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Title: A Proper Santa Claus

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Title: A Proper Santa Claus Title Record # 63357
Author: Anne McCaffrey
Date: 1973-03-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Note: First published in Demon Kind, ed. Roger Elwood, Avon 1973 and revised in Get Off the Unicorn, Ballantine, 1977.
Synopsis: A little boy who can make his artwork come to life tries to make a proper Santa Claus.
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Other Titles

Translations
Year Language Title
1993Translated by Elisabeth Vonarburg
French
Le bon Père Noël?Le bon Pere Noel

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Demon Kind 1973-03-00 ed. Roger Elwood Avon 14886
$0.75?$: US dollar
192
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
anth Checkmark
Get Off the Unicorn 1977-06-00 Anne McCaffrey Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-25666-2
$1.75?$: US dollar
xii+
303
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Paul Alexander Checkmark
Get Off the Unicorn 1977-09-00 Anne McCaffrey Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-27464-4
$1.95?$: US dollar
xi+
303
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Paul Alexander Checkmark
Get Off the Unicorn 1977-12-00 Anne McCaffrey Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-27464-4
$1.95?$: US dollar
xi+
303
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Paul Alexander Checkmark
Get Off the Unicorn 1979-00-00 Anne McCaffrey Corgi Books / Transworld Publishers 0-552-10965-7
£1.25?£: UK pound
316
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll David Roe Checkmark
Get Off the Unicorn 1979-10-00 Anne McCaffrey Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-28508-5
C$2.25?C$: Canadian dollar
xi+
303
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Paul Alexander Checkmark
Get Off the Unicorn 1980-00-00 Anne McCaffrey Corgi Books / Transworld Publishers 0-552-10965-7
A$5.79?A$: Australian dollar
316
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll David Roe Checkmark
Get Off the Unicorn 1980-00-00 Anne McCaffrey Corgi Books / Transworld Publishers 0-552-10965-7
£1.50?£: UK pound
316
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll David Roe Checkmark
Get Off the Unicorn 1980-02-00 Anne McCaffrey Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-28508-5
$2.25?$: US dollar
xi+
303
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Paul Alexander Checkmark
Get Off the Unicorn 1981-10-00 Anne McCaffrey Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-28508-5
C$2.75?C$: Canadian dollar
xi+
303
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Paul Alexander Checkmark
Get Off the Unicorn 1981-11-00 Anne McCaffrey Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-30577-9
$2.50?$: US dollar
xi+
303
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Paul Alexander Checkmark
Get Off the Unicorn 1982-00-00 Anne McCaffrey Severn House 0-7278-0817-6
£7.95?£: UK pound
316
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll David Roe  
Get Off the Unicorn 1983-09-00 Anne McCaffrey Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-30577-9
$2.50?$: US dollar
xi+
303
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Paul Alexander Checkmark
Get Off the Unicorn 1984-09-00 Anne McCaffrey Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-32036-0
$2.95?$: US dollar
xi+
303
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Paul Alexander Checkmark
Get Off the Unicorn 1987-05-12 Anne McCaffrey Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-34935-0
$6.99?$: US dollar
xi+
303
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Paul Alexander  
Masterpieces of Fantasy and Wonder 1989-10-00 ed. David G. Hartwell GuildAmerica Books / SFBC 14784
$7.98?$: US dollar
xvi+
656
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Thomas Canty Checkmark
Get Off the Unicorn 1990-06-00 Anne McCaffrey Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-30577-9
$5.99?$: US dollar
xi+
303
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Paul Alexander  
Christmas Stars 1992-11-00 ed. David G. Hartwell Tor 0-812-52286-9
$4.99?$: US dollar
xii+
305
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
anth Nick Jainschigg Checkmark
Christmas Stars 1992-12-00 ed. David G. Hartwell Tor / SFBC 03340
$8.98?$: US dollar
305
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Nick Jainschigg Checkmark
La dame de la haute tour 1993-01-00 Anne McCaffrey Presses Pocket (Presses Pocket - Science Fiction #5469) 2-266-04828-7   xiv+
255
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll W. Siudmak  
Masterpieces of Fantasy and Wonder 1993-09-00 ed. Kathryn Cramer, David G. Hartwell Longmeadow Press 0-681-41739-0
$17.95?$: US dollar
xvi+
656
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Kelvin P. Oden Checkmark
Christmas Stars 1993-11-00 ed. David G. Hartwell Tor 0-812-52286-9
$4.99?$: US dollar
xii+
305
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
anth Nick Jainschigg  
La dame de la haute tour 1994-02-00 Anne McCaffrey Presses Pocket (Presses Pocket - Science Fiction #5469) 2-266-04828-7   xiv+
255
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll W. Siudmak  
Masterpieces of Fantasy and Wonder 1994-06-00 ed. Kathryn Cramer, David G. Hartwell St. Martin's Press 0-312-11024-3
$25.95?$: US dollar
xvi+
656
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Thomas Canty Checkmark
Treasures of Fantasy 1997-06-00 ed. Tracy Hickman, Margaret Weis HarperPrism 0-06-105327-9
$14.00?$: US dollar
x+
401
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
anth Paul Youll Checkmark
Treasures of Fantasy 1999-09-00 ed. Tracy Hickman, Margaret Weis HarperPrism 0-06-105630-8
$6.50?$: US dollar
x+
559
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
anth Paul Youll  
Treasures of Fantasy 1999-09-01 ed. Tracy Hickman, Margaret Weis HarperPrism 0-06-105630-8
$6.99?$: US dollar
x+
559
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
anth Checkmark
A Yuletide Universe: Sixteen Fantastical Tales 2003-11-00 ed. Brian M. Thomsen Aspect / Warner Books 0-446-69187-9
$12.95?$: US dollar
ix+
257
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
anth  
Christmas Stars 2004-11-00 ed. David G. Hartwell Tor 0-765-31095-3
$14.95?$: US dollar
320
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
anth Brad Holland  
Get Off the Unicorn date unknown Anne McCaffrey Corgi 978-0-552-10965-9
£6.99?£: UK pound
316
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll David Roe  
Get Off the Unicorn date unknown Anne McCaffrey Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-30577-9
$5.99?$: US dollar
xi+
303
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Paul Alexander Checkmark
Get Off the Unicorn date unknown Anne McCaffrey Del Rey / Ballantine 978-0-345-45747-9
$7.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll Paul Alexander  
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