Players of Gor

Intrigue sets the stage for bloody combat in the series that “ draw[s] on a combination of philosophy, science-fiction, and erotica” ( Vice ). The games of Gor are diverse, as are their players. There are the games of planetary politics, in which worlds are contested. And those of cities and ubarates, of ponderous cavalries and fleets of lateen-rigged ships. And smaller games, bloody games, played on a square of sand, in which the counters and pieces are edged weapons. And, too, there is Kaissa,