The first of the infamous S&M fantasy series of the world of Gor is a rather unremarkable adventure book. Though if you're looking for something with a little more meat, I would suggest you try elsewhere, perhaps the John Carter of Mars series. If you're looking for something quick to read, with some interesting fantasy/action moments, give the book a try. The writing style is clear and concise, if a bit on the simplistic side, and at times, it seems the author just wanted to use obscure terms in place of commonplace words, just to prove that he had an English degree. The book is thankfully short, and the action flows quickly, and there were times when I anxiously awaited what was going to happen next, but they were few and far between, as the book followed a fairly predictable storyline. While I understand it laid the foundation for the numerous following titles in the series, this first entry is no where near as epic as fans would have you believe. It was a pretty mediocre first person narrative of a generic fantasy land, nothing more, nothing less. On the other hand, it was not nearly as entertaining as I have heard it claimed to be.

On one hand, it wasn't as bad as I had heard, the gratuitous sexual material nonexistent and the pervasive chauvinistic themes extremely low-key. All I can say is that Tarnsman of Gor was nothing like I expected at all. I eventually broke down and read the first title in the series one night, needing something quick and self contained to sate my fiction appetite. While I have heard of the infamous Gor Series over the years from associates and friends, I had never took the time to actually read one of them, assuming I knew all I needed to know from the gossip I heard.

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