Any Horseclans fans here?

3rd Eye · Post by **3rd Eye** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 9:31 pm

The Horseclans, by Robert Adams

I'm a proud owner of all 18 original paperbacks (with the Ken Kelly covers!), and I regard the Horseclans books as some of the best action-oriented, militaristic Sci-Fi/Fantasy that I've ever read.

However, I've never met more than a handful of other people who've read the books, or even heard of them. Am I the only one here?

Treebore · Post by **Treebore** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 9:34 pm

What does "Bili the AXE RULEZ!!" tell you?
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Philotomy Jurament · Post by **Philotomy Jurament** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 9:47 pm

Man, I loved those books. I used to have all of them, but I don't know what happened to them; they may be in my parent's attic.

I loved his Castaways in Time series, too.

(There's a GURPS Horseclans sourcebook, but I don't have it.)

SavageRobby · Post by **SavageRobby** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 9:49 pm

I think I had the first 14. Maybe more. I loved them. Of course, I was 15 at the time.
Bili was okay, but Milo was THE MAN.

(And I still close one eye when going from a light room to a dark and vice versa.)

Post by **Breakdaddy** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 11:43 pm

Nevah hoid of it.

jamesmishler · Post by **jamesmishler** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 10:50 pm

Oh hells yes. I love the Horseclans series. A major influence on all my games, really, but most especially the PA games, of course. My copies of all 18 books (plus the two short story anthologies) sit on the shelf right next to ERB's John Carter series and right above my David Gemmell shelf.

There is a STRONG Ehleen influence in the character of the High Viridians in the Wilderlands of High Adventure; you get only a taste of that in the Tell Qa book, as the High Viridian presence in the town is small and influence is weak (many High Viridians in Tell Qa are actually expats from the CSWE, exiled for political and similar indiscretions).

I'd love to publish a Horseclans RPG; it would just be too expensive at this time...
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SavageRobby · Post by **SavageRobby** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 12:01 pm

Hmm. That is an interesting parallel, one I'll have to explore.

I've been toying with making the High Viridians elves, akin to the Draegarans in Brust's Vlad series, and thus Common Viridians become half-elves (and doing the same for some other select groups like the Orichalans and Valonians & Common Orichalans & Valonians). But for the Viridians, the Ehleen culture fits quite nicely.

magehammer · Post by **magehammer** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 1:59 pm

I read a few, but they were a bit too "gritty" or adult or something. I lost interest. I have the first five, though. I like the idea for the world it takes place in.
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Post by **finarvyn** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 1:17 pm

I own the whole set (plus the GURPS Horseclans book) but must confess that I never made it through the whole series. Somehow I always got sidetracked, then time would pass so I would start the series over, and again never make it through 18 books before I got sidetracked again....

Treebore · Post by **Treebore** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 6:00 pm

finarvyn wrote:
I own the whole set (plus the GURPS Horseclans book) but must confess that I never made it through the whole series. Somehow I always got sidetracked, then time would pass so I would start the series over, and again never make it through 18 books before I got sidetracked again....

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Post by **finarvyn** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 9:00 pm

Hey, it's the story of my life.

Any time a new book comes out I always want to re-read a series from the start but I never get through it all so I have all of these unread books that look really good on my shelf.
It's a curse.
By the way -- I have the entire series in paperback but was looking to find them in a text doc becasue the print in the paperbacks is kind of small. (Darned poor vision and tired eyes make them hard to read. ) I have found something called a "torrent" where they claim you can download some of this stuff, but I have no idea what a torrent is and don't seem to be having luck downloading. Porject Gutenburg doesn't seem to have them, either. Anyone know where I can find these online?