Rogue of Gor

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Summary: Schmuck of Gor
Review: Rogue of Gor is the 2nd volume in the Jason Marshall trilogy. This one finds him searching for his long lost love, Miss Beverly Henderson. The trail leads him to Victoria, a town on the Vosk river preyed upon by pirates, where he buys her off of a slaver's block and sets her free despite her protestations that she is a true slave and does not want to be freed. Jason will hear none of it and takes her home to put her on a pedestal and adore her from a distance (which is totally out of character with the way he treats other women including those who, like Beverly, have been abducted from Earth and enslaved). She then proceeds to rebuke and abuse him at every opportunity. Funny thing, every time Jason acts like an idiot it gives John Norman an excuse to launch into yet another tirade espousing his views on the domination of females. Amazing coincidence, that! It seems that no one on Gor has sex without it being preceded by, interspersed with, and followed by lengthy discussions of Mr. Norman's philosophy. These digressions from the story are repetitive, tedious, and boring, boring, boring. If they were cut out, this trilogy would easily fit into 2 volumes. I don't know where the title of this book came from as there is certainly nothing roguish about Jason Marshall. The title to this review seems more appropriate (but, of course, would not sell as many books). Another hundred pages or so and Jason finally wises up. The book then gets more interesting as Jason devises a plan to deal with the river pirates and convinces the forces of Port Cos and Ar's Station to join in (their war with each other having conveniently fizzled out). Be forewarned: Those who like their trilogy segments to at least partially resolve the issues in the volume will be sorely disappointed....