"Julie's Unicorn" is not directly linked to any of Beagle's other works, and Beagle has made it very different from The Last Unicorn, The Unicorn Sonata, and "Professor Gottesman and the Indian Rhinoceros" (please see separate entry). On the other hand, it is part of a remarkable maturation of his art, part of a period in which he has written works of transcendent beauty such as The Innkeeper's Song and Giant Bones. Like The Last Unicorn and "Professor Gottesman and the Indian Rhinoceros," "Julie's Unicorn" is a comedy, although not as sentimental as the other titles; like The Unicorn Sonata and "Professor Gottesman and the Indian Rhinoceros," it places its story in modern times, telling of a wonderful, mysterious experience with the supernatural.