The AVRAM DAVIDSON Website

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Administrator of the Estate of Avram Davidson

Seth Davis, sethdavis@LhouseLegaL.com, is the Administrator and owner of the Estate of Avram Davidson.
Requests to publish or reprint works by Avram Davidson should be addressed to him at the above electronym.

The Avram Davidson Universe

Information website administered by the Estate of Avram Davidson, with a monthly podcast and links to audiobooks and titles in print: http://avramdavidson.com

Avram Davidson at The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (SFE)

https://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/davidson_avram
The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction is a useful resource for all sorts of things related to science fiction, and the essay on Davidson by John Clute provides an excellent introduction to his work in the context of the traditions and tropes of science fiction.

Out-of-print titles:

L.W. Currey, Inc. A.B.A.A.: Lloyd Currey, proprietor; Address : Water Street (Box 187), Elizabethtown, NY 12932; URL : http://www.llwcurrey.com
Books are Everything: Graham Holroyd, proprietor; Address : 31 Lancer Place, Webster, NY 14580; URL : http://www.booksareeverything.com

Libraries with Holdings of Material by Avram Davidson

California State University, Fullerton, University Library, University Archives and Special Collections Unit: Address : Box 4150, Fullerton, CA 92634; Major science fiction research collection, see Anatomy of Wonder 4, chapter 14 (R.R. Bowker, 1995).; Willis E. McNelly Science Fiction Collection : Avram Davidson papers; Collection donated by Avram Davidson in 1970.; Collection Identifier: SC-06-AD; Finding Aid : http://archives.fullerton.edu/repositories/5/resources/117
Texas A&M University, Cushing Memorial Library & Archives, Science Fiction and Fantasy Research Collection: Address: College Station, TX 77843; Contact : Jeremy Brett, curator of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Research Collection; E-mail to : Jeremy Brett jwbrett@library.tamu.edu.; Major science fiction research collection, see Anatomy of Wonder 4, chapter 14 (R.R. Bowker, 1995).; Avram Davidson Collection (C000163) houses 120 boxes of manuscripts and papers.; C000163 Avram Davidson Files; Finding Aid :https://findingaids.library.tamu.edu/index.php/avram-davidson-files.; Photocopy service available.
Columbia University Rare Book and Manuscript Library: Address : 535 West 114th Street, New York, NY 10027; The Frederic Dannay Collection and Ellery Queen Archive, both catalogued, contain editorial correspondence and original typescripts of And on the Eighth Day, The Fourth Side of the Triangle, and Davidson's stories published in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine.; Finding aid: https://findingaids.library.columbia.edu/ead//nnc-rb/ldpd_4079731

Bibliographical Origins of the Avram Davidson Website

I first read a tattered paperback copy of The Enquiries of Doctor Eszterhazy in early 1993 and it opened doors for me in my own reading and writing. I started looking for more : when Avram Davidson died in May 1993, there were only two books in print, and so I started making a list. One thing led to another . . . In September 1995, my file of notes became the first version of the Avram Davidson website ; this bibliographical core is found in the Title Index ; the website has continued to evolve.

The bibliographic material in this original file was published in expanded form and with extensive annotations) in the Bulletin of Bibliography, as a two-part article, A Preliminary Annotated Checklist of the Writings of Avram Davidson (Vol.53, no.1 & Vol.53, no.2, March & June 1996). Publisher : Greenwood Press, Inc., 88 Post Rd. W., Box 5007, Westport, CT 06881-5007.

Other Information

For several years there was an ongoing and wide-ranging discussion group devoted to Avram Davidson on GEnie. Some of this material was archived before that service ceased to function but it is not known whether these archives are accessible.