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       The Justification of Freeport
   DIR By: High Captain Song
       Date: May 17, 2024, 10:22 am
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       Some may wonder if there is a city called Freeport in the books
       of John Norman.
       There is not.
       However, there are many "free ports" in the area where we have
       set Freeport. Most of them have not been described in the
       chronicles beyond a name.
       From Raiders of Gor, p. 137
       "My four commercial voyages had been among the exchange islands,
       or free islands, in Thassa, administered as free ports by
       members of the Merchants. There were several such islands.
       Three, which I encountered frequently in my voyages, were
       Teletus, and, south of it, Tabor, named for the drum, which it
       resembles, and, to the north, among the northern islands,
       Scagnar. Others were Farnacium, Hulneth and Asperiche. I did not
       go as far south as Anango or Ianda, or as far north as Hunjer or
       Skjern, west of Torvaldsland. These islands, with occasional
       free ports on the coast, north and south of the Gorean equator,
       such as Lydius and Helmutsport, and Schendi and Bazi, make
       possible the commerce between Cos and Tyros, and the mainland,
       and its cities, such as Ko-ro-ba, Thentis, Tor, Ar, Turia, and
       many others."
       As such, the text supports the idea that there are many exchange
       islands and "free ports" that have not been specifically named.
       It also describes some of the ones which are named, but not in
       detail. Indeed, this passage is the only place where some of
       these islands (like Hulneth and Farnacium) are named, much less
       described!
       A full accounting of the named islands and what is known of them
       can be found in Scroll 42: Islands of Thassa
  HTML http://goreducation.atspace.com/id71.htm
       on Luther's Gorean
       Essays. (Luther's site
  HTML http://goreducation.atspace.com/id3.htm,
       incidentally, is one of
       the finest depositories of Gorean lore in existence and the one
       I swear by for fact-checking.)
       Most of these islands are little more than a name on a map. And
       the maps of Gor are notoriously unreliable.
       Additionally, PoD already has several rooms based upon these
       islands, in which nothing is written of them in John Norman's
       work beyond the name.
       Given all that, why then can there not be an island simply
       called Freeport?
       No reason we can think of.
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       Re: The Justification of Freeport
   DIR By: guest43
       Date: December 5, 2025, 4:00 pm
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       --- Quote from: Martin Longbow link ---
       >
       > Given all that, why then can there not be an island simply
       called Freeport?
       >
       > No reason we can think of.
       >
       --- End Quote ---
       I like this a lot. I often wondered why so many constrict
       themselves to what is written in the novels. Some places over
       the years I have found offered very little outside of the box
       thinking. It's possible to think of new things which can be very
       much in the vein of Gor and still be within the confides of the
       books. This right here is a perfect example of that. Two things
       I like about this place so far. Hope you don't mind my comments.
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