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Language English Media type Print (Hardback) ISBN 0-671-49449-X Originally published 1983 Genres Science Fiction, Essay | 4/5 Goodreads Publication date 1983 Pages 213 pp OCLC 9827688 Country United States of America | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nominations Locus Award for Best Collection Similar Roger Zelazny books, Science Fiction books |
Unicorn Variations is a collection of stories and essays by American author Roger Zelazny, published in 1983. The title story, "Unicorn Variation", was written as a result of Zelazny having been asked to contribute to two different upcoming anthologies — one collecting stories set in bars, and one collecting stories about unicorns. When Zelazny mentioned these requests to his close friend George R. R. Martin, Martin told Zelazny of a third upcoming anthology — one which would collect stories about chess — and jokingly suggested that Zelazny write a story about playing chess against a unicorn in a bar, so that he could sell the story three times. Zelazny did just that and then went on to win a Hugo Award for the story.
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