Novel, Lo Tech SF/Fantasy, Powerful Woman, Male Assistant, Quest, Trilogy [duplicate]
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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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Fantasy novel, magic sword and different worlds
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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
asked Mar 22 at 20:48
DiggerDigger
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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
Mar 22 at 21:08
@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
Mar 22 at 22:15
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Then you still have Exiles Gate to read!
– DavidW
Mar 22 at 22:28
Addressing the observations wrt "duplicate question": I agree that the associated link does ask the same question as I did. However, said link did not appear in any of my several search attempts. By leaving my current question as is, perhaps a future searcher would have better luck than did I...just a thought. I will, however, in good faith, tinker with the title a bit...
– Digger
Mar 24 at 17:57
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Digger, please note that your question being marked as a duplicate does not mean that either it or your asking of it is a problem. Duplicate questions are linked (see top of sidebar at right) to allow sharing of summary information, because, as you note, this can help future searchers. Welcome to the stack!
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Fantasy novel, magic sword and different worlds
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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
asked Mar 22 at 20:48
DiggerDigger
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This question already has an answer here:
Fantasy novel, magic sword and different worlds
1 answer
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.
This question already has an answer here:
Fantasy novel, magic sword and different worlds
1 answer
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
Mar 22 at 21:08
@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
Mar 22 at 22:15
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Then you still have Exiles Gate to read!
– DavidW
Mar 22 at 22:28
Addressing the observations wrt "duplicate question": I agree that the associated link does ask the same question as I did. However, said link did not appear in any of my several search attempts. By leaving my current question as is, perhaps a future searcher would have better luck than did I...just a thought. I will, however, in good faith, tinker with the title a bit...
– Digger
Mar 24 at 17:57
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Digger, please note that your question being marked as a duplicate does not mean that either it or your asking of it is a problem. Duplicate questions are linked (see top of sidebar at right) to allow sharing of summary information, because, as you note, this can help future searchers. Welcome to the stack!
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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
Mar 22 at 21:08
@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
Mar 22 at 22:15
1
Then you still have Exiles Gate to read!
– DavidW
Mar 22 at 22:28
Addressing the observations wrt "duplicate question": I agree that the associated link does ask the same question as I did. However, said link did not appear in any of my several search attempts. By leaving my current question as is, perhaps a future searcher would have better luck than did I...just a thought. I will, however, in good faith, tinker with the title a bit...
– Digger
Mar 24 at 17:57
1
Digger, please note that your question being marked as a duplicate does not mean that either it or your asking of it is a problem. Duplicate questions are linked (see top of sidebar at right) to allow sharing of summary information, because, as you note, this can help future searchers. Welcome to the stack!
– Otis
Mar 25 at 5:07
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
Mar 22 at 21:08
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
Mar 22 at 21:08
@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
Mar 22 at 22:15
@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
Mar 22 at 22:15
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Then you still have Exiles Gate to read!
– DavidW
Mar 22 at 22:28
Then you still have Exiles Gate to read!
– DavidW
Mar 22 at 22:28
Addressing the observations wrt "duplicate question": I agree that the associated link does ask the same question as I did. However, said link did not appear in any of my several search attempts. By leaving my current question as is, perhaps a future searcher would have better luck than did I...just a thought. I will, however, in good faith, tinker with the title a bit...
– Digger
Mar 24 at 17:57
Addressing the observations wrt "duplicate question": I agree that the associated link does ask the same question as I did. However, said link did not appear in any of my several search attempts. By leaving my current question as is, perhaps a future searcher would have better luck than did I...just a thought. I will, however, in good faith, tinker with the title a bit...
– Digger
Mar 24 at 17:57
1
1
Digger, please note that your question being marked as a duplicate does not mean that either it or your asking of it is a problem. Duplicate questions are linked (see top of sidebar at right) to allow sharing of summary information, because, as you note, this can help future searchers. Welcome to the stack!
– Otis
Mar 25 at 5:07
Digger, please note that your question being marked as a duplicate does not mean that either it or your asking of it is a problem. Duplicate questions are linked (see top of sidebar at right) to allow sharing of summary information, because, as you note, this can help future searchers. Welcome to the stack!
– Otis
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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.
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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
Mar 22 at 22:53
@Lorendiac ymmv! I thought it showed that Morgaine now considered Vanye an equal (or at least a partner not an underling) and that Vanye saw himself as a partner. I have a print of the Exile's Gate cover.
– mkennedy
Mar 23 at 16:43
@mkennedy I kinda agree with Lorendiac. Even if Morgaine has come to accept Vanye as a partner, it's still a bit of a betrayal of her absolute commitment to her quest.
– DavidW
Mar 23 at 17:37
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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 Mar 22 at 22:26
DavidWDavidW
3,30011047
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
Mar 22 at 22:53
@Lorendiac ymmv! I thought it showed that Morgaine now considered Vanye an equal (or at least a partner not an underling) and that Vanye saw himself as a partner. I have a print of the Exile's Gate cover.
– mkennedy
Mar 23 at 16:43
@mkennedy I kinda agree with Lorendiac. Even if Morgaine has come to accept Vanye as a partner, it's still a bit of a betrayal of her absolute commitment to her quest.
– DavidW
Mar 23 at 17:37
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 Mar 22 at 22:26
DavidWDavidW
3,30011047
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
Mar 22 at 22:53
@Lorendiac ymmv! I thought it showed that Morgaine now considered Vanye an equal (or at least a partner not an underling) and that Vanye saw himself as a partner. I have a print of the Exile's Gate cover.
– mkennedy
Mar 23 at 16:43
@mkennedy I kinda agree with Lorendiac. Even if Morgaine has come to accept Vanye as a partner, it's still a bit of a betrayal of her absolute commitment to her quest.
– DavidW
Mar 23 at 17:37
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 Mar 22 at 22:26
DavidWDavidW
3,30011047
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 Mar 22 at 22:26
DavidWDavidW
3,30011047
answered Mar 22 at 22:26
DavidWDavidW
3,30011047
answered Mar 22 at 22:26
DavidWDavidW
3,30011047
answered Mar 22 at 22:26
DavidWDavidW
3,30011047
3,30011047
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
Mar 22 at 22:53
@Lorendiac ymmv! I thought it showed that Morgaine now considered Vanye an equal (or at least a partner not an underling) and that Vanye saw himself as a partner. I have a print of the Exile's Gate cover.
– mkennedy
Mar 23 at 16:43
@mkennedy I kinda agree with Lorendiac. Even if Morgaine has come to accept Vanye as a partner, it's still a bit of a betrayal of her absolute commitment to her quest.
– DavidW
Mar 23 at 17:37
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
Mar 22 at 22:53
@Lorendiac ymmv! I thought it showed that Morgaine now considered Vanye an equal (or at least a partner not an underling) and that Vanye saw himself as a partner. I have a print of the Exile's Gate cover.
– mkennedy
Mar 23 at 16:43
@mkennedy I kinda agree with Lorendiac. Even if Morgaine has come to accept Vanye as a partner, it's still a bit of a betrayal of her absolute commitment to her quest.
– DavidW
Mar 23 at 17:37
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
Mar 22 at 22:53
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
Mar 22 at 22:53
@Lorendiac ymmv! I thought it showed that Morgaine now considered Vanye an equal (or at least a partner not an underling) and that Vanye saw himself as a partner. I have a print of the Exile's Gate cover.
– mkennedy
Mar 23 at 16:43
@Lorendiac ymmv! I thought it showed that Morgaine now considered Vanye an equal (or at least a partner not an underling) and that Vanye saw himself as a partner. I have a print of the Exile's Gate cover.
– mkennedy
Mar 23 at 16:43
@mkennedy I kinda agree with Lorendiac. Even if Morgaine has come to accept Vanye as a partner, it's still a bit of a betrayal of her absolute commitment to her quest.
– DavidW
Mar 23 at 17:37
@mkennedy I kinda agree with Lorendiac. Even if Morgaine has come to accept Vanye as a partner, it's still a bit of a betrayal of her absolute commitment to her quest.
– DavidW
Mar 23 at 17:37
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
Mar 22 at 21:08
@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
Mar 22 at 22:15
1
Then you still have Exiles Gate to read!
– DavidW
Mar 22 at 22:28
Addressing the observations wrt "duplicate question": I agree that the associated link does ask the same question as I did. However, said link did not appear in any of my several search attempts. By leaving my current question as is, perhaps a future searcher would have better luck than did I...just a thought. I will, however, in good faith, tinker with the title a bit...
– Digger
Mar 24 at 17:57
1
Digger, please note that your question being marked as a duplicate does not mean that either it or your asking of it is a problem. Duplicate questions are linked (see top of sidebar at right) to allow sharing of summary information, because, as you note, this can help future searchers. Welcome to the stack!
– Otis
Mar 25 at 5:07