Freedoms Landing - part based on Coelura - A Meeting of Minds

Nina · Nov 24 2008, 05:16 PM

Someone recently mentioned Coelura and I decided to read it again.

While reading something kept tugging at my mind, and I realized that the scene where Caissa is rescuing Murell in her speedster and following romantic involvement resembles the scene where Kris Bjornsen rescues Zainal in her flitter.

Well, the Coelura is from 1983 and Freedoms Landing is from 1995 so far as I can see in my copies, so Anne has taken a strong working scene and reused it in another connection.

I seem to remember someone mentioning that the Kris and Zainal story was first published as a short story with a different ending (and thus the same as in Coelura) but that in Freedoms Landing it was changed to prolong the suspence and make the plot work better? Do I remember wrong?

If I remember right, where is the Kris and Zainal short story printed, and is it still available for purchase? Please point me in the right direction or contredict me

edith · Nov 24 2008, 05:18 PM

Its in Get off the Unicorn and its called The Thorns of Barevi

granath · Nov 25 2008, 12:14 AM

And it was originally written for the soft porn market, if you'd believe that! :p

P'ter · Nov 25 2008, 08:26 AM

Nothing wrong in reworking a good theme: Mozart did it all the time!

Greenrider Tresa · Nov 25 2008, 01:08 PM

Of course the similarity could be a case of forgetting she already did that!

Nina · Nov 25 2008, 05:28 PM

Thank you, Edith!

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Originally Posted by Greenrider Tresa

Of course the similarity could be a case of forgetting she already did that!

I actually thought of that, but there are many similarities

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And it was originally written for the soft porn market, if you'd believe that! :p

Granath, yes it has been mentioned before

Nina · Nov 26 2008, 02:13 PM

Sorry I was wrong - it is the other way around!

The first short story was the Thorns of Barevi published in 1979, which means that Coelura came after.

I just read the Thorns of Barevi, and apart from the rape scene it is repeated in Freedoms Landing almost word for word.

Anne certainly has a gift for romantic scenes

Nov 24 2008, 05:16 PM	#1
Nina Talent Finder Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Denmark Fan of: The Talent series Now Reading: almost a book a day	Freedoms Landing - part based on Coelura Someone recently mentioned Coelura and I decided to read it again. While reading something kept tugging at my mind, and I realized that the scene where Caissa is rescuing Murell in her speedster and following romantic involvement resembles the scene where Kris Bjornsen rescues Zainal in her flitter. Well, the Coelura is from 1983 and Freedoms Landing is from 1995 so far as I can see in my copies, so Anne has taken a strong working scene and reused it in another connection. I seem to remember someone mentioning that the Kris and Zainal story was first published as a short story with a different ending (and thus the same as in Coelura) but that in Freedoms Landing it was changed to prolong the suspence and make the plot work better? Do I remember wrong? If I remember right, where is the Kris and Zainal short story printed, and is it still available for purchase? Please point me in the right direction or contredict me __________________ Nina The Rowan is my favourite! "The name rowan is believed to derive from the Norse runa - "a charm". It was often planted outside houses to ward off witches. On May Day a spray of rowan leaves was hung over doors to repel evil, and wells dressed with rowan to keep witches away. The rowan, or mountain ash, is found commonly in Scotland, sometimes clinging to a rock face."

Nov 24 2008, 05:18 PM	#2
edith Dragonrider Weyrwoman Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Delft Fan of: Most of them :) Now Reading: Don't You Have Time To Think- RP Feynman	Re: Freedoms Landing - part based on Coelura Its in Get off the Unicorn and its called The Thorns of Barevi __________________ "Should a rocket explode upon starting, it is called a "hard start." " http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypergolic

Nov 25 2008, 12:14 AM	#3
granath Talent Tower Prime Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Proud Mom! Fan of: Afra Lyon Now Reading: PiF	Re: Freedoms Landing - part based on Coelura And it was originally written for the soft porn market, if you'd believe that! :p __________________ Decaf coffee is an oxymoron. Instant coffee is an abomination. Give me the real thing and nobody gets hurt. "Do. Or do not. There is no try" -- Yoda VP of the Afra Lyon fan club!

Nov 25 2008, 08:26 AM	#4
P'ter Crafter Craftmaster Join Date: May 2006 Location: Wolverhampton Pronouns: He/him Fan of: Favorite? Now Reading: avidly	Re: Freedoms Landing - part based on Coelura Nothing wrong in reworking a good theme: Mozart did it all the time! __________________ "Truth is stranger than fiction: fiction has to make sense." Leo Rosten. "When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up." C. S. Lewis "I find television very educational. Whenever somebody switches it on I go in the other room and read a book." (attributed to Groucho Marx) The Pedants are revolting! (against bad grammar)

Nov 25 2008, 01:08 PM	#5
Greenrider Tresa The Contrary Planetary Brain Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Northern Indiana Fan of: The Ship Who Searched Now Reading: The Calhoun Collection, Nora Roberts	Re: Freedoms Landing - part based on Coelura Of course the similarity could be a case of forgetting she already did that! __________________ Thinking, understanding, reasoning, willing, call not these Soul! They are its actions, but they are not its essence. Akhenaton? (c. B.C. 1375) Egyptian King and Monotheist

Nov 26 2008, 02:13 PM	#7
Nina Talent Finder Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Denmark Fan of: The Talent series Now Reading: almost a book a day	Re: Freedoms Landing - part based on Coelura Sorry I was wrong - it is the other way around! The first short story was the Thorns of Barevi published in 1979, which means that Coelura came after. I just read the Thorns of Barevi, and apart from the rape scene it is repeated in Freedoms Landing almost word for word. Anne certainly has a gift for romantic scenes __________________ Nina The Rowan is my favourite! "The name rowan is believed to derive from the Norse runa - "a charm". It was often planted outside houses to ward off witches. On May Day a spray of rowan leaves was hung over doors to repel evil, and wells dressed with rowan to keep witches away. The rowan, or mountain ash, is found commonly in Scotland, sometimes clinging to a rock face."

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