Erik Davis (born June 12, 1967 in Redwood City, California) is an American writer, scholar, journalist and public speaker whose writings have run the gamut from rock criticism to cultural analysis to creative explorations of esoteric mysticism. He is perhaps best known for his book Techgnosis: Myth, Magic and Mysticism in the Age of Information, as well as his work on California counterculture, including Burning Man, the human potential movement, and the writings of Philip K. Dick.
Born in Redwood City, California in 1967, Davis grew up in Del Mar before attending Yale University, where he graduated magna cum laude with a degree in English. He wrote a senior thesis on science fiction writer Philip K. Dick, and has since written a number of articles in the popular press about Dick and his unusual religious experiences. Davis would go on to co-edit The Exegesis of Philip K. Dick, which was published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in 2011.
While at Yale, Davis began writing for Nadine, an on-campus magazine that turned out a number of rock critics and pop culture writers in the 1980s and 1990s. Soon after graduation in 1988, Davis pitched his first story to the Village Voice, a review of the Swiss heavy metal band Celtic Frost.
Erik Randall Davis (born October 8, 1986) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Washington Nationals organization. He made his Major League Baseball (MLB) debut with the Nationals in 2013.
Davis attended Mountain View High School in Mountain View, California, and Stanford University. The San Diego Padres selected Davis in the 13th round of the 2008 Major League Baseball draft.
Before the 2011 season, the Padres traded Davis to the Washington Nationals for Alberto González. Davis started the 2013 season with the Triple-A Syracuse Chiefs. The Nationals promoted him to the major leagues for the first time on June 2, 2013. He was optioned back to Syracuse on June 13, and recalled on June 29. Davis was optioned back to Syracuse on July 1 when Bryce Harper was activated from the disabled list. He was recalled again when rosters expanded on September 1.
Davis was placed on the 60-day disabled list with an elbow strain on February 13, 2014.
Davis's pitch repertoire consists of a four-seam fastball (93 mph), curveball (78 mph), and changeup (85 mph).
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