John Norman

John Norman (born 3 June 1931) is an American philosopher and science fiction writer. Quotes It is generally my thesis then to insist on the importance of imagination in sex, to insist that the practice of sex, as performed among human beings, be accorded the same deliberate and playful application of fancy, imagination and intelligence as any other significant human activity. Imaginative Sex, Masquerade (1997), New York 1-56333-561-1, p. 13 It [the frenzy of Odin] coursed through the thronged warriors; it seemed a tangible thing, communicating itself from one to another; it was almost as though one could see it, but one could not see it, only its effects. I could trace its passage. It seemed first a ghastly infection, a plague; then it seemed like a fire, invisible and consuming; then it seemed like the touching of these men by the hands of gods, but no gods I knew, none to whom a woman or child might dare pray, but the gods of men, and of the men of Torvaldsland, the dread, harsh divinities of the cruel north, the gods of Torvaldsland. Marauders of Gor (1976), Daw Books, Chapter 17 External links Category:Science fiction authors Category:1931 births Category:Living people Category:Novelists from the United States Category:Philosophers from the United States Category:People from Chicago Category:Princeton University alumni