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On the other hand, before one is moved to pity or contempt, it should be recognized that most Goreans, for example, have access to a complex oral tradition, abetted by singers, story tellers, and such, and, too, that literacy is not as needed on Gor, nor is it as prized on Gor, as it is in certain other cultures. - (Blood Brothers of Gor, Chapter 2, Sentence #57)

Some masters prefer such women; others do not. Many Goreans, incidentally, particularly of the lower castes, and particularly in rural areas, are illiterate. They may, of course, have recourse to scribes, some of whom are itinerant, or traveling merchants, usually peddlers, who, for a modest fee, or in the case of the merchants, or peddlers, sometimes for free, for good will, will read letters for them, write letters, and so on. On the other hand, before one is moved to pity or contempt, it should be recognized that most Goreans, for example, have access to a complex oral tradition, abetted by singers, story tellers, and such, and, too, that literacy is not as needed on Gor, nor is it as prized on Gor, as it is in certain other cultures. I would suppose that almost any Gorean, even of the Peasants, who wishes to learn to read or write could do so, but many find these skills of little interest or use. Too, for example, many warriors, despite being of high caste, take great pride in being strangers to letters. Many seem to feel that literacy is something to conceal if one is a warrior; that literacy is for, say, poets, or scribes, and not something appropriate for those trained to the mud of the field or the reins of the tarn, for those whose province it is to do war, to command, to fight and rule. - (Blood Brothers of Gor, Chapter 2)