I had given up on the Gor series, because, well, it's pulp. And not my particular kind of pulp. Somebody suggested that the third book is better and I gave it another go. I must say that it is better than the first two. I love myself a good alien overlord background. But I just cannot get over the main character. It's not only the treatment of women in the Gor universe, but he has no character traits I could enjoy. That is what makes me abandon the series for good.