The following items reprinted from the current issue of _The Nutmeg Point
District Mail_ might be of interest to list members:
AVRAM DAVIDSON SOCIETY MEETING
The inaugural meeting of the Avram Davidson Society was held in New York
City on Friday, 23 April 1999 (the 76th anniversary of Avram's birth). Four
directors of the Society met with others interested in Avram's life and work
for a thoroughly enjoyable
luncheon at the Zen Palate restaurant overlooking Union Square. [...]
The first Publication of the Avram Davidson Society, _The Last Wizard
with A Letter of Explanation_, was unveiled at the luncheon and special
presentation copies distributed to all who attended. (Details of the
publication and how to order it are
given below).
Conversation touched upon many subjects, including the past
and current state of science fiction publishing, different phases
of Avram's career, and future publishing projects of the Society.
Members from Australia, England, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine and
Vermont, who found themselves unable to attend, sent good wishes
and words of praise for Avram's writings.
-- Henry Wessells
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_The Last Wizard with A Letter of Explanation_
The first Publication of the Avram Davidson Society, _The Last Wizard with A
Letter of Explanation_ by Avram Davidson, was published at the inaugural
meeting of the Avram Davidson Society, in New York City on 23 April 1999.
Copies were distributed to all present, and to a number of others whom
geography prevented from attending.
Guy Davenport wrote from Lexington, Kentucky :
Avram's explanation is worthy of Bierce or Twain. Sarcasm as Samurai
clean cut. Avram's ear was Mozartian! Cooler than Buster Keaton, his deadpan.
". . . and entertain at anniversaries, christenings, and bar mitsvahs" !
The hoariest of jokes, acting on misunderstood requests or instructions (e.g.
the plot of "The Pirates of Penzance"). Trust Avram to transmute it into a
diamond.
[Ed. note : that first paragraph is itself quite a diamond.]
The first printing of 125 numbered copies consisted of 20 presentation
copies not for sale and copies numbered 21-125. This printing sold out upon
publication.
A second printing of 125 copies, May 1999, is now available.
Size : 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches, xii pages. Printed offset and stapled in
stiff paper wrappers.
The price is $10.00 per single copy.
For orders of three or more copies, the price is $6.00 per copy
(prices include postage).
To order send a cheque in U.S. funds, payable to Henry Wessells, to :
Temporary Culture
P.O. Box 43072
Upper Montclair, NJ 07043-0072
Orders may be placed by e-mail to hwessells4@aol.com and will be held until
payment is received.
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The Avram Davidson Society exists to:
Encourage and promote interest in the writings of Avram Davidson (1923-1993)
Support publication of unpublished or uncollected works by Avram Davidson
Provide a forum for communication among readers and scholars
Support critical and biographical research and other activities contributing
to greater awareness of Davidson's writings and his place in the history of
American literature and the fantasy and science fiction genres
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