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A review by thatgirlwiththeteapot
Unicorns! by Frank Owen, Harlan Ellison, Beverly Evans, Ursula K. Le Guin, Theodore Sturgeon, Vonda N. McIntyre, L. Sprague de Camp, Gene Wolfe, Eric Norden, Gardner Dozois, Jack Dann, Stephen R. Donaldson, Avram Davidson, T.H. White, Roger Zelazny, Thomas Burnett Swann, Larry Niven
3.0
Most of the stories in this anthology were really quite good, but as with most anthologies, some were much better then others.
I'm sorry to say that what I consider to be the worst story in this collection is the first, "The Spoor of The Unicorn." It was, quite frankly, extremely strange. It was like an entry from an very confused encyclopedia, making weird connections and bringing up points only for the author to say "(I'm making this up, for pity's sake! Don't quote me.)" OR to simply move on with out explaining what a tangent on speech therapy has to do with Unicorns.
And while that was the most disappointing, some of the others were strange, moving farther into Sci-fi then one would expect. Some of these, particularly Vonda N. McIntyre's "Elfeda," were quite good, where others, like Larry Niven's "The Flight of the Horse" were so caught up in the science aspects that the unicorn felt over-looked.
Of course, there were others that stuck to a more traditional unicorn story, such as Theodore Sturgeon's "Silken Swift" (which was marvelous) and Bev Evans "The Forsaken" (which was... interesting?).
Overall, I do recommend picking up a copy if you manage to come across one, but I also highly recommend skipping the first story.
I'm sorry to say that what I consider to be the worst story in this collection is the first, "The Spoor of The Unicorn." It was, quite frankly, extremely strange. It was like an entry from an very confused encyclopedia, making weird connections and bringing up points only for the author to say "(I'm making this up, for pity's sake! Don't quote me.)" OR to simply move on with out explaining what a tangent on speech therapy has to do with Unicorns.
And while that was the most disappointing, some of the others were strange, moving farther into Sci-fi then one would expect. Some of these, particularly Vonda N. McIntyre's "Elfeda," were quite good, where others, like Larry Niven's "The Flight of the Horse" were so caught up in the science aspects that the unicorn felt over-looked.
Of course, there were others that stuck to a more traditional unicorn story, such as Theodore Sturgeon's "Silken Swift" (which was marvelous) and Bev Evans "The Forsaken" (which was... interesting?).
Overall, I do recommend picking up a copy if you manage to come across one, but I also highly recommend skipping the first story.