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Gor (/ ˈ ɡ ɔːr /) is the fictional setting for a series of sword and planet novels written by philosophy professor John Lange, writing as John Norman.The setting was first described in the 1966 novel Tarnsman of Gor.
John Norman's Gorean Saga is a long-running series of adventure science fantasy novels, 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 .
In John Norman's novel Marauders of Gor (1975), protagonist Tarl Cabot kills a prominent Kur (in prior novels, termed "the Others", antagonistic to the Priest Kings he serves), and mounts its head as a permanent trophy for the Torvaldslanders—and when queried by his aide-de-camp Samos, terms it Grendel (followed by the single word "yes" as a ...
Kur is the name of the ancient Sumerian Underworld. Kur, KUR or kur may also refer to: ... Kur, species in Gor novels by John Norman; Musical kur, a form of dressage;
Gor is a 1987 science fiction fantasy film. It was loosely based on the 1966 novel Tarnsman of Gor , the first in the Gor series of sword and planet novels. The series was written by philosophy professor and author John Frederick Lange Jr. under his pen name John Norman .
Gor is a fictional planet in John Norman's fantasy novels. Gor or GOR may also refer to: Fiction and mythology. Gor, a science fiction and fantasy film, 1987; Gor ...
Ancient Sumerian cylinder seal impression showing the god Dumuzid being tortured in the underworld by galla demons. The ancient Mesopotamian underworld (known in Sumerian as Kur, Irkalla, Kukku, Arali, or Kigal, and in Akkadian as Erṣetu), was the lowermost part of the ancient near eastern cosmos, roughly parallel to the region known as Tartarus from early Greek cosmology.
Outlaw of Gor (also known as Gor II) is a 1988 adventure fantasy science fiction film directed by John "Bud" Cardos. A sequel to Gor , it is loosely based on the Gor novel series by John Norman [ 2 ] but has strong plot and qualitative differences from the original 1967 book Outlaw of Gor .