Assassin of Gor

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Author(s):

John Norman

First Pub:

1970

Genre(s):

Fantasy; Science Fiction

Word Count:

140,684

First Read:

1981

Times Read:

1 time

Rating:

Chapters:

See 24

1 - Kuurus

2 - Ar

3 - The Game

4 - Cernus

5 - In the House of Cernus

6 - I Sit Table with Cernus

7 - The Ship

8 - Breakfast

9 - I Learn of the House of Cernus

10 - To the Pens

11 - Two Girls

12 - The Peasant

13 - Mip

14 - The Prisoner

15 - Portus Comes to the House of Cernus

16 - The Tarn

17 - Kajuralia

18 - The End of Kajuralia

19 - The Curulean

20 - A Game is Played

21 - The Stadium of Blades

22 - The Stadium of Tarns

23 - I Finish my Business in the House of Cernus

24 - The Court of the Ubar

Internal ID:

289

Series:

Nomads of Gor
Raiders of Gor

Gorean Series*

#5 of 25

Gorean Series*

A series of science fiction/fantasy books written by John Norman. Also called the Counter-Earth series as they all take place on Gor, a world on the opposite side of the sun from the Earth.

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1) Tarnsman of Gor
2) Outlaw of Gor
3) Priest-Kings of Gor
4) Nomads of Gor
5) Assassin of Gor
6) Raiders of Gor
7) Captive of Gor
8) Hunters of Gor
9) Marauders of Gor
10) Tribesmen of Gor
11) Slave Girl of Gor
12) Beasts of Gor
13) Explorers of Gor
14) Fighting Slave of Gor
15) Rogue of Gor
16) Guardsman of Gor
17) Savages of Gor
18) Blood Brothers of Gor
19) Kajira of Gor
20) Players of Gor
21) Mercenaries of Gor
22) Dancer of Gor
23) Renegades of Gor
24) Vagabonds of Gor
25) Magicians of Gor

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Dedication:

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First Sentence:

Kuurus, of the caste of assassins, crouched on the crest of the small hill, leaning with both hands on the shaft of his spear, looking down into the shallow valley, waiting.

Last Sentence:

May contain spoilers

The sun was sinking behind the great gate of Ar as the tarn streaked over the walls, departing from the city.

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Characters

Tarl Cabot - (No Group)

Added: 29-Dec-2002

Last Updated: 16-Oct-2024

01-Jul-1980

Del Rey

Mass Market Paperback

Date Issued:

Cir 01-Jul-1980

Format:

Mass Market Paperback

Cover Price:

$2.50

Pages*:

409

Read:

Once

Cover Link(s):

Internet Speculative Fiction Database

amazon.com

Internal ID:

2698

Publisher:

Del Rey

ISBN:

0-345-29417-3

ISBN-13:

978-0-345-29417-3

Printing:

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Credits:

Boris Vallejo - Cover Artist

THE TRIAL
OF
VENGEANCE

Kuurus was one of the dread caste of assassins on the hidden world of Counter-Earth. He was hired for twenty pieces of gold to avenge the death of a warrior. Now he was on his way to the great city of Ar, where he was forbidden by ancient sentence of death ever to appear again.

He knew nothing of his intended victim, save that the man had taken part in the savage tarn races at the Arena of Ar. And all he knew of the man he was to avenge was a name.

The name was that of Tarl Cabot, the great warrior and servant of the all-powerful Priest-Kings. And that was strange.

Because the true name of Kuurus was Tarl Cabot!

Cover:

Notes and Comments:

First Edition: December 1970
Fourteenth Printing: July 1980

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01-Jul-1980
Del Rey
Mass Market Paperback

Author(s)

John Norman
Birth: 03 Jun 1931 Chicago, Illinois, USA

Notes:

John Norman is a psudonym for John Frederick Lange, Jr., Ph.D. He was born on June 3, 1931 in Chicago Illinois. He married Bernice L. Green on the January 14, 1956 and has three children. He earned a Bachelor's of Arts degree from the University of Nebraska in 1953 and received his Masters from the University of Southern California in 1957. He earned a PhD in 1963 from Princeton.

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