Prize of Gor

Gorean Saga, Book 27

De: John Norman

Narrado por: Tabitha Marley

John Norman's epic Gorean Saga is one of the longest-running and most successful series in the history of fantasy. It is also one of the most controversial. Over the course of more than 30 books produced over a span of six decades, the series has sold millions of copies and built legions of fans unrivaled in their devotion. Audible invites you to rediscover this brilliantly imagined world where men are masters and women live to serve their every desire.

Ellen is a beautiful young slave girl on the planet Gor. Yet she was not always thus. For nearly 60 years she was a woman of Earth, but life had largely passed her by. Then, following an apparently chance encounter at the opera with a strangely familiar young man, she finds herself transported from Earth to Gor. Here she discovers the true identity of her kidnapper and his sinister motives. She is given a strange drug that reverses the aging process, turning back time itself, and once again she's the beautiful young woman she remembers from years before, so long ago. Now her adventures really begin. Men challenge one another to own her. To the victor the spoils, but who will that victor be?

©2008 John Norman (P)2013 Audible, Inc.

Tabitha

She did a great job with this book, would love for her to do future gor books. She is very skilled

great

It was a little slow to start but the end was worth it. looking forward to the next one

character building

I enjoyed the character building, narrator did a fantastic job with character and their voices throughout the story so much so you could begin to tell of who was who. the story over all is the thoughts a newly collared woman, captured by aliens to live on a strange planet GOR. and to find out who her Master is at the end of you have followed this saga you will be pleasantly surprised.

AN OUTSTANDING READ

I do not really understand much of the criticism of this book, or for that matter the series in general. I noted one review before reading this book where the reviewer claimed that the main character wihined incessantly about being a kajira. I found this to be untrue. Quite the contrary, on the whole the main character (Ellen) loved being kajir, and stated so on several occasions. Similarly, a couple of reviewers have claimed that the book contributes very little to the overall meta-story of the series. Again, I find this untrue. While the book does not contain many of the hard-hitting action scenes as one might expect from one of the books featuring Tarl Cabot, it is not written from that perspective. Indeed this book addresses the meta-story from the perspective of someone who is not necessarily a direct actor but an outside observer of the events occurring in the meta-story. As such, one should expect that this book would be more limited in that resgard. This book does an excellent job at providing background as to how others, specifically the men of of Ar, are reacting to the sequence of events occurring in the meta-story, and providing a rich view of life on Gor in general.

The true value of this book, however, lies in its social criticism. The author makes some very frank observations of the culture in the United States specifically, and Western culture as a whole. Within these observations the author provides some very compelling arguments against, and criticisms of, political correctness, the current state of gender relations, our over-reliance on technology applied for the wrong reasons, freedom, freedom of speech and thought, our lack of regard to our relationship with nature, the dying concept of Honor, and even our lack of regard for the truths of biology.

Do not be fooled by the standard, ubiquitous , cookie cutter criticisms and often incorrect assertions of many of the reviews which are clearly made by social justice warriors attempting to suppress the author's views, while promoting an ideology of political correctness. Many of them clearly have not even bothered to read the book. When read from the point of view of its social criticism this book is an outstanding read, exposing many truths that we may not be comfortable with, and often in our current society dare not speak. Whether you agree with the authors views or not, this book is an excellent way to seek some very salient truths regarding our society. However, as the author states in the book; "There is a danger in seeking the truth, you might find it."

Story of a slave

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

yes. interesting to get a slaves side of Gor.

What did you like best about this story?

the different situation she gets into

Which scene was your favorite?

lat one where she is had by her Master

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

laughted at times, irreated at tmes