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Avram Davidson was one of the great masters of short fiction of the twentieth century, a writer who won the major awards in the science-fiction, fantasy, and mystery genres -- the Hugo, Edgar, and World Fantasy Awards -- while constantly pushing at the boundaries of those genres. He published seventeen novels and wrote more than 200 stories and essays during his lifetime — biography from Limekiller… (more)
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