Get Off the Unicorn

Anne McCaffrey

Ballantine Books, 1984 - Fiction - 303 pages

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

• Daughter: 27
• Dull Drums: 59
• Weather on Welladay: 117

About the author

Anne McCaffrey was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts on April 1, 1926. She received a degree in Slavonic languages from Radcliffe College. She worked in advertising for Helena Rubenstein from 1947 to 1952. Her first publication was a short story in Science Fiction Magazine, and her first novel, Restoree, was published in 1967. She is a well-known author of over 100 books, mostly science fiction, including the Dragonriders of Pern series, the Crystal Singer series, Acorna's Children series, The Twins of Petaybee series, and Barque Cats series. She won numerous awards including the Hugo Award for Best Novella for the short story Weyr Search in 1968 and the Nebula Award for Best Novella for Dragonrider in 1969. In 2006, she was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame. She has also written books under the pseudonym Jody Lynn. She died of a stroke on November 21, 2011 at the age of 85.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Get Off the Unicorn; Del Rey science fiction
• Author: Anne McCaffrey
• Edition: reprint
• Publisher: Ballantine Books, 1984
• ISBN: 0345320360, 9780345320360
• Length: 303 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / Fantasy / General; Fiction / Science Fiction / General