Avram Davidson

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born

April 23, 1923

died

May 08, 1993

gender

male

place of birth

The United States

website

http://www.avramdavidson.org/

genre

Science Fiction & Fantasy

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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. The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction says "he is perhaps sf's most explicitly literary author".

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books by Avram Davidson

avg rating: 3.78 | 497 ratings | 53 reviews | 70 distinct works | 1 fan

	Adventures in Unhistory: Conjectures on the Factual Foundations of Several Ancient Legends by Avram Davidson avg rating 4.06 — 36 ratings — published 1993 3 editions	my rating:
	The Avram Davidson Treasury: A Tribute Collection by Avram Davidson, Robert Silverberg, Grania Davis avg rating 4.25 — 20 ratings — published 1998 3 editions	my rating:
	The Other Nineteenth Century by Avram Davidson avg rating 3.73 — 15 ratings — published 2001 2 editions	my rating:
	The Phoenix and the Mirror by Avram Davidson avg rating 3.25 — 12 ratings — published 1969 4 editions	my rating:
	The Kar-Chee Reign / Rocannon's World by Avram Davidson, Ursula K. LeGuin avg rating 4.14 — 7 ratings — published 1966	my rating:
	Or All the Seas with Oysters by Avram Davidson avg rating 3.86 — 7 ratings — published 1962 2 editions	my rating:
	The Enquiries of Doctor Eszterhazy by Avram Davidson avg rating 3.83 — 6 ratings — published 1975	my rating:
	Peregrine Secundus by Avram Davidson avg rating 2.88 — 8 ratings — published 1981 2 editions	my rating:
	The Boss in the Wall: A Treatise on the House Devil by Avram Davidson, Grania Davis avg rating 3.60 — 5 ratings — published 1998	my rating:
	Peregrine: Primus by Avram Davidson avg rating 3.20 — 5 ratings — published 1971 4 editions	my rating: