Collected Fantasies (Avram Davidson collection)

Collected Fantasies
Cover of first edition
AuthorAvram Davidson
LanguageEnglish
GenreFantasy
PublisherBerkley Books
Publication date
1982
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (paperback)
Pagesxi, 224 pp.
ISBN0-425-05081-5
OCLC8612966
LC ClassPS3554 .A79 A6 1982

Collected Fantasies is a collection of fantasy short stories, written by Avram Davidson and edited by John Silbersack. It was first published in paperback by Berkley Books in June 1982.[1]

Summary

The book collects twelve novelettes and short stories by the author, originally published in various magazines, with an introduction by the editor.

Contents

  • "Introduction" (John Silbersack)
  • "Sacheverell"
  • "Help! I Am Dr. Morris Goldpepper"
  • "Dragon Skin Drum"
  • "The Lord of Central Park"
  • "Or All the Seas with Oysters"
  • "The Man Who Saw the Elephant"
  • "Manatee Gal, Won't You Come Out Tonight"
  • "The Sources of the Nile"
  • "The Certificate"
  • "The Golem"
  • "The Cobblestones of Saratoga Street"
  • "Faed-Out"

Reception

The collection was reviewed by Debbie Notkin in Locus #259, August 1982, Len Hatfield in Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review #7, September 1982, Thomas M. Disch in Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone Magazine, January-February 1983, and Nigel Richardson in Paperback Inferno v. 7, no. 1, August 1983.[1]

Awards

The collection placed eleventh in the 1983 Locus Poll Award for Best SIngle Author Collection.

Notes

  1. ^ a b Collected Fantasies title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database


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