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Assassin of Gor

71.4% complete
1970
140,684
1981
1 time
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
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 Gorean Series*
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Gorean Series*   See series as if on a bookshelf
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.

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
26) Witness of Gor
Copyright © 1970 by John Norman
No dedication.
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.
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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Added: 29-Dec-2002
Last Updated: 07-Jul-2022

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 01-Jul-1980
Del Rey
Mass Market Paperback
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Date Issued:
Cir 01-Jul-1980
Format:
Mass Market Paperback
Cover Price:
$2.50
Pages*:
409
Read:
Once
Internal ID:
2698
Publisher:
ISBN:
0-345-29417-3
ISBN-13:
978-0-345-29417-3
Printing:
14
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!
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Notes and Comments:
First Edition: December 1970
Fourteenth Printing: July 1980

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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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