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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. This text refers to an alternate Mass Market Paperback edition.

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5.0�toiles sur 5 Short gems from master storyteller!, Ao� 30 2002

Par	Dawn M. Smoker (Mechanicsburg, PA USA) - Voir tous mes commentaires

This review is from: Get Off the Unicorn (Mass Market Paperback)

Ms. McCaffrey's collection of short stories, Get Off the Unicorn, is a treasure trove of great little stories. Some of them, like Daughter, Dull Drums, and Finder's Keeper are great example of McCaffrey's skill at creating characters you love in just a handful of pages. One story that really hit home for me was called A Proper Santa Claus. It is about a very creative young boy who is very gently crushed by the adults about him into what they believe is a proper use of his talent. The end always makes me cry. I think all teachers and parents should be made to read this story!

But the coolest part of this excellent collection of short stories is that it is the source for several of her best series:
Apple -- The Talent Series
Thorns of Barevi -- The Freedom Series
Lady in the Tower -- The Rowan
A Meeting of Minds -- Damia

And there is even a Pern story, The Littlest Dragonboy and a Brainship story called Honeymoon about Helva and Niall Parollan. A great collection!

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5.0�toiles sur 5 ..., Sep 21 2001

Par	"perfumegirl101" (Los Angeles, Ca USA) - Voir tous mes commentaires

This review is from: Get Off the Unicorn (Mass Market Paperback)

Yes, it's a collection of short stories...but it's the beginning of so many books by Anne McCaffrey that it's a fascinating look at how one short story can bloom into a series. This book includes short stories that she later developed into the "Rowan", "Pegasus", and "Freedom" series. It also includes stories about Halva (The Ship Who Sang), Keevan (The Dragonriders of Pern-he later becomes a Weyrleader), and many other characters that you normally wouldn't pay much attention to. All in all, an engaging read that shows you the beginning of a writing empire!

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3.0�toiles sur 5 Somewhat of a disappointment..., Juil 26 2001

Par	Katrina McK "katrinamac" (IL) - Voir tous mes commentaires

This review is from: Get Off the Unicorn (Mass Market Paperback)

I bought this book, hoping for dragons. Not neccessarily Pern, but something fantastic, like unicorns (as the title SUGGESTS) or goblins or even horses, like Ms. McCaffrey normally does. Something fun ^_^ Unfortunately, no such luck. While I highly admire Ms. McCaffrey's work, I will be blunt and say that perhaps it would be best if these short stories remained short stories. Forever. The main reason, however, that I gave the book three stars? For the only Pernese short story of the book, "The Littlest Dragon Boy", which I thought was the gem in the rough. It was sweet :)

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4.0�toiles sur 5 A mixed bag, but has some goodies you can't get elsewhere.
I'll at least mention all 13 stories, none of which have anything to do with Acorna, to the best of my limited knowledge of that book. Read more

Publi� le F�v 19 2001 par Michele L. Worley

5.0�toiles sur 5 Excellent collection of short stories
I think that there are a large number of excellent short stories in this book, and a few duds. I enjoyed the story of 'The Littlest Dragonboy' and the tales of the psychics of... Read more

Publi� le Nov. 14 1998

4.0�toiles sur 5 It had a bit of everything!
I loved to read this book because not only did you see some stories you never heard you also read some stories that were later altered to make a whole series!

Publi� le Ao� 23 1998