tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post1045136470580041741..comments2024-03-29T11:13:00.338+00:00Comments on Ambush Predator: Ex Libris: ‘Assassin of Gor’JuliaMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-52012689614942460592012-05-18T14:08:07.824+01:002012-05-18T14:08:07.824+01:00Anyone remember "Fafyrd and the Grey Mouser&q...Anyone remember "Fafyrd and the Grey Mouser" by (I think)L.Sprague-Carter? Those novels were swords'n'sorcery noire: very clever but also a rollicking good read. Worth seeing if they're still out there.Bobonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-17337396020870055122012-05-18T05:24:55.682+01:002012-05-18T05:24:55.682+01:00"So, anyone tell me what this Game Of Thrones...<i>"So, anyone tell me what this Game Of Thrones thing is about?"</i> <br /><br />:D<br /><br /><i>"...but tended to skim over all the BDSM nonsense because they were just damn good rip-roaring action stories ..."</i> <br /><br />They were indeed, very much so!<br /><br /><i>"Ironically, one of the reasons I haven't posted much at Cats is that much of what I want to post about is stuff like that which I have feared may embarrass my fellow bloggers for risking associating the blog with apaprently defending paedophiles, etc..."</i> <br /><br />Oh, I think you might get a few drive-by idiots who don't understand, but the regular commentariat would completely understand. I'd hope so, anyway!JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-36894657929312614382012-05-17T20:58:08.776+01:002012-05-17T20:58:08.776+01:00Julia,
Hadn't seen that particular story but ...Julia,<br /><br />Hadn't seen that particular story but as you're probably aware I'm keeping a keen eye on the general censorship trends over the past few years.<br /><br />Ironically, one of the reasons I haven't posted much at Cats is that much of what I want to post about is stuff like that which I have feared may embarrass my fellow bloggers for risking associating the blog with apaprently defending paedophiles, etc, so I've kept quiet. Lot of good that consideration turns out to have done me, heh.Ian Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15436369802742523036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-11202525642024566302012-05-17T17:18:44.034+01:002012-05-17T17:18:44.034+01:00I read them avidly as a mid-late teen, but tended ...I read them avidly as a mid-late teen, but tended to skim over all the BDSM nonsense because they were just damn good rip-roaring action stories and the internal logic of the slavery stuff didn't stand up too well anyway. As you say, as the series continued onward there was a very clear and accelerating trend in the porn:combat ratio.<br /><br />DSDAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-76118332686531779352012-05-17T09:27:22.870+01:002012-05-17T09:27:22.870+01:00Think I'd rather sit down and watch something ...Think I'd rather sit down and watch something nice and clean on TV. So, anyone tell me what this Game Of Thrones thing is about?Angry Exilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02491082312193274360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-75376399958309766512012-05-17T05:52:37.871+01:002012-05-17T05:52:37.871+01:00"Assassin of Gor is maybe the best of them al...<i>"Assassin of Gor is maybe the best of them all..."</i> <br /><br />It's certainly the most 'cinematic'! <br /><br /><i>"...bought in my teens on the strength of the beautiful covers and the girls thereupon."</i> <br /><br />The covers were indeed excellent! But only here. The US ones were awful!<br /><br />As you've an interest in illustration, I wondered if you'd seen <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2145359/Comic-translator-convicted-possessing-child-pornography.html" rel="nofollow">this story</a> ?<br /><br />Chilling implications!<br /><br /><i>"It's a teenage fan-boy wank fantasy in fancy undress..."</i> <br /><br />Isn't a lot of fiction, really? ;)<br /><br /><i>"...and came to the conclusion that this guy really really hated women,or wanted to be one,i could never decide."</i> <br /><br />It's probably 'a little from column a, a little from column b...'!JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-90305430410422438902012-05-16T21:16:11.665+01:002012-05-16T21:16:11.665+01:00The 'Assassins of May' not worth a read?The 'Assassins of May' not worth a read?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-82096747815216184872012-05-16T15:48:16.886+01:002012-05-16T15:48:16.886+01:00I remember reading this book as a kid I dont remem...I remember reading this book as a kid I dont remember a thing about the plot but i definately remember the cover art,very striking image.<br />I liked it too so I read some more of of his stuff and came to the conclusion that this guy really really hated women,or wanted to be one,i could never decide.andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16072618582583093590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-82169827622764162322012-05-16T15:39:18.028+01:002012-05-16T15:39:18.028+01:00I've only read one of the Gor books - the one ...I've only read one of the Gor books - the one where a pair of jugged spooks get to mix it and the psychic fall out sets off an orgiastic chain reaction or epic proportions.<br /><br />It's a teenage fan-boy wank fantasy in fancy undress so I gave it to my brother because he's the biggest wanker I know.Lynnehttp://www.countingcats.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-73209740799642584572012-05-16T13:45:39.486+01:002012-05-16T13:45:39.486+01:00Oh, gosh. I have two of these, bought in my teens ...Oh, gosh. I have two of these, bought in my teens on the strength of the beautiful covers and the girls thereupon. I dug them out a few years ago with the intention of doing a spoof in my humble naughty comic strip, but found them pretty much unreadable and I don't have any "feel" for the whole BDSM thing anyway, so abandoned everything but the vague "slave girls" idea and turned it into a mixture of reality-show parody and hamfisted parable about slavery (the "slave girl camp" turned out to be a reality TV show). I think the ones I have are from later in the series where it's all about Norman's opinion that women want to be slaves, and not much other plot.<br /><br />Jolly nice covers though. I love all the fantasy art of that period (i.e. my youth) with Frazetta of course being the King, just as Jack Kirby was the king of superhero comics. I also spent a lot of my youth dismally failing to illustrate spaceships as well as Chris Foss did, with his trademark checkerboard paint jobs.<br /><br />In art terms, a golden age and no mistake.<br /><br />I seem to remember in one of mine, the reluctant slave girl (who by the end has inevitably come to love being a slave girl) has thick ankles.She keeps saying her ankles are too thick, and so does everyone else. It's never been a make or break thing for me, ankles, but I got the impression that they're a very big deal on Gor.Ian Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15436369802742523036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-53319530387951977942012-05-16T13:41:15.980+01:002012-05-16T13:41:15.980+01:00Assassin of Gor is maybe the best of them all (and...Assassin of Gor is maybe the best of them all (and I've read 'em all) - so a good pickSimon Cookehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12586896340482296341noreply@blogger.com