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THE UNICORN TRADE
This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in this book are fictional, and any resemblance to real people or incidents is purely coincidental.
Copyright © 1984 by Poul and Karen Anderson
All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form.
A TOR Book
Published by:
Tom Doherty Associates, Inc.
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New York, New York 10018
First TOR printing, April 1984
ISBN: 812-53-085-3 Can. Ed.: 812-53-086-1
Cover art by: Tom Kidd
Printed in the United States of America
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Our thanks to Dr. Ralph Solecki of Columbia University for permission to quote the abstract of an article by him in Science.
Previously published material is originally copyrighted as follows:
"The Unicorn Trade," The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, April 1971, © 1971 by Mercury Press, Inc.
"Ballade of an Artificial Satellite," The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, October 1958, © 1958 by Mercury Press, Inc.
"The Innocent Arrival" (under the title "The innocent at Large"), Galaxy Science Fiction, July 1958, © 1958 by Galaxy Publishing Company.
"Six Haiku," The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, July 1962, © 1962 by Mercury Press, Inc.
"Think of a Man," Galaxy Science Fiction, June 1965, © 1965 by Galaxy Publishing Company.
"Dead Phone," The Saint Mystery Magazine, December 1964, © 1965 by Fiction Publishing Company.
"The Kitten," Frights, © 1976 by Kirby McCauley.
"Planh on the Death of Willy Ley," SFWA Forum, August 1969, © 1969 by Science Fiction Writers of America.
"Murphy's Hall," Infinity Two, © 1971 by Lancer Books, Inc.
"Single Jeopardy," Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, October 1958, © 1958 by H.S.D. Publications, Inc.
"In Memoriam: Henry Kuttner," The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, May 1958, © 1958 by Mercury Press, Inc.
"A Feast for the Gods," The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, November 1971, © 1971 by Mercury Press, Inc.
"Theoretical Progress" and "Investigation of Galactic Ethnology," The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, September 1964, © 1964 by Mercury Press, Inc.
"Look Up," The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, February 1965, © 1965 by Mercury Press, Inc.
"The Sky of Space," The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, March 1963, © 1963 by Mercury Press, Inc.
"Cosmic Concepts," Proceedings of the Institute for Twenty-First Century Studies, March 1961, © 1961 by Poul and Karen Anderson.
"Extract from the English Edition of a Guide Michelin," Kalki, vol. VI, no. 1, © 1973 by the James Branch Cabell Society.
"Treaty in Tartessos," The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, May 1963, © 1963 by Mercury Press, Inc.
"A Philosophical Dialogue," Outworlds No. 8, © 1971 by William L. Bowers.
"Professor James," West by One and by One, © 1965 by Pou! Anderson,
"Landscape with Sphinxes," The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, November 1962, © 1962 by Mercury Press, Inc.
"A Blessedness of Saints," Vorpal Class no. 4, © 1962 by Karen Anderson.
"Origin of the Species," The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, June 1958, © 1958 by Mercury Press, Inc.
"The Piebald Hippogriff," Fantastic, May 1962, © 1962 by Ziff-Davis Publishing Company.
New material is copyrighted as follows:
"Fairy Cold" © 1982 by Poul Anderson.
"Haiku for Mars," "Bela Lugosi," "Apollo 1," "Robert A. Heinlein," "Alpha, Beta," "Conjunction," "Adonis Recovered," "The Coasts of Faerie," "Shanidar IV," © 1982 by Karen Anderson.
To
John and Bjo Trimble
THE UNICORN TRADE
They graze at night, the unicorns, upon the fresh-dewed grasses, Molten starlight flying as they toss their
sapphire horns.
They step with light and dainty hoof below the stony passes,
Shimmer under shadow where the nightingale mourns. The bright manes ripple over dapple