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“Previously, on Stack Overflow …” Okay, not exactly. But all of the books in today’s stack are sequels. I link back to earlier columns that include the previous book, so you can catch up if you weren’t already familiar with the original.
When we last saw Unicorn ( see this Stack Overflow), he and Goat had finally learned to appreciate each other. Goat was no longer envious of everything Unicorn could do, and Unicorn thought Goat was pretty cool, too. But now that everyone has grown used to Unicorn, he’s feeling ignored-nobody pays attention to him anymore, and instead everyone is obsessed with those rubber bands that look like things. (The running joke is that they aren’t those fancy rubber bands-they’re just round rubber bands that look like a soccer ball, a porthole, a round rock, another porthole, and so on…)
Unicorn amps up the sparkles and whimsy, with go-go boots, a rainbow wig, and other accessories that not only add more color but also change the art style used to illustrate him. As it turns out (surprise!), nobody is really fond of attention-seeking Unicorn, and he gets a much-needed lesson about friendship. At least, I think he learns his lesson.
