----- Original Message ----- From: "Ronn!Blankenship" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Brin Mailing List (E-mail)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2004 12:04 AM Subject: Re: Irregulars: Help me identify a book
> At 11:16 PM 1/2/04, Horn, John wrote: > >Recently, in a fantasy RPG, our GM introduced a warrior race that I > >found very interesting. They were expert horsemen, human and > >somewhat similar to the Mongols or the Huns. What was unique about > >them was that they road small horses, almost ponies, and had spears > >attached to their saddles. > > > >The GM said they were from a book he had read sometime back. > >Unfortunately, he couldn't remember the name of the book (and/or > >series). To make matters worse, this particular GM is terrible at > >pronouncing words (you should see how he mangles some of the names > >in LOTR) and even worse at spelling. He called them "Katians" but > >couldn't remember if that was exactly right or how to spell it. > > > >I'm hoping this just might ring a bell with someone on the list who > >can point me in the right direction! > > > > It seems very vaguely familiar, but only very vaguely . . . It's ringing some distant bells for me too. Do you know if the book your GM was straight fantasy, or could it have been post-apocalyptic? Could they be a from a book by the guy who wrote a series of stories and/or novels in the late '60s or early '70s that took place after a nuclear holocaust, where there were some horsemen who had horses that had become at least semi-sentient and also psychic, and the horsemen and their horses communicated through telepathy? As I recall, all of the place names were "phonetic re-imaginings" of how to spell existing places in... as I remember it, mostly in the U.S., some fairly easy to figure out and some I never could work through. This series of novels was one of the primary influences on the original version of the RPG GammaWorld, along with some stuff by Andre Norton, Brian Aldiss, and others. Maybe it was somebody like Sterling Lanier, or Robert Adams (I seem to remember a series of books with something about Horseclans in the titles)? I haven't read much in that genre since the early 1980s... I hope that helps a little. Reggie Bautista _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
