John Norman

John Norman is the pen name of John Frederick Lange, Jr. (born June 3, 1931), is the author of the Gor series, which was popular in the 1970s (millions of copies sold). He holds a Ph.D. from Princeton and is a professor at the Queens College in New York City.

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Science fiction:

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• Chronicles of Gor (also Chronicles of Counter-Earth) (1967-2001)
• The Telnarian Histories (1991-1993)

Historical fiction:

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• Time Slave (1975)
• Ghost Dance (1979)

Nonfiction:

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• Imaginative Sex (1974)

Norman is a protégé of Edgar Rice Burroughs, and his influential Gor series bears parallels to Burroughs' John Carter of Mars. His novels include lengthy philosophical and sociological dissertations contrasting the malaise of modern society (everything from common dishonesty to nuclear holocaust) with the remedial beauty of natural society. Placing emphasis on living in accordance with a Nietzsche-esque natural order, he sponsors a hierarchy of talent.

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June 3: June 3 is the 154th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (155th in leap years), with 211 days remaining....

1931: 1931 is a common year starting on Thursday....

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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