Strange Seas and Shores

1971 collection of short stories by Avram Davidson

Strange Seas and Shores

Cover of first edition

Author| Avram Davidson
Cover artist| Peter Rauch
Language| English
Genre| Science fiction, fantasy
Publisher| Doubleday

Publication date

| 1971
Publication place| United States
Media type| Print (hardcover)
Pages| xvi, 219 pp.
OCLC| 00136103
LC Class| PS3554 .A924

Strange Seas and Shores: a Collection of Short Stories is a collection of science fiction and fantasy short stories, written by Avram Davidson. It was first published in hardcover by Doubleday in 1971. A paperback edition was issued by Ace Books in August 1981, and an ebook edition by Gateway/Orion in September 2013.[1]

## Summary

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The book collects seventeen novelettes and short stories, originally published in various magazines, with a preface by the author and an introduction by the American author Ray Bradbury.

## Contents

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* "Preface"
* "Introduction: Night Travel on the Orient Express Destination: Avram" (Ray Bradbury)
* "Sacheverell"
* "Take Wooden Indians"
* "The Vat"
* "The Tail-Tied Kings"
* "Paramount Ulj"
* "A Bottle Full of Kismet"
* "The Goobers"
* "Dr. Morris Goldpepper Returns"
* "The Certificate"
* "Ogre in the Vly"
* "Après Nous"
* "Climacteric"
* "Yo-Ho, and Up"
* "The Sixty-Third Street Station"
* "The House the Blakeneys Built"
* "The Power of Every Root"
* "The Sources of the Nile"

## Reception

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The collection was reviewed by James R. Newton in Son of the WSFA Journal #32, James Blish in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, December 1971, Charles N. Brown in Locus #102, December 10, 1971, Locus #104, January 14, 1972, and Locus #248, September 1981, Paul Walker in Luna Monthly #40, September 1972, David A. Truesdale in Science Fiction Review, Spring 1982, and Tom Easton in Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, March 29, 1982.[1]

## Notes

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1. ^ a b Strange Seas and Shores title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database

Works by Avram Davidson

Vergil Magus|

* Vergil in Averno (1987)
* The Scarlet Fig (2005)
* The Phoenix and the Mirror (1969)

Peregrine|

* Peregrine: Primus (1971)
* Peregrine: Secundus (1981)

Other novels|

* Masters of the Maze (1965)
* Ursus of Ultima Thule (1973)

Collections|

* Or All the Seas with Oysters (1962)
* What Strange Stars and Skies (1965)
* Strange Seas and Shores (1971)
* The Enquiries of Doctor Eszterhazy (1975)
* The Redward Edward Papers (1978)
* The Best of Avram Davidson (1979)
* Collected Fantasies (1982)
* The Adventures of Doctor Eszterhazy (1990)
* ¡Limekiller! (2003)

*[OCLC]: Online Computer Library Center number
*[LC Class]: Library of Congress Classification