Avram Davidson was born in Yonkers, New York, in 1923. After spending some time at New York University, he served in the Marines from 1942 till 1946--and again saw action during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. For two years in the early 1960s, Davidson edited "The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction." He earned awards and accolades throughout his life for his SF writing, including the Hugo Award, the Edgar Award, the Ellery Queen Award, and three World Fantasy Awards. Davidson died in 1993.
"A king's ransom of short fiction from one of America's least-known
masters of the form These stories are as important and vital as
those by Updike and Cheever."
--"De""s Moines Register" on "The Avram Davidson Treasury"
"Not merely a treasury, it's a genuine treasure. Some of its pages
will carry you away to strange seas and shores, others will show
you the marvellous within the seemingly ordinary, and just about
all of them will take your breath away. But that's what magicians
do."
"--The ""Washington"" Post Book World" on "The Avram Davidson
Treasury"
"Of all writers (except, perhaps, Kipling), the most likely to
insert the marvellous into the everyday."
--Guy Davenport on Avram Davidson
"One of the finest short-story writers ever to use the English
language."
--Robert Silverberg on Avram Davidson
"Avram Davidson may have been one of the great short story writers
of our times, in or out of the fantasy/science fiction genre."
--Gardner Dozois on Avram Davidson
"Davidson was beyond question one of the unjustly neglected writers
of the 20th century, an author of immense talent."
--Gene Wolfe on Avram Davidson"
" A king' s ransom of short fiction from one of America' s
least-known masters of the form... These stories are as important
and vital as those by Updike and Cheever."
--"De""s Moines Register" on "The Avram Davidson Treasury"
" Not merely a treasury, it' s a genuine treasure. Some of its
pages will carry you away to strange seas and shores, others will
show you the marvellous within the seemingly ordinary, and just
about all of them will take your breath away. But that' s what
magicians do."
"--The ""Washington"" Post Book World" on "The Avram Davidson
Treasury"
"Of all writers (except, perhaps, Kipling), the most likely to
insert the marvellous into the everyday."
--Guy Davenport on Avram Davidson
"One of the finest short-story writers ever to use the English
language."
--Robert Silverberg on Avram Davidson
"Avram Davidson may have been one of the great short story writers
of our times, in or out of the fantasy/science fiction genre."
--Gardner Dozois on Avram Davidson
" Davidson was beyond question one of the unjustly neglected
writers of the 20th century, an author of immense talent."
--Gene Wolfe on Avram Davidson
 |
Ask a Question About this Product More... |
|
