Gabriel wrote:
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> > > > >> >> They are worse than bad. Horrible, purposely bad writing.
> > > > >> >
> > > > >> > OK, *now* I finally understand their popularity.
> > > > >>
> > > > >> I haven't done my research on this, but I have been told
that
> this
> > > series
> > > > > was
> > > > >> the result of an L. Ron Hubbard-type bet wherein the author
> asserted he
> > > > > could
> > > > >> write a best seller with atrocious writing.
> > > > >
> > > > > A common myth. It has been conclusively established that this
> is not the
> > > > > series inspired by the bet.
> > > >
> > > > I'd love to read about this, if there's a link.
> > >
> > > I haven't seen anybody formally present it, but the particulars
of
> the myth
> > > as presented in the science fiction community just don't work:
> Norman had no
> > > contacts with the SF community before the series was published,
> and the
> > > first instances of the myth in the collective memory of the SF
> community
> > > seem to predate the Gor series by a considerable margin. Norman
> has been
> > > directly asked about this and categorically denies it, but of
> course whether
> > > you believe him is your own decision.
> >
> > Besides, what would be the point of betting that you could
> > write best-selling trash featured nekkid women being tied up
> > and all that sort of business? The bet would have to be on
> > something difficult to be worth making.
>
> The actual product of the bet was Piers Anthony's "Xanth" series.
Which was on the whole a much better series!
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