Let's Endure - Reading "Tarnsman of Gor"

Описание: With some downtime between games, I dust off an old bit and look for something schlocky to try reading with a straight face. And boy does the first Gor novel serve up a challenge. Despite being a long-running and rather infamous sci-fi/fantasy series, I genuinely had not heard of it before. Morbidly curious, I secure me some beer and settle in for an evening of literary pain for the audience's amusement.

For those also just tuning in, Gor is a series where our everyman protagonist gets brought to a secret Counter-Earth hidden on the far side of the sun. They then run down the isekai bucket list: becoming the best at melee combat, riding massive bird-mounts, and adapting to the local culture. Said culture, by the way, consists of some awkward BDSM/slavery content that's the primary source of this series' notoriety. I go in expecting the cringe. What I don't expect, however, is the text itself trying to drive me insane.

Special thanks to everyone that tuned in, and for those who recommended this; truly an experience like no other. A tarn of tams, if you will. I'm always on the hunt for more bad reads, so hit me with the worst you've got! o/