Get off the unicorn

SUMMARY: From the lady who taught dragons to fly and rockets to sing.477.THE SMALLEST DRAGON BOY. The only thing Keevan wanted in his life was to be a dragonrider, just like his father. Surely nothing could be as thrilling as soaring through the air between the powerful wings of a dragon.477. But Keevan was small and there were always more boys than there were dragons - someone must be disappointed. Keevan wasn't exactly the foremost candidate but dragons have their own standards, especially the bronzes, the most highly prized dragons of all.477. Science fiction,Fantasy,General,Fiction,Short stories,English From the lady who taught dragons to fly and rockets to sing ... The Smallest Dragon Boy. The only thing Keevan wanted in his life was to be a dragonrider just like his father. Surely nothing could be as thrilling as soaring through the air between the powerful wings of a dragon ... But Keevan was small and there were always more boys than there were dragons -- someone must be disappointed. Keevan wasn't exactly the foremost candidate but dragons have their own standards, especially the bronzes, the most jighly-prized dragons of all ... This and thirteen other superb stories are collected for the first time here, in Get Off the Unicorn This is a collection of several short stories by Anne McCaffrey covering sciece fiction, fantasy and other areas. Each story is precluded by her into what her motivation was for the story and a bit about it. For a McCaffrey fan, this is solid entertainment. "Lady in the Tower" and "A Meeting of Minds" are really logical extensions of the concept found in "To Ride Pegasus," in which parapsychic powers are combined with machines in a gestalt that gives the mind enough power to reach the stars.