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Originally Posted by Katsunami
[...]And of course, it's always bigger than expected... I need some horses, because I've got some serious distance to cover. Damn. I don't know anything about horses, let alone medieval ones. I must watch out that I don't write any unrealistic stuff. Fantasy is fantasy, but a normal horse apparently can't travel at 25 mph for 8 hours on a stretch, despite what the movies say.[...]
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Maybe a normal horse can't, but a fantasy horse may well be able to. I'm thinking here of the wonderful Ranyhyn of The Chronicles of Thomas Convenant. Here's a curious quote from Stephen Donaldson's website (the gradual interview):
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I do have some extended experience with horses. (Experience which taught me to dislike them vehemently. Which in turn makes me singularly proud of my "success" with the Ranyhyn--such as it is.)
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I find that fascinating given the portrayal of the horses in the novels. But the point is (as made on another thread) that you can do it, just as long as you do it deliberately and not by mistake.