What's the Name of That Book??? discussion
This topic is about
Unicorns I Have Known
SOLVED: Adult Fiction
>
SOLVED. Unicorns rub horns to make a honey puddle. [s]
date
newest »
newest »
Maybe, A Unicorn is Born
by Trinie Dalton Some of the keywords on the Google Books page are "honey" and "pregnancy."
Thank you for looking, but from that book's description it looks like the foal grows inside the unicorn, and my friend was really clear about it crawling out of a puddle of honey instead of being born.
Mod
Dragons and Unicorns: A Natural History by Paul A. Johnsgard?
I searched inside them for the keyword honey, and asked the guys who've seen the original, and it doesn't look like either one of those is a hit, but thank you for trying!
Mod
Unfortunately, my friend doesn't remember. He has a vague impression that is was supposed to look like a serious biology book for unicorns, so I guess that would be on the more realistic end of the spectrum? The only thing that would really nail it down as the right book is the honey thing.I will try the listopia, thanks!
Mod
Still looking! I would definitely mention having found this book. Must have dropped out of my bump rotation, though!
While that book looks hilarious, I just searched through it and didn't find anything about a honey puddle. Thank you, though!
It's amazing that there's a book where a unicorn gets threatened with being sold to a soap factory! But I think the book my friend remembers wasn't a story, it was more of a wildlife guide to unicorns. From the honey puddle he described the unicorns are never pregnant at all, they just create a spawning pool.
This is so random but I found this old tumblr post talking about the same book. The post is from 2014 and I feel like there's a fair chance it's your friend posting about it but I also thought there may be the smallest chance that they're actually remembering the tumblr post itself?
That's very funny! My friend told me about the book a few years before that, but I'd like to see the post, if you remember where it is. Maybe it will provide a fresh lead!
It's here https://snailchimera.tumblr.com/post/...It seems that the user is still posting content to tumblr.
Ha, those are indeed my friends! What a blast from the past, thank you.
Oh my, I think I found it. Unicorns I Have Known
There's not a lot on the goodreads page but I found this blog post https://winter-maker.com/2018/01/31/u... that talks about and has pictures of the "field notes" in the back of the book, specifically citing the reproduction via honey!!
You found it, Merannda! I showed the blog post to my friend, and he confirmed it's the right book! Thank you so much, how did you find it?
My first find!! :) I was just google searching for unicorn horn and honey I think, for exact phrase, with the idea of not look for the book itself but people talking about it since it's so odd. I think the blog was on the third page of results, just dumb persistence and lucky google I guess haha
Oh, cool, super glad this one is solved!Good find, Merannda!
What's the Name of That Book???
Books mentioned in this topic
Unicorns I Have Known (other topics)Moonsilver (other topics)
Raising Unicorns: Your Step-by-Step Guide to Starting and Running a Successful - and Magical! - Unicorn Farm (other topics)
Dragons and Unicorns: A Natural History (other topics)
The Natural History of Unicorns (other topics)
More...
Authors mentioned in this topic
Paul A. Johnsgard (other topics)Chris Lavers (other topics)
Trinie Dalton (other topics)
It is at least five years old, and there are paper copies of it, but I know nothing more about the format.
It is some sort of book about the biology of unicorns, and I think it is illustrated. It definitely features a passage on unicorn reproduction that claims that when unicorns rub their horns together, honey oozes out and makes a puddle, and after a certain amount of time a baby unicorn climbs out of the puddle.