akhtar@uiucdcs.UUCP (05/26/83)
#R:ihuxf:-43100:uiucdcs:12500032:000:595 uiucdcs!akhtar May 25 16:26:00 1983 Well, for the curious.. I read some of the GOR books many years ago...about 10yrs ago I think I read the 1st 3 I believe, and found the 1st one moderately readable, standard adventure type stuff. I found them getting rapidly worse, in terms of readability and plot. Macrogenerated is the term I would normally apply such material. Since then I've not had the slightest inclination to go and read any more. I don't recall any really blatant sexist comments... but it has been such a long time. I do remember the women were always subordinate to the men one way or the other. uiucdcs!akhtar
SR.KAUFMAN%MIT-SPEECH@sri-unix.UUCP (06/01/83)
From: David H. Kaufman <SR.KAUFMAN at MIT-SPEECH> Well, a friend of mine once gave me a GOR book for my birthday. We have a habit of giving each other the n'th book of a long series, more to gall each other than anything else. I couldn't finish the book, and I can finish almost anything.
esherman%BBN-UNIX@sri-unix.UUCP (06/01/83)
From: Erik Sherman <esherman@BBN-UNIX> I shall preface by saying that I have never read a "GOR" book and am not attempting to defend them. Nevertheless, I question the vehemence displayed by the message's author. If Norman's views of women genuinely offend you, why do you constantly return to skimming the books in bookstores? Do you find something particularly titilating, like the jurors who had to see an x-rated movie multiple times to decide if it was obscene? Furthermore, the quote you present as the author's personal creed is taken completely out of context. Is it the author expressing his own views? Is it a bit of fictional characterization? Readers of your message cannot know. I could as easily say that Harper Lee advocates racism by culling selected quoted from "To Kill a Mockingbird." If you must critize someone's work, try to be fair. Erik Sherman (esherman @BBNCCD)
tim@unc.UUCP (06/03/83)
The usual thing I hear about the Gor books is "I read the first few, and they were OK, but I couldn't read the later ones." In my case, I couldn't read the first, couldn't understand why anyone would want to, and hope never to read any of them as long as I live. Tim Maroney