Writing Career
Norman's fiction attained popularity in the 1970s and early 1980s with an estimated 6 to 12 million copies sold.
As of 2012, Norman's books in print include: all 25 of the previously published Gor novels, six new Gor novels, the three Telnarian Histories novels, three other novels, one collection of 30 short stories and three works of non-fiction.
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