Mariners of Gor
MARINERS OF GOR is a direct sequel to SWORDSMEN OF GOR and the action picks up immediately from the end of the earlier book.
Many on Gor do not believe the great ship, the ship of Tersites, the lame,
scorned, half-blind, half-mad shipwright, originally of Port Kar exists. Surely it is a matter of no more than legend. In the previous book,
however, SWORDSMEN OF GOR, we learn that the great ship, commissioned by unusual warriors for a mysterious mission, was secretly built in the
northern forests, and brought down the Alexandra to Thassa, the sea,
beginning her voyage to the "World's End," hazarding waters beyond the
"farther islands," from which no previous ship had returned.
In
MARINERS OF GOR one learns the history and nature of the voyage through
vast, dangerous, and uncharted waters, a voyage beset with dangers, both within and without the ship. One encounters storms and calms, fearful
marine life and volcanic seas, hardships, treacheries, intrigues,
desertions, and mutinies, and entrapments in ice and later amongst the
thick, broad tendrils of the narcotic Vine Sea, and, eventually, once
come to the "World's End," one learns what has been the intent and
meaning of this mysterious enterprise, and the human ferocities into
which the mariners find themselves introduced.
John Norman
John Frederick Lange, Jr. (born 1931), better known under his pen name John Norman, is a professor of philosophy and an author. He is best known as the author of the book series Chronicles of Gor.
Chronicles of Gor
Also known as Gor: Chronicles of Counter-Earth and Gorean Saga.
Chronicles of Gor consists of thirty-seven books, and the series is set to expand with the upcoming release of one more book. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.