Blackmoor reading list

[finarvyn]

The Gor books (first three) were obviously influential as was Robert adams Horseclan novels.

The Gor books get a lot of heat nowadays because of the style that the series eventually took, but there is no doubt that the early Gor books are at-heart somewhat classic "sword and planet" style stories. As far as which books, exactly, I just checked and book #3 came out in 1969 so at least the first three would have been out there for Dave to read. (#8 was pubished in 1974, so if we pin down a specific date we could decide which books were "in" or "out".) And we know that Gor had a direct influence on Blackmoor because of (1) tarns, and (2) white/red silk slave girls. Both are in the FFC.

The Horseclans novels are harder to pin down, because they seem more of a philosopical inspiration rather than a direct "copy-paste" of a setting into Dave's world. Indeed, Coming of the Horseclans (book #1 of the series) was published in 1975, so it couldn't have had any direct impact on early Blackmoor development.