Novel, Lo Tech SF/Fantasy
Looking for the name of a SF or fantasy novel.
I probably read this in the 70's or 80's. Believe was first published post 1960. Could be part of a larger series. My faulty memory keeps trying to tell me the author was a woman - but really not sure...
Basic plot that I can remember: Two main characters (probably human, or close) involved in some type of quest (which takes place on a planetary surface, most likely utilizing some type of non-advanced, animal-type transportation - horses perhaps). One character is a woman who has nobility in her background. The other character is her faithful assistant, a male.
Somehow, I want to say that a major sub-plot involves the woman's gradual realization of the inherent worth and "nobility" of her assistant. I want to say that the two were never lovers, but I'm not sure...
The novel was quite good, rather long (as I recall), and had quite an impact on me during my younger years.
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Looking for the name of a SF or fantasy novel.
I probably read this in the 70's or 80's. Believe was first published post 1960. Could be part of a larger series. My faulty memory keeps trying to tell me the author was a woman - but really not sure...
Basic plot that I can remember: Two main characters (probably human, or close) involved in some type of quest (which takes place on a planetary surface, most likely utilizing some type of non-advanced, animal-type transportation - horses perhaps). One character is a woman who has nobility in her background. The other character is her faithful assistant, a male.
Somehow, I want to say that a major sub-plot involves the woman's gradual realization of the inherent worth and "nobility" of her assistant. I want to say that the two were never lovers, but I'm not sure...
The novel was quite good, rather long (as I recall), and had quite an impact on me during my younger years.
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This seems a bit vague. The obvious answer is the Morgaine saga (starting with The Gate of Ivrel) by C.J. Cherryh, but there could be many more.
– DavidW
2 hours ago
@DavidW, you nailed it! Please submit an answer along these lines. I devoured the first three books in this series about 40 years ago! Still sticks with me...
– Digger
1 hour ago
Then you still have Exiles Gate to read!
– DavidW
51 mins ago
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Looking for the name of a SF or fantasy novel.
I probably read this in the 70's or 80's. Believe was first published post 1960. Could be part of a larger series. My faulty memory keeps trying to tell me the author was a woman - but really not sure...
Basic plot that I can remember: Two main characters (probably human, or close) involved in some type of quest (which takes place on a planetary surface, most likely utilizing some type of non-advanced, animal-type transportation - horses perhaps). One character is a woman who has nobility in her background. The other character is her faithful assistant, a male.
Somehow, I want to say that a major sub-plot involves the woman's gradual realization of the inherent worth and "nobility" of her assistant. I want to say that the two were never lovers, but I'm not sure...
The novel was quite good, rather long (as I recall), and had quite an impact on me during my younger years.
story-identification novel soft-sci-fi
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Looking for the name of a SF or fantasy novel.
I probably read this in the 70's or 80's. Believe was first published post 1960. Could be part of a larger series. My faulty memory keeps trying to tell me the author was a woman - but really not sure...
Basic plot that I can remember: Two main characters (probably human, or close) involved in some type of quest (which takes place on a planetary surface, most likely utilizing some type of non-advanced, animal-type transportation - horses perhaps). One character is a woman who has nobility in her background. The other character is her faithful assistant, a male.
Somehow, I want to say that a major sub-plot involves the woman's gradual realization of the inherent worth and "nobility" of her assistant. I want to say that the two were never lovers, but I'm not sure...
The novel was quite good, rather long (as I recall), and had quite an impact on me during my younger years.
story-identification novel soft-sci-fi
story-identification novel soft-sci-fi
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This seems a bit vague. The obvious answer is the Morgaine saga (starting with The Gate of Ivrel) by C.J. Cherryh, but there could be many more.
– DavidW
2 hours ago
@DavidW, you nailed it! Please submit an answer along these lines. I devoured the first three books in this series about 40 years ago! Still sticks with me...
– Digger
1 hour ago
Then you still have Exiles Gate to read!
– DavidW
51 mins ago
add a comment |
This seems a bit vague. The obvious answer is the Morgaine saga (starting with The Gate of Ivrel) by C.J. Cherryh, but there could be many more.
– DavidW
2 hours ago
@DavidW, you nailed it! Please submit an answer along these lines. I devoured the first three books in this series about 40 years ago! Still sticks with me...
– Digger
1 hour ago
Then you still have Exiles Gate to read!
– DavidW
51 mins ago
This seems a bit vague. The obvious answer is the Morgaine saga (starting with The Gate of Ivrel) by C.J. Cherryh, but there could be many more.
– DavidW
2 hours ago
This seems a bit vague. The obvious answer is the Morgaine saga (starting with The Gate of Ivrel) by C.J. Cherryh, but there could be many more.
– DavidW
2 hours ago
@DavidW, you nailed it! Please submit an answer along these lines. I devoured the first three books in this series about 40 years ago! Still sticks with me...
– Digger
1 hour ago
@DavidW, you nailed it! Please submit an answer along these lines. I devoured the first three books in this series about 40 years ago! Still sticks with me...
– Digger
1 hour ago
Then you still have Exiles Gate to read!
– DavidW
51 mins ago
Then you still have Exiles Gate to read!
– DavidW
51 mins ago
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From the description, the story that leaps to mind is Gate of Ivrel and the following books of the Morgaine saga by C.J. Cherryh.
C.J. Cherryh is a female author, check.
Morgaine is a powerful (not technically aristocratic, but competent, sophisticated and old beyond her apparent years, so able to fake it) woman on a quest to destroy the gate of the title and all others like it.
Nhi Vanye i Chya is a young sub-noble (merely a dai-uyo as I believe he puts it) warrior who is outcast from his family and joins Morgaine on her quest.
Initially Morgaine merely tolerates Nhi Vanye as a local guide, intending to abandon him when she closes the gate. But they are pursued through the gate, cutting him off from his homeland with no way to return, so she keeps him. Eventually (in later books) she trusts and values him enough to entrust her quest to him in the event she should fall.
answered 53 mins ago
DavidWDavidW
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I was thinking of those books, too. A trilogy in the late 1970s, and then a fourth one in the late 80s where Cherryh finally gave in and let the two of them start having a love affair. (Previously, it had been made pretty darn clear that this wasn't going to happen, and I felt it was a mistake on her part to reverse herself.)
– Lorendiac
26 mins ago
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From the description, the story that leaps to mind is Gate of Ivrel and the following books of the Morgaine saga by C.J. Cherryh.
C.J. Cherryh is a female author, check.
Morgaine is a powerful (not technically aristocratic, but competent, sophisticated and old beyond her apparent years, so able to fake it) woman on a quest to destroy the gate of the title and all others like it.
Nhi Vanye i Chya is a young sub-noble (merely a dai-uyo as I believe he puts it) warrior who is outcast from his family and joins Morgaine on her quest.
Initially Morgaine merely tolerates Nhi Vanye as a local guide, intending to abandon him when she closes the gate. But they are pursued through the gate, cutting him off from his homeland with no way to return, so she keeps him. Eventually (in later books) she trusts and values him enough to entrust her quest to him in the event she should fall.
answered 53 mins ago
DavidWDavidW
2,8911841
I was thinking of those books, too. A trilogy in the late 1970s, and then a fourth one in the late 80s where Cherryh finally gave in and let the two of them start having a love affair. (Previously, it had been made pretty darn clear that this wasn't going to happen, and I felt it was a mistake on her part to reverse herself.)
– Lorendiac
26 mins ago
add a comment |
From the description, the story that leaps to mind is Gate of Ivrel and the following books of the Morgaine saga by C.J. Cherryh.
C.J. Cherryh is a female author, check.
Morgaine is a powerful (not technically aristocratic, but competent, sophisticated and old beyond her apparent years, so able to fake it) woman on a quest to destroy the gate of the title and all others like it.
Nhi Vanye i Chya is a young sub-noble (merely a dai-uyo as I believe he puts it) warrior who is outcast from his family and joins Morgaine on her quest.
Initially Morgaine merely tolerates Nhi Vanye as a local guide, intending to abandon him when she closes the gate. But they are pursued through the gate, cutting him off from his homeland with no way to return, so she keeps him. Eventually (in later books) she trusts and values him enough to entrust her quest to him in the event she should fall.
answered 53 mins ago
DavidWDavidW
2,8911841
I was thinking of those books, too. A trilogy in the late 1970s, and then a fourth one in the late 80s where Cherryh finally gave in and let the two of them start having a love affair. (Previously, it had been made pretty darn clear that this wasn't going to happen, and I felt it was a mistake on her part to reverse herself.)
– Lorendiac
26 mins ago
add a comment |
From the description, the story that leaps to mind is Gate of Ivrel and the following books of the Morgaine saga by C.J. Cherryh.
C.J. Cherryh is a female author, check.
Morgaine is a powerful (not technically aristocratic, but competent, sophisticated and old beyond her apparent years, so able to fake it) woman on a quest to destroy the gate of the title and all others like it.
Nhi Vanye i Chya is a young sub-noble (merely a dai-uyo as I believe he puts it) warrior who is outcast from his family and joins Morgaine on her quest.
Initially Morgaine merely tolerates Nhi Vanye as a local guide, intending to abandon him when she closes the gate. But they are pursued through the gate, cutting him off from his homeland with no way to return, so she keeps him. Eventually (in later books) she trusts and values him enough to entrust her quest to him in the event she should fall.
answered 53 mins ago
DavidWDavidW
2,8911841
From the description, the story that leaps to mind is Gate of Ivrel and the following books of the Morgaine saga by C.J. Cherryh.
C.J. Cherryh is a female author, check.
Morgaine is a powerful (not technically aristocratic, but competent, sophisticated and old beyond her apparent years, so able to fake it) woman on a quest to destroy the gate of the title and all others like it.
Nhi Vanye i Chya is a young sub-noble (merely a dai-uyo as I believe he puts it) warrior who is outcast from his family and joins Morgaine on her quest.
Initially Morgaine merely tolerates Nhi Vanye as a local guide, intending to abandon him when she closes the gate. But they are pursued through the gate, cutting him off from his homeland with no way to return, so she keeps him. Eventually (in later books) she trusts and values him enough to entrust her quest to him in the event she should fall.
answered 53 mins ago
DavidWDavidW
2,8911841
answered 53 mins ago
DavidWDavidW
2,8911841
answered 53 mins ago
DavidWDavidW
2,8911841
answered 53 mins ago
DavidWDavidW
2,8911841
2,8911841
I was thinking of those books, too. A trilogy in the late 1970s, and then a fourth one in the late 80s where Cherryh finally gave in and let the two of them start having a love affair. (Previously, it had been made pretty darn clear that this wasn't going to happen, and I felt it was a mistake on her part to reverse herself.)
– Lorendiac
26 mins ago
add a comment |
I was thinking of those books, too. A trilogy in the late 1970s, and then a fourth one in the late 80s where Cherryh finally gave in and let the two of them start having a love affair. (Previously, it had been made pretty darn clear that this wasn't going to happen, and I felt it was a mistake on her part to reverse herself.)
– Lorendiac
26 mins ago
I was thinking of those books, too. A trilogy in the late 1970s, and then a fourth one in the late 80s where Cherryh finally gave in and let the two of them start having a love affair. (Previously, it had been made pretty darn clear that this wasn't going to happen, and I felt it was a mistake on her part to reverse herself.)
– Lorendiac
26 mins ago
I was thinking of those books, too. A trilogy in the late 1970s, and then a fourth one in the late 80s where Cherryh finally gave in and let the two of them start having a love affair. (Previously, it had been made pretty darn clear that this wasn't going to happen, and I felt it was a mistake on her part to reverse herself.)
– Lorendiac
26 mins ago
add a comment |
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This seems a bit vague. The obvious answer is the Morgaine saga (starting with The Gate of Ivrel) by C.J. Cherryh, but there could be many more.
– DavidW
2 hours ago
@DavidW, you nailed it! Please submit an answer along these lines. I devoured the first three books in this series about 40 years ago! Still sticks with me...
– Digger
1 hour ago
Then you still have Exiles Gate to read!
– DavidW
51 mins ago