• Hunters of Gor

  • Gorean Saga, Book 8
  • By: John Norman
  • Narrated by: Ralph Lister
  • Length: 14 hrs and 39 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (243 ratings)

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Hunters of Gor

By: John Norman
Narrated by: Ralph Lister
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Former Earthman Tarl Cabot is now a powerful Tarnsman of the brutal and caste-bound planet of Gor, also known as Counter-Earth. He embarks on an adventure in the dangerous and mysterious wilderness of Gor, pitting his warrior's skills against treacherous outlaws, bandits, and fighters. Three different women are working to bring change to Tarl's far-from-peaceful life on Gor: Talena, his one-time queen and first love; Elizabeth, his brave fighting partner; and the Amazonian Verna, chief of the fierce and wild panther women. As Tarl journeys through the wilderness, the fates of these three remarkable women will finally be decided.

Coinciding with the 40th anniversary of the first book of the Gorean Saga, Tarnsman of Gor, E-Reads is proud to release the very first complete publication of all Gor books by John Norman, including the long-awaited 26th novel in the saga, Witness of Gor. Many of the original Gor books have been out of print for years, but their popularity has endured.

©1974 John Norman (P)2012 Audible, Inc.

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Some of Norman's Best

Tarl having left the service of priest-kings continues to be a bit of a jerk. In his wandering however he keeps finding his honor even though as a character he thinks he has lost it. I cannot help but think that he has, in his elevated humility, discovered his Humanity again. I think he is closer to accepting it but not yet.

This book contains some of John Norman's worst writing so far in his repeating of ideas and overstating internal dialog. But it also has some of his most brilliant writing...artful conveying of his ideas. It's worth reading.

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No plot

Ralph Lister is the best narrator.
However, this story had no story. It was all about capturing slaves. I couldn't believe how much time was wasted on writing about collars, shackles and enslavement. The End. There was no plot to this boring book!

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I can't even finish it.

the main character is a hero no longer. he is perhaps the most vile piece of shit alive. I am ashamed I rooted for him in previous books. I find that I desperately want him to be killed off.
I can really care less about female slavery. in fact I think if it was Well written it could be quite powerful. my main complaint is the main character however. I can except that he was hardened. but when he discovered a previous love, friend and companion in a tavern where girls are treated like absolute crap. not only does he not help her. a girl he claims to have loved. but he raped her left her in her miserable life and to top it off tells her owner she was a trained pleasure slave. enshrined she is raped and used even more than she had been before. I think it's his final act of cruelty toward Elizabeth Caldwell that I find undeserving and quite possibly the most hideous thing he could have done.... "I'm not going to save you. you got yourself in this mess... " I can accept that. but leaving and doing your best to make sure she finds the rest of her miserable life even more torturous is just evil.

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Fantastic

What made the experience of listening to Hunters of Gor the most enjoyable?

Excellent series all around wish someone would put these books out faster.
Ralph Lister gives an excellent voice to Norman's works.

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Typical John Norman

If you're interested in reading this it's likely because you've read other novels of Gor. That being the case, you won't experience much of anything new with regards to the redundancy on his writing style. What you will get is some forward movement of the Tarl Cabot story, especially in regards to Talena so I consider it worth the time spent. The performance is definitely above average. My only complaint is the subjective preferences of some pronunciations.

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I FORGOT HOW MUCH I LOVED THIS BOOK

Tal and greetings.

What can I say about this book other than it had me throughly involved in the story, It did the last four times I read it. Yet I forgot how much I loved the book. It is true that in this book Tarl talks A LOT, about the enslavement of women, but what is funny is that when I read it I always tried to hurry over those passages, but having the story read to me, I think I began to understand what Norman was saying about females serving masters, and how much the women care for them. Many times they do free slaves but many times the women submit go back to those men who freed them. It is the men who "awaken" them and I don't mean violently, but with tenderness.

In this book, Tarl is determined to rescue his love Talena, who, through El-in-or a slave mentioned in Captive, was taken by Verna, who got her from Rask of Treve. Since he changed so much, he still wanted her for a free companion but as a tool to become even more powerful than what he was. There were times that I wanted to smack him, I hated his attitude, yet, at times, I could still see the person he once was before his encounter with Talima (Raiders).

One thing I disliked, was his treatment of Elizabeth Cardwell, (aka Vella, Tana). He said he wasn't angry with her for not returning to Earth as he requested (Assissin), that she decided to stay on Gor. For all of it's dangers, she loved the planet, and she also loved Tarl. Goreans don't thank slaves, yet, he could have bought her, freed her, given her money so she could attempt to set up a business on Gor, but he didn't. So I believe he was angry with her and ended up punishing her by telling the paga tavern owner that she could dance and that she hadn't been totally honest with him. It is not good for a slave to hide things from their master. In my eyes he was cruel.

Tarl is a bitter man, that is one thing I didn't like about him, just because he chose life over death(Raiders). Now he just wants to be rich and be done with service to the Priest Kings. The problem is the "Others" know of him and want him dead. So he's not done with them.

I forgot that this book got my emotions involved again because of what happened to him when he was struck by a couple of swords during a battle when he rescued Marlenus, the Ubar of Ar, I really felt bad for him. What I did like is that when the Ubar warned him not to enter Ar, Tarl stood up to him. Usually, no one stands up to Marlenus. For all of his spewing that he hated the Ubar of Ubars, he did respect the man and he was Talenas father and I believe , admired him. Besides one can't blame Marlenus, his honor took a beating when Tarl took the home stone of Ar so many years ago. Marlenus hasn't been able to forgive him, that a mere warrior caused him to abandon his city and was exiled from it for years. So although it seems Marlenus was neverdefested he was by Tarl, who was just a warrior.

Well, I will end the review here. It was enjoyable to listen to and I really love hearing Ralph Lister being Tarl Cabot. His voice really brings it alive for me.

'Til my review of Marauders...

I wish you well.

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again awsome very

very well narration was great to listen to and had lots of excitement id love to live there

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Unlikeable, Unmovable, Bosk

When we start this book, Bosk is pouting and unsatisfied with life in Port Kar. He goes on a search for his long-lost first love Talena who is being held slave. After 14 hours of how a slave is chained, what specific gags are used for what thing, every garment every girl wears, and one group losing to another group who loses to a different group - we end this book at -- Bosk is pouting and unsatisfied with life on Port Kar. Not one thing in Gor, not one character, changes. The book moves nothing, adds nothing, does nothing.

I started reading the Gor books to learn about world-building. I wanted to know how he made a world so captivating people want to live in it and further it through the repetitive horrible writing, cliches, and non-sensical plot. What it has turned into is really a study on the "Unlikeable narrator." How do you sustain a series of works where the protagonist is a selfish, pouting pig that holds grudges like a 12 year old girl?

In this book Tarl continues to make no sense. He sees Elizabeth Cardwell who had risked everything for him more than once, and purposely leaves her in a living hell that he makes worse. Then at the end he frees a slave who tried to kill him, just because he liked her hair when he used her. He gets bitter at one Ubar who saves his life, but lets another warrior who nearly cripples him go free. Most annoyingly, he carries butthurt grudges like a middle school girl. One slave keeps a small fact (that he and the reader already knew) from him because she is terrified. For the rest of the book (at last 20 times) it's "she held something back from me, I'm going to sell her." She saves his like like 4 times. Still "But she held something back so I'm going to sell her." I spent half the book - saying "OMG, Get over it Tarl."

His internal monologue doesn't give you insight. It just makes you hate him.
Talena was my first love, and she's rich. She can make me powerful. Then Oh, she's not rich anymore. Well, nevermind. Enjoy slavery T.
Elizabeth Cardwell is brave and I loved her. I use her and remember her body. But, she has her own life. Enjoy slavery, girl.
Sheera helped, me saved me, fell in love with me. But, I let him steal her because - she's just a slave. Enjpy captivity girl.
Marlenus kept me from being raped, saved me, helped, me but he beat me in the game, so, Screw you, Mar. Enjoy your shame.

He's just a jerk. The only real loves in his life are his tarn, Misk's Antennas, and himself. Boring, poor entry in this saga.




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JCW

I really do love these books, however this one seemed to have a lot of repetitive reading which was a little annoying

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best book of series

ove it want more there goes anothe credit to John Norman. Classics never get old this is a national treasure.

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