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Title: The Woman the Unicorn Loved

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Title: The Woman the Unicorn Loved Title Record # 40777
Author: Gene Wolfe
Date: 1981-06-08
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Series: Anderson
Language: English
Synopsis: Genetic engineering can do practically whatever you want. Today it has created a unicorn, that's loose in town. Anderson and his group want to save it. Police and army want to shoot it.
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Current Tags: science fiction (1), mythology (1), genetic engineering (1), academia (1), myth (1), unicorns (1) Add Tags

Other Titles

Translations
Year Language Title
1983ⓘTranslated by Uta McKechneay
 German Die Frau, die das Einhorn liebte
1983 French Un amour de licorne
1985ⓘTranslated by Annemarie van Ewijc
 Dutch De vrouw die bemind werd door de eenhoorn
1985ⓘTranslated by Joachim Körber
 German Die Frau, die vom Einhorn geliebt wurde
1990ⓘTranslated by Pierre-Paul Durastanti
 French La femme qu'aimait la licorne

Awards

Place Year and Award Category
2 1982 Hugo Best Short Story
6 1982 Locus Best 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, June 8, 1981 1981-06-08 ed. George H. Scithers Davis Publications  
$1.50?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 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
Isaac Asimov's Wonders of the World 1982-00-00 ed. Shawna McCarthy, Kathleen Moloney Davis Publications  
$2.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 288
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".
 anth  
Isaac Asimov's Wonders of the World 1982-00-00 ed. Shawna McCarthy, Kathleen Moloney The Dial Press 0-385-27776-8
$12.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 288
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Checkmark
Unicorns! 1982-05-00 ed. Jack Dann, Gardner Dozois Ace Books 0-441-85441-9
$2.75?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 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  
The Best Science Fiction of the Year #11 1982-07-00 ed. Terry Carr Timescape / Pocket Books 0-671-44483-2
$3.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 viii+
438
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 Best Science Fiction of the Year 11 1982-11-00 ed. Terry Carr Gollancz (Gollancz SF Series (4)) 0-575-03156-5
£9.95?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP
 viii+
430
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Checkmark
Unicorns! 1982-11-00 ed. Jack Dann, Gardner Dozois Ace Books 0-441-85442-7
$2.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 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
Isaac Asimov's Wonders of the World 1983-00-00 ed. Shawna McCarthy, Kathleen Moloney Robert Hale (Hale SF) 0-7090-1122-9
£7.95?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP
 244
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth  
Unicorns! 1984-06-00 ed. Jack Dann, Gardner Dozois Ace Books 0-441-85443-5
$2.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 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
Unicorns! 1984-10-00 ed. Jack Dann, Gardner Dozois Ace Books 0-441-85444-3
$2.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 308
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
Endangered Species 1989-03-00 Gene Wolfe Tor 0-312-93154-9
$19.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 vi+
506
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Checkmark
Endangered Species 1989-04-00 Gene Wolfe The Easton Press (Signed First Editions of Science Fiction #7) 106-007
$39.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 vi+
506
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Checkmark
Endangered Species 1990-02-00 Gene Wolfe Orbit / Futura 0-7088-8325-7
£4.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP
 vi+
506
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.
 coll Peter Elson Checkmark
Endangered Species 1990-04-00 Gene Wolfe Tor 0-812-50718-5
$4.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 vi+
506
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 Marco Patrito Checkmark
Endangered Species 2004-09-00 Gene Wolfe Orb 0-765-31033-3
$16.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 vi+
506
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.
 coll Hans Neleman Checkmark
Unicorns! 2013-03-25 ed. Jack Dann, Gardner Dozois Baen Books 978-1-62579-117-7
$4.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 310
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 anth Ron Miller  
Endangered Species 2013-07-29 Gene Wolfe Orb 978-0-7653-1033-0
$24.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 vi+
506
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.
 coll Hans Neleman Checkmark
Isaac Asimov's Wonders of the World date unknown ed. Shawna McCarthy, Kathleen Moloney Longmeadow Press 0-681-40031-5
$7.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 288
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Checkmark
Unicorns! date unknown ed. Jack Dann, Gardner Dozois Ace Books 0-441-85441-9
$2.75?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 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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