[Perpetual Man]

Originally Posted by TheEndIsNigh

Well as you know I have already been in the confessional about Gor books. In fairness I have read them all and found most to be readable although page skipping is required in places. Yes the slavery and sex did sometimes take over though the Tarl Cabot editions usually had humour and reasonable plot lines that usually kept you guessing.

I think this is my attitude to them. They were something I read many years ago and found them to be enjoyable at the time - perfect male teen reading - well some of them anyway. Although looking back now I find some of what was written about slightly disturbing. Strange how attitudes change when you get older. But the slavery aside the stories were usually fun.

Originally Posted by The Ace

To be honest, it was a combination of adolescent angst and a one-handed read, I simply became sickened of Cabot's attitude.

I'd give them a wide berth these days.

Originally Posted by pyan

Yes, I stopped reading just about at the point where the bondage and S&M started taking over the stories to a point where they became uncomfortable (for me) to read.

I'd sort of agree with Ace & Pyan's comments. If I remember the first few books were very much action adventure, with slavery just in the background, but as the series progressed it became more prevailant, especially sexual domination.

But it is the later books that I'm struggling with - my addled memory getting in the way here. Did they push the slavery etc. to the background again, and become more about war, combat and the tactics used? I can remember being really surprised by some of them and one actually blew me away. (It was a loooong time ago)