Home Feed
Home
Search
Search
Add Review, Blurb, Quote
Add
Activity
Activity
Profile
Profile
Last Unicorn the Lost Journey
Last Unicorn the Lost Journey | Peter S Beagle
6 posts | 2 read | 7 to read
Special Commemorative Edition celebrating the 50th Anniversary of The Last Unicorn Peter S. Beagle first imagined his beloved heroine when he was twenty-three, half a decade before she sprang into the world. Now the Last Unicorn's fantastical origins are recaptured in this lovely commemorative hardcover. Here you will discover the eighty-five page genesis of Beagle's masterpiece, his own wry musings upon his early career, charming original illustrations, and tributes from modern fantasy legends Patrick Rothfuss and Carrie Vaughn. In this wonderfully strange adventure, a brave unicorn leaves her solitary life behind, determined to discover if she is the last of her kind. She is forewarned by a forlorn dragon and befuddled by a chatty butterfly; her unfamiliar traveling companion will be an exiled demon with a split personality and a penchant for philosophy. Somewhere between mythology, modernity, and magic, the Last Unicorn has found herself on the road less traveled by . . . until now.
Amazon Indiebound Barnes and Noble WorldCat Goodreads LibraryThing
Pick icon
100%
review
Clare-Dragonfly
post image
Pickpick

What a fascinating look at the earliest draft of a beloved novel! This is very different from the eventually published version of The Last Unicorn. The unicorn is basically the same character, and the butterfly appears, plus a few lines are the same, but that‘s about it. A demon accompanies the unicorn for much of her journey, and it just sort of ends—nothing is discovered. The most fascinating part to me is that instead of the Red Bull…

Clare-Dragonfly …covering the other unicorns‘ footsteps, it‘s the road that the unicorn is following throughout the book, which represents the changes wrought by modernity. Both the unicorn and the demon (and a dragon) have problems with that modernity in different directions. 9mo
rubyslippersreads Kitty ears! 😻 9mo
dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 9mo
23 likes3 comments
blurb
Clare-Dragonfly
post image

And it‘s illustrated by one of my favorite artists!!! What a great choice.

17 likes1 stack add
blurb
Clare-Dragonfly
post image

AUDIBLE GASP. I had no idea this book existed! I‘m so excited! @monalyisha

monalyisha Oh, exciting! Never would have guessed it. 😆 9mo
20 likes1 comment
blurb
bibliobard
post image

Thanks @LibrarianRyan for the fab #BBRC mail! I got a little nervous opening it because I was afraid it was for the #BookmarkSwap instead lol. I love all of these though and can‘t wait to color the scarecrow!

LibrarianRyan Yeahh. I love Hobby Lobby‘s bookmarks to color. They usually have them for Halloween. Which they had no Halloween stuff out yet. It‘s the first year I‘ve seen the thanksgiving ones. Just couldn‘t help myself. 5y
bibliobard @LibrarianRyan I will make sure to send you a pic when it is colored! 5y
11 likes2 comments
blurb
BethM
post image

I was just informed through @bookish_wookish post that there is in fact a 50th anniversary edition. I must have it my precious.....

ju.ca.no Ooooh😍 6y
ReadingRover Ooooh!!! 6y
JazzFeathers Ah, it looks nice. I bought 'The Lost Version' years ago in Dublin. Nice one. I do own the original book in a very strange ltalian translation, but l've lost it somewhere in my house... 6y
41 likes3 stack adds3 comments
blurb
bookish_wookish
post image

OMG! Im in love! I love the Unicorn Crate subscription box, but it gets pricey to do it every month so i unfortunately had to cancel last year. BUT when i saw she was doing a special box for The Last Unicorn i didnt think twice! Im so happy i got this box! Its amazing! 🦄

hermyknee 💖 6y
Soubhiville Wow! That‘s so cool! 6y
BethM And now I'm jealous. 6y
ReadingRover Omg I totally did not see that this was happening. Is it still available? It looks awesome! 6y
bookish_wookish Im not sure! @ReadingRover It was a preorder one time box. The preorder was a month or so ago. 6y
50 likes5 comments