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Title: Unicorn Variation

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Title: Unicorn Variation Title Record # 40831
Author: Roger Zelazny
Date: 1981-04-13
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Language: English
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Other Titles

Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1984First published in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine; April 13th 1981 as "Unicorn Variation".
Unicorn Variations
Year Language Title
1982Translated by Uta McKechneay
German Die Einhorn-Variante
1983 French Les licornes sont contagieuses
1983Translated by 風見潤 (Jun Kazami)
Japanese
ユニコーン・ヴァリエーション?Yunikōn Variēshon
Yunikoon Varieeshon
[as by ]
1984Translated by Antonio Bellomi
Italian La variante dell'unicorno
1985Translated by Astrid Pape
German Einhorn-Varianten
1991Translated by Danuta Górska
Polish
Wariant jednorożca?Wariant jednorozca
1991
  • Translated by Zoran Jakšić
Serbian Varijacija jednorog [as by
Rodžer Zelazni?Rodzher Zelazni
]
2001Translated by Gaetano Luigi Staffilano
Italian La variante dell'unicorno

Awards

Place Year and Award Category
1 1982 Hugo Best Novelette
2 1982 Locus Best Novelette
Win (as
ユニコーン・ヴァリエーション?Yunikōn Variēshon
Yunikoon Varieeshon
)
1984 Seiun Best Translated Short Story

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, April 13, 1981 1981-04-13 ed. George H. Scithers Davis Publications  
$1.50?$: US dollar
180
digest?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".
mag Robert Crawford Checkmark
Unicorns! 1982-05-00 ed. Jack Dann, Gardner Dozois Ace Books 0-441-85441-9
$2.75?$: US dollar
310
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
anth  
Pawn to Infinity 1982-06-00 ed. Fred Saberhagen, Joan Saberhagen Ace Books 0-441-65482-7
$2.50?$: US dollar
[8]+
258
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
anth Checkmark
The Year's Best Fantasy Stories: 8 1982-10-00 ed. Arthur W. Saha DAW Books (DAW Collectors #501) 0-87997-770-1 / UE1770
$2.50?$: US dollar
191
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
anth Oliviero Berni Checkmark
The Year's Best Fantasy Stories: 8 1982-10-00 ed. Arthur W. Saha DAW Books / New American Library of Canada 0-87997-770-1 / UE1770
C$2.95?C$: Canadian dollar
191
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
anth Oliviero Berni Checkmark
Unicorns! 1982-11-00 ed. Jack Dann, Gardner Dozois Ace Books 0-441-85442-7
$2.95?$: US dollar
310
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
anth Checkmark
Unicorn Variations 1983-10-00 Roger Zelazny Timescape Books 0-671-49449-X
$14.95?$: US dollar
252
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Gerry Daly Checkmark
Unicorn Variations 1984-02-00 Roger Zelazny Timescape Books / SFBC 3555
$3.98?$: US dollar
x+
213
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Gerry Daly Checkmark
Unicorns! 1984-06-00 ed. Jack Dann, Gardner Dozois Ace Books 0-441-85443-5
$2.95?$: US dollar
310
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
anth Checkmark
Unicorn Variations 1985-12-00 Roger Zelazny Sphere 0-7221-9415-3
£2.50?£: UK pound
254
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Peter Goodfellow Checkmark
Unicorn Variations 1986-00-00 Roger Zelazny Sphere 0-7221-9415-3
£2.50?£: UK pound
252
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Peter Goodfellow Checkmark
The Hugo Winners, Volume 5: 1980-1982 1986-04-00 ed. Isaac Asimov Doubleday 0-385-18946-X
$18.95?$: US dollar
xii+
372
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
Tales from the Spaceport Bar 1987-01-00 ed. Darrell Schweitzer, George H. Scithers Avon 0-380-89943-4
$3.50?$: US dollar
xv+
235
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
anth James Warhola Checkmark
Unicorn Variations 1987-04-00 Roger Zelazny Avon 0-380-70287-8
$3.50?$: US dollar
249
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll James Warhola Checkmark
Unicorn Variations 1987-05-00 Roger Zelazny Avon 0-380-70287-8
$3.50?$: US dollar
249
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll James Warhola Checkmark
Tales from the Spaceport Bar 1988-00-00 ed. Darrell Schweitzer, George H. Scithers New English Library 0-450-48909-4
£2.99?£: UK pound
xv+
235
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
anth Checkmark
The Unexplained: Stories of the Paranormal 1998-04-00 ed. Ric Alexander Orion 0-7528-1004-9
£17.99?£: UK pound
433
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Unexplained: Stories of the Paranormal 1998-04-00 ed. Ric Alexander Orion 0-7528-1005-7
£10.99?£: UK pound
433
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
anth  
The Fantasy Hall of Fame 1998-08-00 ed. Robert Silverberg HarperPrism / SFBC 1-56865-858-3 / 17918
$10.98?$: US dollar
562
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Carl Galian Checkmark
The Unexplained: Stories of the Paranormal 1999-05-00 ed. Ric Alexander Millennium / Orion 1-85798-553-2
£6.99?£: UK pound
493
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
anth  
Last Exit to Babylon 2009-06-00 Roger Zelazny NESFA Press 978-1-886778-79-5
$29.00?$: US dollar
576
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Michael Whelan Checkmark
Unicorns! 2013-03-25 ed. Jack Dann, Gardner Dozois Baen 978-1-62579-117-7
$4.99?$: US dollar
310
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth Ron Miller  
Last Exit to Babylon: Volume 4: The Collected Stories of Roger Zelazny 2013-05-00 Roger Zelazny NESFA Press 978-1-886778-79-5
$29.00?$: US dollar
575
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Michael Whelan Checkmark
Unicorns! date unknown ed. Jack Dann, Gardner Dozois Ace Books 0-441-85441-9
$2.75?$: US dollar
310
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
anth Checkmark
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