'Apple' is set in McCaffrey's 'Talents' universe and was previously incorporated into To Ride Pegasus (1973).

' The Smallest Dragonboy' is set on Pern at the time of the Ninth Pass: it was later reprinted in A Gift of Dragons (2002).

A modified version of 'The Thorns of Barevi' became the beginning of Freedom's Landing, the first book in the Catteni series.

'Daughter' and 'Dull Drums' share the character of Nora Fenn.

Both books are in McCaffrey's 'Tower and the Hive' series.

'Lady in the Tower' was expanded to become The Rowan (1990) and 'A Meeting of Minds' was incorporated into Damia (1992).

'Honeymoon' (original to this collection).

'Apple' ( Crime Prevention in the 30th Century, 1969).

' The Smallest Dragonboy' ( Science Fiction Tales, 1973).

'A Proper Santa Claus' ( Demon Kind, March 1973).

'Finder's Keeper' ( The Haunt of Horror, August 1973).

'The Great Canine Chorus' ( Infinity One, January 1970).

'Horse from a Different Sea' (original to this collection).

'The Thorns of Barevi' ( The Disappearing Future: A Symposium of Speculation, 1970).

'Weather on Welladay' ( Galaxy Science Fiction, March 1969).

'Changeling' (original to this collection).

'Dull Drums' ( Future Quest, September 1973).

'Daughter' ( The Many Worlds of Science Fiction, October 1971).

'A Meeting of Minds' ( The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, January 1969).

'Lady in the Tower' ( The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, April 1959).

After McCaffrey's editor, Judy-Lynn del Rey, was repeatedly asked what 'Get Off the Unicorn' was, del Rey asked McCaffrey what she could do about that theme. The title was derived by accident: McCaffrey's working title had been ' Get of the Unicorn' but this was misprinted as 'Get Off the Unicorn' in Ballantine's roster of unfilled contracts. Severn House issued a hardcover edition in 1982. An audiobook based on the Corgi edition was released in 1985. Corgi issued a British edition in 1979 and an Australian edition in 1980. Del Rey reprinted Get off the Unicorn regularly throughout the 1970s and 1980s, and its edition remains in print as of 2015. Initial sales were brisk two additional printings were required by year's end. Eleven of the fourteen stories were previously published in various magazines and anthologies. Get Off the Unicorn is a collection of science fiction short stories by American writer Anne McCaffrey, first published in paperback by Del Rey Books in June 1977.

Nimisha's Ship by Anne McCaffrey