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Avram Davidson

(1923 - 1993)

Avram Davidson was an American Jewish writer of fantasy fiction, science fiction, and crime fiction, as well as the author of many stories that do not fit into a genre niche. He won a Hugo Award and three World Fantasy Awards in the science fiction and fantasy genre, a World Fantasy Life Achievement award, and a Queen's Award and an Edgar Award in the mystery genre. Davidson edited The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction from 1962 to 1964. His last novel The Boss in the Wall: A Treatise on the House Devil was completed by Grania Davis and was a Nebula Award finalist in 1998.

Awards: WFA (1986), Edgar (1962), Hugo (1958) see all

Genres: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Mystery

Series

Vergil Magus
   1. The Phoenix and the Mirror (1966)
   2. Vergil in Averno (1986)
   3. The Scarlet Fig (2005)

Kar-Chee
1. The Kar-Chee Reign (1966)
2. Rogue Dragon (1966)

Doctor Eszterhazy
The Adventures of Doctor Eszterhazy (1969)
The Enquiries of Doctor Eszterhazy (1975)

Peregrine
1. Peregrine: Primus (1971)
2. Peregrine: Secundus (1981)

Novels

   Joyleg (1962) (with Ward Moore)
   And on the Eighth Day (1964) (with Ellery Queen)
   Mutiny in Space (1964)
   The Fourth Side of the Triangle (1965) (with Ellery Queen)
   Masters of the Maze (1965)
   Rork! (1965)
   Clash of the Star-Kings (1966)
   The Enemy of My Enemy (1966)
   The Island Under the Earth (1969)
   Ursus of Ultima Thule (1973)
   Marco Polo and the Sleeping Beauty (1988) (with Grania Davis)
   The Boss in the Wall (1998) (with Grania Davis)

Collections

   Or All the Seas with Oysters (1962)
   What Strange Stars and Skies (1965)
   Strange Seas and Shores (1971)
   Investigations of Avram Davidson (1972)
   The Redward Edward Papers (1978)
   The Best of Avram Davidson (1979)
   Collected Fantasies (1982)
   The Avram Davidson Treasury (1990) (with Grania Davis and Robert Silverberg)
   The Other Nineteenth Century (2001)
   Limekiller! (2003)
   AD 100: Volume I (2023)
   AD 100: Volume II (2023)

Novellas and Short Stories

King's Evil (2014)

Anthologies edited

Magic for Sale (1983)

Series contributed to

Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction
   12. The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction 12th Series (1963)
   13. The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction 13th Series (1964)
   14. The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction 14th Series (1965)

Non fiction show

Omnibus editions show

Books containing stories by Avram Davidson

The Last Dangerous Visions (2024)
(Dangerous Visions, book 3)
edited by
Harlan Ellison

Robots Through the Ages (2023)
edited by
Bryan Thomas Schmidt and Robert Silverberg

Sense of Wonder (2023)
A Century of Science Fiction
edited by
Leigh Ronald Grossman

More books

Awards

	1999 Locus Award for Best Collection : The Avram Davidson Treasury
	1986 World Fantasy Award for Lifetime Achievement
	1976 World Fantasy Award for Best Collection : The Enquiries of Doctor Eszterhazy
	1962 Edgar Award for Best Short Story : Affair at Lahore Cantonment
	1958 Hugo Award for Best Short Story : Or All the Seas with Oysters [short story]

Award nominations

	2004 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : Limekiller!
	2002 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : The Other Nineteenth Century
	1999 Nebula Award for Best Novella (nominee) : The Boss In the Wall [short story]
	1999 Locus Award for Best Novella (nominee) : The Boss in the Wall, A Treatise on the House Devil
	1994 Locus Award for Best Novella (nominee) : A Far Countrie
	1992 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : The Adventures of Doctor Eszterhazy
	1987 Nebula Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Vergil in Averno
	1987 Locus Award for Best Novella (nominee) : The Head of Shemesh the Eshurian
	1986 World Fantasy Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : The Slovo Stove
	1986 Locus Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Duke Pasquale's Ring
	1985 Nebula Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Young Doctor Esterhazy
	1985 Locus Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Young Doctor Eszterhazy
	1984 Locus Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Eszterhazy and the Autogondola-Invention
	1983 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : Collected Fantasies
	1982 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (nominee) : Peregrine: Secundus
	1981 World Fantasy Award for Lifetime Achievement (nominee)
	1981 Nebula Award for Best Novella (nominee) : There Beneath the Silky-Trees and Whelmed in Deeper Gulphs Than Me
	1981 Locus Award for Best Novella (nominee) : There Beneath the Silky-Trees and Whelmed in Deeper Gulphs Than Me
	1980 World Fantasy Award for Lifetime Achievement (nominee)
	1980 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : The Best of Avram Davidson
	1979 World Fantasy Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : Sleep Well of Nights
	1979 World Fantasy Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : Naples
	1979 World Fantasy Award for Best Collection (nominee) : The Redward Edward Papers
	1979 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : The Redward Edward Papers
	1978 World Fantasy Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : Manatee Gal Ain't You Coming Out Tonight
	1977 Edgar Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : Crazy Old Lady
	1976 Nebula Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : Polly Charms, the Sleeping Woman
	1967 Nebula Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Clash of Star Kings
	1966 Nebula Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : The House the Blakeneys Built
	1966 Nebula Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Rogue Dragon [short story]
	1965 Nebula Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Rogue Dragon

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