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Summary
(IBList user synopsis):
A man must figure out how to win a high stakes chess game with a mythical creature.
Originally published in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, 13 April 1981.
Reprinted in:
- Unicorn Variations (1983)
- The Hugo Winners, Volume 5: 1980-1982 (1986)
- Tales from the Spaceport Bar (1987)
- Smart Dragons, Foolish Elves (1991)
- Hugo and Nebula Award Winners from Asimov’s Science Fiction (1995)
- The Fantasy Hall of Fame (1998)
- The Unexplained: Stories of the Paranormal (1998)
Original title: Unicorn Variation
Original languages:
English
Quotes:
Genre: Fiction→ Fantasy→ A Bestiary→ Mythical Beasts
This work is a subwork of the following works : Unicorns! (1982) [Anthology] Authors: Stephen Donaldson
, Ursula K. Le Guin
, Roger Zelazny
, Harlan Ellison
, Larry Niven
, L. Sprague de Camp
, Vonda N. McIntyre
, Theodore Sturgeon
, Avram Davidson
, Gene Wolfe
, T.H. White
, Jack Dann
, Gardner R. Dozois
, Thomas Burnett Swann
, Eric Norden
, Frank Owen
, Beverly Evans
Unicorn Variations (1983) [Collection] Author: Roger Zelazny
Hugo Winners, Volume 5: 1980-1982, the (1986) [Anthology] Authors: Roger Zelazny
, George R. R. Martin
, Poul Anderson
, John Varley
, Clifford D. Simak
, Gordon R. Dickson
, Barry B. Longyear
Tales from the Spaceport Bar (1987) [Anthology] Authors: Arthur C. Clarke
, Roger Zelazny
, Isaac Asimov
, John Gregory Betancourt
, Lord Dunsany
, Larry Niven
, L. Sprague de Camp
, Spider Robinson
, Henry Kuttner
, Fletcher Pratt
, Robert Silverberg
, Algis Budrys
, Avram Davidson
, Steven Barnes
, Darrell Schweitzer
, John M. Ford
, Randall Garrett
, George H. Scithers
, R. A. Lafferty
, Gardner R. Dozois
, Barry B. Longyear
, Margaret St. Clair
, Grendel Briarton
, Janet O. Jeppson
Smart Dragons, Foolish Elves (1991) [Anthology] Authors: Roger Zelazny
, Harlan Ellison
, George Alec Effinger
, Mike Resnick
, Robert Sheckley
, Robert Silverberg
, Avram Davidson
, Esther M. Friesner
, Nina Kiriki Hoffman
, John Collier
, Anthony Boucher
, Ron Goulart
, William Tenn
, Horace. L. Gold
, Theodore R. Cogswell
, Harvey Jacobs
, Marvin Kaye
, Daniel P. Dern
Hugo and Nebula Award Winners from Asimov’s Science Fiction (1995) [Anthology] Authors: Roger Zelazny
, George R. R. Martin
, Octavia E. Butler
, Greg Bear
, Lucius Shepard
, Lawrence Watt-Evans
, John Varley
, Nancy Kress
, Pat Murphy
, Mike Resnick
, Connie Willis
, Pamela Sargent
, Gardner R. Dozois
, Janet Kagan
, Terry Bisson
, Suzy McKee Charnas
, Geoffrey A. Landis
Unexplained: Stories of the Paranormal, the (1998) [Anthology] Authors: Ursula K. Le Guin
, Roger Zelazny
, Robert A. Heinlein
, Harlan Ellison
, Clive Barker
, Ramsey Campbell
, C. J. Cherryh
, Arthur Machen
, Richard Matheson
, Theodore Sturgeon
, Olaf Stapledon
, Richard Laymon
, J. G. Ballard
, Ian Watson
, Graham Masterton
, Basil Copper
, Gerald Kersh
, David J. Schow
Fantasy Hall of Fame, the (1998) [Anthology] Authors: Ursula K. Le Guin
, Roger Zelazny
, Ray Bradbury
, Philip K. Dick
, Robert A. Heinlein
, Shirley Jackson
, Harlan Ellison
, Tanith Lee
, Lucius Shepard
, Peter S. Beagle
, Poul Anderson
, James Blish
, L. Sprague de Camp
, Jack Vance
, Clifford D. Simak
, Fritz Leiber
, Catherine Lucille (C.L.) Moore
, Robert Bloch
, Robert Silverberg
, Theodore Sturgeon
, Avram Davidson
, J. G. Ballard
, Gene Wolfe
, Jorge Luis Borges
, R. A. Lafferty
, Anthony Boucher
, Horace. L. Gold
, Terry Bisson
, Margaret St. Clair
, Ted Chiang
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