Year of the Unicorn (Masterplots II: Women’s Literature Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Andre Norton
- First Published: 1965
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Science fiction
- Time of Work: After the war with Alizon
- Setting: Another world
- Principal Characters: Gillan, Kildas, Herrel, Halse, Hyron
- Genres: Long fiction, Science fiction, Adventure, Fantasy
- Subjects: Maturation or coming of age, Self-discovery, Folkloric or magical people, Magic or magicians, Power, personal or social, Marriage, Other worlds, Betrayal, Legends, Folklore, Monsters
- Locales: Arvon, Witch World (mythic)
Form and Content
Year of the Unicorn is one of a series of highly successful books that occur in a place called Witch World. All the basic characteristics of this land are established in the first novel in the series, Witch World (1963). Although this place is named “the Witch World” in other books in the series, it is never referred to by that name in Year of the Unicorn. Witch World is perhaps a distant planet, or it may exist in another dimension of Earth. Gates allow entry into Witch World from other worlds, and apparently human beings from Earth...
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