reaction it's the best work. Why don't they just reprint some good honest porn, if they're so inclined?

eyelid July 25 2007, 20:42:01 UTC

someone should tell mr. norman that the caste system and the free market are kind of, you know, at odds.

Also that "free" to most people would indicate that you could leave your house without permission and wear stuff that shows your face.

Only if you think women are people. bellatrys July 25 2007, 20:44:18 UTC

All the evidence so far is that our Doctor of Philosophy from Princeton thinks that women are somewhat less equal than tarns, even.

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