It has two introductions, and an afterword, but no ending. It turned out that The Last Unicorn: The Lost Journey isn’t the book, but instead a publication of the first draft. I would finally get to read the book! And it would be a beautiful edition to treasure forever!Īpproximately 50% of that was true. So when I saw this Unicorn Crate being advertised for the 50th Anniversary, with a special edition of the book, I got super excited. There are a a handful of versions of the graphic novel, but again most of those are only available through second hand means. It doesn’t appear to even still be in print in the UK – available only as a US-import paperback, and a hardback of mysterious provenance, both only through third-party sellers on Amazon. I’ve memorised the soundtrack, I can basically quote alongside the dialogue.īut I’d never read the book. I was a delicate soul as a child, traumatised by Pinocchio and Jumanji, but even though I found parts of the film extremely sinister (particularly the butterfly, I recall, for some reason), I rewatched it continually. I got it on video for one of my earlier birthdays as a present from a like-minded older cousin, and have been obsessed with it to a greater or lesser extent since then. The Last Unicorn was a film which was a large part of my childhood. Somewhere between mythology, modernity, and magic, the Last Unicorn has found herself on the road less traveled by. 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. In this wonderfully strange adventure, a brave unicorn leaves her solitary life behind, determined to discover if she is the last of her kind. 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. Now the Last Unicorn’s fantastical origins are recaptured in this lovely commemorative hardcover.

Beagle first imagined his beloved heroine when he was twenty-three, half a decade before she sprang into the world.

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