Or All the Seas with Oysters (collection)

Or All the Seas with Oysters is a collection of fantasy and science fiction short stories, written by Avram Davidson. It was first published in paperback by Berkley Medallion in 1962. The first hardcover edition was issued by White Lion in January 1976, and a second paperback edition by Pocket Books in December of the same year. An ebook edition was published by Gateway/Orion in August 2012.[1]

Or All the Seas with Oysters
Cover of first edition
AuthorAvram Davidson
Cover artistRichard Powers
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
GenreFantasy, science fiction
PublisherBerkley Medallion
Publication date
1962
Media typePrint (paperback)
Pages176 pp.
OCLC07261881
LC ClassPS3554.A924 O7 1962

Summary

The book collects eighteen novelettes and short stories by the author.

Contents
  • "Or All the Seas with Oysters"
  • "Up the Close and Doun the Stair"
  • "Now Let Us Sleep"
  • "The Grantha Sighting"
  • "Help! I Am Dr. Morris Goldpepper"
  • "The Sixth Season"
  • "Negra Sum"
  • "Or the Grasses Grow"
  • "My Boy Friend's Name Is Jello"
  • "The Golem"
  • "Summerland"
  • "King's Evil"
  • "Great is Diana"
  • "I Do Not Hear You, Sir"
  • "Author, Author"
  • "Dagon"
  • "The Montavarde Camera"
  • "The Woman Who Thought She Could Read"

Reception

The collection was reviewed by P. Schuyler Miller in Analog Science Fact -> Science Fiction, February 1963, Michael Bishop in Delap's F & SF Review, March-April 1978, and Everett F. Bleiler in The Guide to Supernatural Fiction, 1983.[1]

Awards

The collection's title story won the 1958 Hugo Award for Best Short Story.

Notes
  1. Or All the Seas with Oysters title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
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