I didn't mention the bible deliberately but that was the unspoken part of my statement that I felt in this thread perhaps shouldn't be mentioned.
Well I had said the same back in my second post to this thread. However, because so many state that they can not understand how people can form a belief from a book, it ultimately has to be said that many do form lifestyle choices based on various books including those people in the BDSM lifestyle.

It may be from one of the religious books already mentioned or from a book like Jay Wiseman's SM 101, The Erotic Bondage Handbook, or one of any number of other books available, which people do see as the bibles of BDSM.

I once had a sub stop the session to tell me I was doing it wrong, I replied what do you mean I am doing it wrong. She said well that's not how Jay Wiseman said in his book to do it. I told her she should give Jay a call and see if he needed a sub because I do not base my life around doing everything the Jay Wiseman way.

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Igor reading from SM101 to Ironwulf
"insert probe 3 1/4 inch"
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"secure with adhesive"
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"apply voltage"
-slave screams-
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I practice safe, sane and consensual BDSM and if it happens to match up with Mr. Wisemans way of doing it great, but I will not do everything his way as the only way just because he wrote a book on BDSM.

I personally do not follow every concept presented by John Norman in the Gor books either. I think its safe to say that most probably do not. There are some people very committed to living as close to the books as they can but I believe that is a very small percentage of the total who practice gorean style BDSM.

I only find it rather interesting because I have read more than one of the books and they are a comic book sort of story line.
I must admit this is where I do not understand your thinking. While it has been a long time since I read comic books, I fail to see the connection. Of course I do not know what comic books you read nor which of Normans books you have read but in my limited experience I do not see the connection between them.

Player of Gor is perhaps my favorite book that I have read anywhere. The story seems to be complex and evolving, the characters rich and flavorful, the background elements colorful and detailed.

I have never seen any comic book come close to any of the Gor books to be honest. The first couple of Gor books which dealt mainly with the sci-fi setup, the back story, etc. were of no real interest to me and perhaps this is what you refer to.

The movies that were made using the titles from two of the Gor books were very much comic book movies, sadly they had little or nothing in common with the books.

It must be said at this point in the conversation that while I have read a great many books in a variety of literary styles I do not claim any superior knowledge as to what makes one book better then another except from my own personal enjoyment that came from reading it.

I think the facts however point to John Norman (AKA John Frederick Lange, Jr)
not being a writer of comic book quality fiction.

University: BA, University of Nebraska (1953)
University: MA, University of Southern California (1957)
University: PhD, Princeton University (1963)
Professor: Queens College New York - philosophy of history, philosophy of knowledge, philosophy and the challenge of the future

Sorry, but he just doesn't sound like a comic book writer to me.