The first of the Gor series of 25
novels was published in the 1966, just as the
feminist movement was getting started. The series was a somewhat
popular one until
publishing houses stopped producing the line. Depending on who you ask, this is either because people stopped buying the books, or no because one had the
guts to print it. Long a staple of
used book stores, the Gor novels have seen something of a
resurgence in recent years, with publisher
Vision Entertainment Ltd planning to
reprint 6 of the original novels and "Witness of Gor", a new work by
Norman.
Fans of the series can surpass Trekkies in their rabid obsession with the characters and the world of Gor. Log onto an Adult IRC host like Yahoo!, and you'll likely find a few small rooms with names like Dusky Moon Tavern of Gor. Many are in it for the RPG possibilities, but some fans will even pull a Galaxy Quest and try and find a (female) slave or a (male) master to live out their very own Gorean Lifestyle. Salon.com reports a few real-life examples of this, but I'll hold my judgement of this until I see it in another source.