Saturday, April 29, 2006

One Down, One To Go

I've been collecting the Gor novels for a long time, well over a decade now and for the past few years I've had almost the entire set. Almost, but not quite. Two books eluded me. There are 26 books in the series in all, as listed below:

1. Tarnsman of Gor (1967)
2. Outlaw of Gor (1967)
3. Priest-Kings of Gor (1968)
4. Nomads of Gor (1969)
5. Assassin of Gor (1970)
6. Raiders of Gor (1971)
7. Captive of Gor (1972) - Earthgirl Point of View
8. Hunters of Gor (1974)
9. Marauders of Gor (1975)
10. Tribesmen of Gor (1976)
11. Slave Girl of Gor (1977) - Earthgirl Point of View
12. Beasts of Gor (1978)
13. Explorers of Gor (1979)
14. Fighting Slave of Gor (1981) - Jason Marshall Trilogy Book One
15. Rogue of Gor (1981) - Jason Marshall Trilogy Book Two
16. Guardsman of Gor (1981) - Jason Marshall Trilogy Book Three
17. Savages of Gor (1982) - Part One of Two
18. Blood Brothers of Gor (1982) - Part Two of Two
19. Kajira of Gor (1983) - Earthgirl Point of View
20. Players of Gor (1984)
21. Mercenaries of Gor (1985)
22. Dancer of Gor (1986) - Earthgirl Point of View
23. Renegades of Gor (1986)
24. Vagabonds of Gor (1987)
25. Magicians of Gor (1988)
26. Witness of Gor (2001) - Earthgirl Point of View

Norman has allegedly completed a 27th Gor book, Prize of Gor, which has yet to be published.

Until recently I was missing both Kajira and Magicians, but thanks to ebay I now have a copy of Kajira of Gor at last. Unfortunately, this just leaves Magicians to complete the set, the single rarest book in the series, because unlike the others it only had the one print run. All the rest had multiple print runs (these books used to sell in the millions of copies when they were originally published!) both from Daw (the US publisher) and Star (the UK publisher), often with differing covers (the UK cover for Dancer for example is the US cover for Kajira).

So should anyone reading this come across a copy of Magicians of Gor by John Norman in a second hand book store, or a charity shop, or whatever, please grab it. I badly want to get a copy of it to complete my collection, but it always reaches stupid prices on ebay. Kajira set me back £12 (including postage and packing). The cheapest I've ever seen Magicians go for would set me back at least £30.

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