The Coelura
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780934438742 (0934438749)
Publish date: May 1st 1983
Publisher: Underwood-Miller
Pages no: 77
Edition language: English
Caissa is the body-heir of Baythan, an exceptional hunter and all-around perfect specimen of manhood (no really – much is made of his excellent genetic pattern). Caissa is now old enough that she should start considering bearing her own body-heir, but she isn't happy with the man her father suggests...
Her father wants Lady Caissa to consider an aliance with someone she does not like at all. When Lady Caissa goes hunting to take her mind off her problems, she meets someone that makes her wonder what could be. Lady Caissa also will meet the Coelura. A species that makes clothes that are thought t...
This short story was lovely for me. I read this years ago, yet I still remember it. This was the first story I've read where the futuristic world had children contracted. Then the parent gets to choose who keeps the kid. In spite of this, the Coelura totally captured my attention. I thought, I ...