Peshwa literary origins

[Havard]

in the thread on Mortality radio in the Wood of the Revenant:

... I noticed (again) that Dave mentions the Horseclans series as inspiration and this still puzzles me. I did a bunch of web searching and every source seems to confirm that Adams' first published novel was also the first Horseclans book in 1975. While it might have inspired Blackmoor's evolution, it can't have inspired the 1970-71 genesis.

I'm sure it was just his memory being wrong years later, but it also explains why Horseclans keeps coming up on lists.

Huh. This made me wonder if there might have been another litereary source from the time and then it occured to me"

Nomads of Gor - 1969

The nomads are four tribes wandering the plains of Turia with great herds of "bosk". They are great horsemen, hunters, warriors, etc.

I only ever read a couple chapters of this book, but I'd bet the similarities to the hak are more than coincidental.

Cool! Definately worth looking into.

Wrt Horseclans, the fact that Dave mentioned those books specifically could suggest that he read them later and felt that they really captured the essence of how he had imagined the Peshwa, even if they were created before the books came out.

-Havard