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In this episode of The Avram Davidson Universe, Virgil and Bob discuss Avram Davidson’s Nebula Award-nominated novella, “There Beneath the Silky-Tree and Whelmed in Deeper Gulphs Than Me.”

They dive into the strange and wonderfully eccentric world of Jack Limekiller, exploring the story’s humor, folklore, tropical setting, unforgettable characters, and the increasingly eerie mystery that lurks beneath the surface.

Originally published in Other Worlds 2, edited by Roy Torgeson (Zebra, 1980), “There Beneath the Silky-Tree and Whelmed in Deeper Gulphs Than Me” is a 28,600-word novella and was nominated for the Nebula Award.

The story is part of Davidson’s celebrated Limekiller cycle, later collected in Limekiller!

Join Virgil and Bob as they unpack the story and discuss what makes Avram Davidson’s unique mixture of humor, fantasy, folklore, language, and the supernatural so memorable.

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In this episode of The Avram Davidson Universe, we listen to the conclusion of Avram Davidson’s “There Beneath the Silky-Tree and Whelmed in Deeper Gulphs Than Me.”

In Part 3, the mysteries surrounding Jack Limekiller’s journey into the jungle finally become frighteningly real. Beneath the great silky-tree, warnings, superstition and nightmare converge as Limekiller encounters something that perhaps everyone else already knew was there.

Originally published in Other Worlds 2, edited by Roy Torgeson (Zebra, 1980), “There Beneath the Silky-Tree and Whelmed in Deeper Gulphs Than Me” is a 28,600-word novella and was nominated for the Nebula Award.

The story is part of Davidson’s Limekiller cycle, later collected in Limekiller!

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Avram Davidson, There Beneath the Silky-Tree and Whelmed in Deeper Gulphs Than Me, Limekiller, Jack Limekiller, Limekiller stories, Avram Davidson Universe, jumby, silky-tree, Nebula Award, Nebula Award nominee, supernatural fantasy, weird fiction, horror fantasy, Caribbean folklore, tropical fantasy, speculative fiction, literary fantasy, classic fantasy, Other Worlds 2, Roy Torgeson, audiobook, fantasy audiobook, supernatural story

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In this episode of The Avram Davidson Universe, we listen to Part 2 of Avram Davidson’s “There Beneath the Silky-Tree and Whelmed in Deeper Gulphs Than Me.”

Jack Limekiller’s tropical adventure continues as an excursion into seemingly beautiful country begins to acquire a decidedly stranger edge. In Davidson’s world, local legends, old superstitions and casual warnings have an uncomfortable tendency to mean exactly what they say.

Originally published in Other Worlds 2, edited by Roy Torgeson (Zebra, 1980), this 28,600-word novella was nominated for the Nebula Award.

“There Beneath the Silky-Tree and Whelmed in Deeper Gulphs Than Me” is part of Davidson’s beloved Limekiller cycle, later collected in Limekiller!

KEYWORDS:
Avram Davidson, There Beneath the Silky-Tree and Whelmed in Deeper Gulphs Than Me, Limekiller, Jack Limekiller, Limekiller stories, Avram Davidson Universe, Nebula Award nominee, fantasy novella, weird fiction, supernatural fiction, tropical fantasy, Caribbean folklore, fantasy adventure, speculative fiction, literary fantasy, classic fantasy, Other Worlds 2, Roy Torgeson, audiobook, fantasy audiobook, vintage fantasy