Unicorn Variations

	Unicorn Variations ''Unicorn Variations'' is a collection of stories and essays by American author Roger Zelazny, published in 1983. Contents "Introduction" "Unicorn Variation "Unicorn Variation" is a 1981 fantasy story by American writer Roger Zelazny. It was first published in ''Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine''. Plot summary In an abandoned saloon, a man and a unicorn play chess. The fate of humanity is at s ..." "The Last of the Wild Ones" (a follow-up short story to the earlier story "Devil Car") "Recital" "The Naked Matador" "The Parts That Are Only Glimpsed: Three Reflexes" (essay) "Dismal Light" (a follow-up short story to the novel '' Isle of the Dead'') "Go Starless in the Night" "But Not the Herald" "A Hand Across the Galaxy" "The Force That Through the Circuit Drives the Current" (a short story that plays with themes developed in "Home is the Hangman") "Home is the Hangman" (also in the collection '' My Name Is Legion'') "Fire and /or Ice" "Exeunt Omnes" "A Very ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Roger Zelazny Roger Joseph Zelazny (May 13, 1937 – June 14, 1995) was an American poet and writer of fantasy and science fiction short stories and novels, best known for ''The Chronicles of Amber''. He won the Nebula Award three times (out of 14 nominations) and the Hugo Award six times (also out of 14 nominations), including two Hugos for novels: the serialized novel ''...And Call Me Conrad'' (1965), subsequently published under the title ''This Immortal'' (1966) and then the novel ''Lord of Light'' (1967). Biography Zelazny was born in Euclid, Ohio, the only child of Polish immigrant Joseph Frank Żelazny and Irish-American Josephine Flora Sweet. In high school, he became the editor of the school newspaper and joined the Creative Writing Club. In the fall of 1955, he began attending Case Western Reserve University, Western Reserve University and graduated with a B.A. in English in 1959. He was accepted to Columbia University in New York and specialized in Elizabethan and Jacobean ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Science Fiction Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel universes, extraterrestrial life, sentient artificial intelligence, cybernetics, certain forms of immortality (like mind uploading), and the singularity. Science fiction predicted several existing inventions, such as the atomic bomb, robots, and borazon, whose names entirely match their fictional predecessors. In addition, science fiction might serve as an outlet to facilitate future scientific and technological innovations. Science fiction can trace its roots to ancient mythology. It is also related to fantasy, horror, and superhero fiction and contains many subgenres. Its exact definition has long been disputed among authors, critics, scholars, and readers. Science fiction, in literature, film, television, and other media, has beco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Fantasy Fiction Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction involving magical elements, typically set in a fictional universe and sometimes inspired by mythology and folklore. Its roots are in oral traditions, which then became fantasy literature and drama. From the twentieth century, it has expanded further into various media, including film, television, graphic novels, manga, animations and video games. Fantasy is distinguished from the genres of science fiction and horror by the respective absence of scientific or macabre themes, although these genres overlap. In popular culture, the fantasy genre predominantly features settings that emulate Earth, but with a sense of otherness. In its broadest sense, however, fantasy consists of works by many writers, artists, filmmakers, and musicians from ancient myths and legends to many recent and popular works. Traits Most fantasy uses magic or other supernatural elements as a main plot element, theme, or setting. Magic, magic practitioners ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Timescape Books Timescape Books was a science fiction line from Pocket Books operating from 1981 to 1985. Pocket Books is an imprint of Simon & Schuster. It was named after the Gregory Benford novel ''Timescape'', which was not published by the Timescape imprint. The imprint was founded by David G. Hartwell. It published both original hardcover and reprinted Paperback#Mass market paperback, mass market paperback novels. Many of the imprint's titles were nominees or winners of Hugo Award, Hugo and Nebula Award, Nebula awards, along with other major SF awards. It published more than 30 original hardcover works and over 100 paperback titles, but the imprint was not financially successful enough for the parent company at the time, as it was not producing major bestsellers. Select bibliography ''Golem100, Golem100'', Alfred Bester (1981 reprint) ''Oath of Fealty (novel), Oath of Fealty'', Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle (1981) ''Windhaven'', George R. R. Martin and Lisa Tuttle (1981) ''The Wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1983 In Literature This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1983. Events April – The Russian samizdat poet Irina Ratushinskaya is sentenced to imprisonment in a labor camp for dissident activity. While there she continues to write poetry clandestinely. June 2 – The Francophone Senegalese poet and politician Léopold Sédar Senghor becomes the first black African writer elected as a member of the Académie française. July – Barbara Cartland, who reaches the age of 82, writes 23 romantic novels this year. November – Bruce Bethke's short story ''Cyberpunk'', written in 1980, is published in ''Amazing Stories'' magazine in the United States and as a novel online, giving a name to the entire science fiction subgenre of cyberpunk. ''unknown date'' – ''Salvage for the Saint'' by Peter Bloxsom and John Kruse is published, as the final book in a series of novels, novellas and short stories featuring the Leslie Charteris creation "The Saint", which sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Unicorn Variation "Unicorn Variation" is a 1981 fantasy story by American writer Roger Zelazny. It was first published in ''Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine''. Plot summary In an abandoned saloon, a man and a unicorn play chess. The fate of humanity is at stake. A Sasquatch aids the human. Reception "Unicorn Variation" won the 1982 Hugo Award for Best Novelette,1982 Hugo Awards at TheHugoAwards.org; retrieved July 23, 2018 and was ranked second for 1982's Locus Award for Best Novelette .Locus Awards 1982 at the Science Fiction Awards Datab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Isle Of The Dead (Zelazny Novel) ''Isle of the Dead'' is a science fiction novel by American writer Roger Zelazny, published in 1969 with cover art by Leo and Diane Dillon. It was nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1969, and won the French Prix Apollo in 1972. The title refers to the several paintings by Swiss-German painter Arnold Böcklin. In the novel, Francis Sandow refers to “that mad painting by Boecklin, ''The Isle of the Dead''.” Böcklin created at least five paintings with that title, each depicting an oarsman and a standing figure in a small boat, crossing dark water toward a forbidding island. A later Ace books edition featured cover paintingby Dean Ellis that was deliberately reminiscent of Böcklin's work. As to the novel's inspiration, Zelazny noted, “This was a spin-off from the novelette I did called ‘This Moment of the Storm.’ Actually, it wasn't the guy I was interested in, at first. I wanted somebody that was born in the twentieth century, who had made it aboard one ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	My Name Is Legion (Zelazny Stories) ''My Name Is Legion'' () is an anthology of three stories by American writer Roger Zelazny, compiled in 1976 in literature, 1976. The stories feature a common protagonist who is never named. Plot summary The protagonist of these stories is involved in the creation of a global computer network designed to give ultimate economic control by keeping track of all human activity. Just before the system goes live, the hero expresses his concerns about the possible misuse of such power to his superior, who gives the hero the chance to destroy his personal data before it is to be entered into the system. In taking this step the hero becomes non-existent as far as the system is concerned. Using Backdoor (computing), backdoors in the central network, the hero is able to create identities for himself as needed. With this freedom he sets himself up as a freelance investigator and problem solver. Stories The following stories are included in the anthology: * "The Eve of RUMOKO": Project RU ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Short Story Collections By Roger Zelazny Short may refer to: Places * Short (crater), a lunar impact crater on the near side of the Moon * Short, Mississippi, an unincorporated community * Short, Oklahoma, a census-designated place People * Short (surname) * List of people known as the Short Arts, entertainment, and media * Short film, a cinema format (also called film short or short subject) * Short story, prose generally readable in one sitting * ''The Short-Timers'', a 1979 semi-autobiographical novel by Gustav Hasford, about military short-timers in Vietnam Brands and enterprises * Short Brothers, a British aerospace company * Short Brothers of Sunderland, former English shipbuilder Computing and technology * Short circuit, an accidental connection between two nodes of an electrical circuit * Short integer, a computer datatype Finance * Short (finance), stock-trading position * Short snorter, a banknote signed by fellow travelers, common during World War II Foodstuffs * Short pastry, one which is rich in butte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]