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Язык страницы автора: Английский
Дата рождения:
3 June 1931
Место рождения:
Chicago, Illinois
ID автора:
9973
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за день: 20
за неделю: 198
за месяц: 1059
за год: 18427
за все время: 273018
Dr. John Frederick Lange, Jr. who writes under the name John Norman, is the author of the Gor series of fantasy novels, and a professor of philosophy.
John Lange was born in Chicago, Illinois, to John Frederick Lange and Almyra D. Lange (née Taylor).
He began his academic career in the early 1950s, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Nebraska in 1953, and his Master of Arts degree from the University of Southern California in 1957. While at USC he married Bernice L. Green on January 14, 1956. The couple have three children: John, David, and Jennifer.
Lange earned his PhD in 1963 from Princeton University. His dissertation was named: "In defence of ethical naturalism: an examination of certain aspects of naturalistic fallacy, with particular attention to the logic of an open question argument". Lange summed it up in an interview by saying "if one cannot make sense of morality within some sort of satisfying, natural context, then one is likely to end up with no morality, which is less than societally reassuring, or is likely to end up with a competitive plethora of moralities in which ninety-nine percent of the world's population is convinced that the other ninety-nine percent is unclean, stupid, uninformed, vicious, depraved, in need of coercive correction, and such. That too, seems less than reassuring."
As of 2012, he is a professor at Queens College of the City University of New York.
Norman's fiction attained popularity in the 1970s and early 1980s with an estimated 6 to 12 million copies sold.
John Norman's Gorean Saga, also known by several other names, is a long-running series of adventure science fantasy novels, starting in December 1966 with Tarnsman of Gor. The series was put on hold after its twenty-fifth installment, Magicians of Gor, in 1988, when DAW refused to publish its successor, Witness of Gor. After several unsuccessful attempts to find a trade publishing outlet, the series was brought back into print in 2001 with the publication of Witness of Gor. Norman has also produced a separate science fiction series, the Telnarian Histories, plus three other fiction works, five nonfiction works, and a collection of thirty short stories.
Norman has said that the three major influences on his work are Homer, Freud, and Nietzsche.
According to Norman, his Gor books are science fiction or adventure fantasy works which are also "intellectual, philosophical, and psychological novels". His fiction depicts fantastic worlds where male-dominated bondage relationships are natural and widely practicized and respected culturally, whereas characteristics of modern society are criticized and philosophical themes are explored, specially from a Nietzschean view.
Although the bondage in his Imaginative Sex guide is directed to sexual practices, the bondage and slavery presented on "Gor" follows along the lines of societal or legal slavery; a common way of life as reflected in ancient Rome and other societies. While the philosophy presented is unquestionably that of male dominance, male characters are themselves often enslaved by powerful females. In an interview[1] with Polygraff magazine, Norman stated that he believes that it is obvious that all societies are based on dominance and hierarchy.
His non-fiction works cover philosophy, ethics and historiography.
A fandom based on his Gor novels, known as the Gorean subculture, has developed and assembled on the Internet and in real life, without Lange's participation or cooperation. Scholars have discussed the way that Gorean subculture groups on mediums such as Second Life and Internet Relay Chat have influenced the development of online role-playing and even the MMORPG genre.
Написанные книги
| Заголовок | Оценка | Добавлена | Жанры | Серии | Язык | Издана | Написана | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Assassin of Gor |
0 (0) | 0 | 2 декабря 2010 09:52 | Фэнтези | 99 | Chronicles of Counter-Earth #0005 | EN | 1970 | |
Beasts Of Gor |
0 (0) | 0 | 2 декабря 2010 09:53 | Фэнтези | 117 | Chronicles of Counter-Earth #0012 | EN | 1978 | |
Blood Brothers of Gor |
0 (0) | 0 | 2 декабря 2010 09:53 | Фэнтези | 124 | Chronicles of Counter-Earth #0018 | EN | 1982 | |
Captive of Gor |
0 (0) | 0 | 2 декабря 2010 09:52 | Фэнтези | 82 | Chronicles of Counter-Earth #0007 | EN | 1972 | |
Dancer of Gor |
0 (0) | 0 | 2 декабря 2010 09:54 | Фэнтези | 125 | Chronicles of Counter-Earth #0022 | EN | 1985 | |
Explorers Of Gor |
0 (0) | 0 | 2 декабря 2010 09:53 | Фэнтези | 119 | Chronicles of Counter-Earth #0013 | EN | 1979 | |
Fighting Slave of Gor |
0 (0) | 0 | 2 декабря 2010 09:53 | Фэнтези | 93 | Chronicles of Counter-Earth #0014 | EN | 1980 | |
Guardsman Of Gor |
0 (0) | 0 | 2 декабря 2010 09:53 | Фэнтези | 75 | Chronicles of Counter-Earth #0016 | EN | 1981 | |
Hunters of Gor |
0 (0) | 0 | 2 декабря 2010 09:52 | Фэнтези | 82 | Chronicles of Counter-Earth #0008 | EN | 1974 | |
Kajira of Gor |
0 (0) | 0 | 2 декабря 2010 09:53 | Фэнтези | 98 | Chronicles of Counter-Earth #0019 | EN | 1983 | |
Magicians of Gor |
0 (0) | 0 | 2 декабря 2010 09:54 | Фэнтези | 132 | Chronicles of Counter-Earth #0025 | EN | 1987 | |
Marauders of Gor |
0 (0) | 0 | 2 декабря 2010 09:52 | Фэнтези | 78 | Chronicles of Counter-Earth #0009 | EN | 1975 | |
Mercenaries of Gor |
0 (0) | 0 | 2 декабря 2010 09:54 | Альтернативная история | 99 | Chronicles of Counter-Earth #0021 | EN | 1985 | |
Nomads Of Gor |
0 (0) | 0 | 2 декабря 2010 09:52 | Фэнтези | 88 | Chronicles of Counter-Earth #0004 | EN | 1969 | |
Outlaw of Gor |
10.0 (1) | 0 | 2 декабря 2010 09:52 | Альтернативная история | 51 | Chronicles of Counter-Earth #0002 | EN | 1967 | |
Players of Gor |
0 (0) | 0 | 2 декабря 2010 09:54 | Альтернативная история | 104 | Chronicles of Counter-Earth #0020 | EN | 1984 | |
Priest-Kings of Gor |
0 (0) | 0 | 2 декабря 2010 09:52 | Фэнтези | 31 | Chronicles of Counter-Earth #0003 | EN | 1968 | |
Raiders of Gor |
0 (0) | 0 | 2 декабря 2010 09:52 | Альтернативная история | 77 | Chronicles of Counter-Earth #0006 | EN | 1971 | |
Renegades of Gor |
0 (0) | 0 | 2 декабря 2010 09:54 | Фэнтези | 105 | Chronicles of Counter-Earth #0023 | EN | 1986 | |
Rouge of Gor |
0 (0) | 0 | 2 декабря 2010 09:53 | Фэнтези | 69 | Chronicles of Counter-Earth #0015 | EN | 1981 | |
Savages of Gor |
0 (0) | 0 | 25 октября 2010 23:41 | Фэнтези | 84 | Chronicles of Counter-Earth #0017 | EN | 1982 | |
Slave Girl Of Gor |
0 (0) | 0 | 2 декабря 2010 09:53 | Фэнтези | 127 | Chronicles of Counter-Earth #0011 | EN | 1977 | |
Tarnsman of Gor |
10.0 (1) | 0 | 5 июня 2009 20:00 | Фэнтези | 45 | Chronicles of Counter-Earth #0001 | EN | 1967 | |
Tribesmen of Gor |
0 (0) | 0 | 2 декабря 2010 09:52 | Фэнтези | 97 | Chronicles of Counter-Earth #0010 | EN | 1976 | |
Vagabonds of Gor |
0 (0) | 0 | 25 октября 2010 23:41 | Фэнтези | 119 | Chronicles of Counter-Earth #0024 | EN | 1987 | |
Witness of Gor |
0 (0) | 0 | 2 декабря 2010 09:54 | Фэнтези | 189 | Chronicles of Counter-Earth #0026 | EN |