Strange Seas and Shores


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.

Summary

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

  • "Preface"
  • "Introduction: Night Travel on the Orient Express Destination: Avram"
  • "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

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.