Avram Davidson

Avram James Davidson

(b.1923-d.1993)

Davidson in 1982

Other Davidson links:

The Avram Davidson Website

Bio:

Recipient of the 1975 Lifetime Achievement Award of the World Fantasy Convention. Hugo award winner (1958 sh.st.). Born in Yonkers, NY. Educated at NYU, Yeshiva U and Pierce College. Spent a year in the Israeli Amy during the Arab-Israeli War of 1948-49.

Married for time to Graia Davis, with whom he wrote in collaboration with. Editor of F&SF (1962-64), part of the time from Mexico. His first sale was to Orthodox Jewish Life Magazine eight years before he broke into the genre. He also wrote mystery stories, two as Ellery Queen and a hard to find collection of essays called Crimes and Chaos. Won the Edgar, Ellery Queen, Hugo awards, the later for his stint as editor of F&SF from 1962-64.
Primarily recognized for his short fiction he also wrote some memorable novels. Although mainly a SF writer early on, he tended towards fantasy in later years, he also kept an irregular correspondence with a large number of people. Davidson died suddenly of a heart attack near his home in Bermerton, WA. the morning of May 9th while hospitalized for other health problems, he was 70.

Bibliography:

Adventures in Unhistory: Conjectures on the Factual Foundations of Several Ancient Legends
Short story collection
1993
Adventures of Doctor Eszterhazy
Short story collection
November 1990 Owlswick Press Hardcover ISBN:0-913-89628-4 Amazon.com
And Don't Forget the One Red Rose
Short story collection
1986
And on the Eighth Day
As Ellery Queen
1964
The Avram Davidson Treasury: A Tribute Colection
October 1998, St.Martin's Press Hardcover 1 Ed edition ISBN:0-312-86729-8 Amazon.com
The Best From Fantasy and Science Fiction: Twelveth Series
The Best From Fantasy and Science Fiction: Thirteenth Series
Editor, Short story anthology
Copyright 1962, 1963, 1964 by Mercury Press, Inc.
1964 Book Club Edition, Doubleday & Company, Inc. LCCN:52-5510
August 1983 Ace Books Paperback ISBN:9-997-37483-5
Includes stories by: P.M. Hubbard Don White, J.G. Ballard, Jack Vance, Harry Harrison, Karen Anderson, Richard McKenna, Ron Goulart., Felix Marti-Ibanez., Alfred Bester., Avram Davidson, Ray Nelson and Zenna Henderson.
The Best From Fantasy and Science Fiction: Fourteenth Series
The Best of Avram Davidson
Short story collection
1979
The Boss in the Wall
With Grania Davis
Clash of the Star-Kings
1966
The Collected Fantasies of Avram Davidson"
Short story collection
1973
Crimes and Chaos
Essays
The Enemy of My Enemy
1966
The Enquiries of Dr. Eszterhazy
Short story collection
1971
The Enquiries of Dr. Eszterhazy
Short story collection. Expanded version of the original.
1991
Everybody Has Somebody in Heaven
2000
The Fourth Side of the Triangle
As Ellery Queen
1965
The Island Under the Earth
1969
The Investigations of Avram Davidson
1999
Joyleg
with Ward Moore
1962
The Kar-Chee Reign
1966
Marco Polo and Sleeping Beauty
With Grania Davis
1988
Masters of the Maze
1965
Mutiny in Space
1964
Or All the Seas With Oysters
Short story collection
June 1976 Pocket Books Paperback ISBN:0-671-80806-0
The Other Nineteenth Century
December 2001, Tor Books Hardcover ISBN:0-312-84874-9 Amazon.com
Peregrine: Primus
1971
Peregrine: Secundus
1981
The Phoenix and the Mirror
1969
Polly Charms the Sleeping Woman
1977
The Redward Edward Papers
1978
Rogue Dragon
1965
Rork!
1965
Strange Seas and Shores
December 1993 Buccaneer Books Reprint Edition Hardcover ISBN:0-899-68337-1 Amazon.com
Ursus of the Ultima
1973
Vergil in Averno
1987
What Strange Seas and Shores
Short story collection
1965
"Faed-Out"
Oct. 1963 F&SF
"Help! I Am Dr. Morris Goldpepper"
1957 Galaxy
"The House Surgis Sword"
Sept. 1984 Amazing
"In Brass Valley"
February 1992 Amazing Stories
"The Man Who Was Made of Money"
In Borderlands 3 edited by Thomas F. Monteleone
"Or All the Seas With Oysters"
May 1958 Galaxy, Hugo
"What Strange Stars and Skies"
1964 in The Best From Fantasy and Science Fiction, edited by Avram Davidson
"Young Dr. Eszterhadzy"
Nov. 1984 Amazing