Gor

Gor, the Counter-Earth, is the alternate-world setting for John Norman's "Chronicles of Gor," a series of 26 already-published novels that combine philosophy, erotica and science fiction. On- and off-line followers of the philosophies and lifestyle outlined in the books are called Goreans.

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Gor is an intricately detailed world in terms of flora, fauna, and customs. Norman ? considered a competent classical scholar ? often delights in ethnography, populating his planet with the equivalents of Roman, Greek, Native American, Viking, and other cultures. The Gorean humans have advanced architectural and medical skills (including life extension), but remain primitive in the fields of transportation and weaponry (at approximately the level of Classical Mediterranean civilization) due to restrictions on technology imposed by a shadowy insectoid ruling species, the Priest-Kings, who brutally suppress innovation beyond a certain point.

Counter-Earth: Counter-Earth is an Earth-like hypothetical planet, usually sharing an orbit with Earth but on the opposite side of the Sun. It was hypothesized by the Pythagorean school and was periodically speculated about, but its existence has been disproven by modern scientific models and observations. Nonet...

Philosophy: Philosophy is a discipline or field of study involving the investigation, analysis, and development of ideas at a general, abstract, or fundamental level. It is the discipline in search for a general understanding of values and reality by chiefly speculative rather than observational means. The term...

Erotica: Erotica, from the Greek eros, “love”, are works of art, including literature, photography, film, sculpture and painting, that deal substantively with erotically stimulating or arousing descriptions. Erotica is rather a modern word used to describe the portrayal of human sensuality and se...