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Get Off the Unicorn

by Anne McCaffrey · 1977

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Open these pages and discover 14 remarkable stories of fantasy by a grand master of the genre. A wonderful writer, as well as successful and beloved by fans across the world, Anne McCaffrey has created an exciting collection of telepaths, secret gifts, dangerous missions, dragonriders, and more.

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Contents:

Lady in the Tower.—A Meeting of Minds.—Daughter.—Dull Drums.—Changeling.—Weather on Welladay.—The Thorns of Barevi.—Horse From a Different Sea.—Great Canine Chorus.—Finder's Keeper.—A Proper Santa Claus.—The Smallest Dragonboy.—Apple.—Honeymoon.

Genre
aliens and first contactscience fictiondragonsfantasyparanormal
Themes
psychic
Setting
futuristic
Subject
science
Audience
adultyoung adult
Length
medium · 303 pages
Form
short stories

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