“The Gor Project - 1: Photograph of a model attired as a Gorean “kajira” (slave-girl), wearing a Gorean “camisk” garment (i.e. a belted narrow sideless poncho worn without underwear), and with a simulated “kef” brand on her thigh, as described in John Norman’s Gor series of science-fiction books.” Photographer: Marcus J. Ranum.
Starting in 1966, but really picking up In the 1970s, John Norman started publishing his series of infamous, unreadable “Gor” novels. In his fantasy, collars were the hallmark of sex slaves, and “collared” and “enslaved” were interchangeable terms. This was probably the major source of collar-as-symbol for BDSM.
(This is Boris Vallejo’s cover to Captive of Gor, 1983.)
Boris Vallejo is my favourite artist.
“Gor” unreadable? Oh please…I loved the first four books of that fantasy series….
