Alberto Monteiro wrote: >Jim Sharkey wrote: >>The only thing that surprises me is that anyone would emulate the >>writings of that no-talent hack. But then again, there has to be >>over a >>million Scientologists, so what do I know? :-) >> Have you ever seen pictures of Norman, by the way? The guy's a >>weenie. Gor novels are the original Mary Sue fanfic! :) >Any time I read a Gor-bashing message, I feel tempted to _read_ a >Gor book. They seem like that cathegory of things-that-are-so-bad- >that-they-become-good.
I suppose they might be amusing in a campy way. I haven't read one since I was a teenager, when I read probably five or six of them. IIRC, my mother even got my brother a few of them for a birthday or Christmas. Clearly she never actually *read* them. :-) Even back then, something about them made me queasy. I mean, D&S is fine if you're into it, but Norman's overarching theory is that *all* women secretly *want* to be raped, and that rape sets them free, sexually. Again, maybe there are some small number that do like it; there's all manner of sexual proclivities out there, why not that one? If Norman only argued that that what women want is a man to take charge and be a man, instead of a "sensitive new age guy" all the time, I would maybe buy that. But I reject the idea that deep down, they all want to be repeatedly sexually violated. Jim _______________________________________________ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
