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From: barry@ames.UUCP (Kenn Barry)
Newsgroups: net.books
Subject: Re: "Gor" by John Norman
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Date: Thu, 7-Feb-85 03:00:00 EST
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Posted: Thu Feb  7 03:00:00 1985
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	Since the subject of John Norman's "Gor" books has arisen again,
I'm reposting some information I gleaned from a radio interview with
Don Wollheim, Norman's publisher, a few years ago.
	As to each book being poorer (and more kinky) than the last:
Wollheim stated that, after the first few books, Norman began to insist
that his books no longer be supervised editorially, but published unedited.
Since these books were DAW's biggest sellers, Wollheim felt constrained
to comply.
	As to who reads them: Wollheim stated that most of the mail DAW
received on the books was from women, and was favorable.
	I'd like to emphasize I'm reporting what Wollheim stated on the
radio, not my personal opinions; the matter of fan mail from women, in
particular, surprises me as much as anyone.

-  From the Crow's Nest  -                      Kenn Barry
                                                NASA-Ames Research Center
                                                Moffett Field, CA
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