Richard Toronto

War over Lemuria

Richard Shaver, Ray Palmer and the Strangest Chapter of 1940s Science Fiction

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Produktbeschreibung

Life magazine described the Shaver Mystery as "the most celebrated rumpus that rocked the science fiction world." Its creators said it was a "new wave in science fiction." Critics called it "dangerous nonsense" and labeled its fans the lunatic fringe. Whatever else the Shaver Mystery was, it became a worldwide sensation between 1945 and 1948, one of the greatest controversies to hit the science fiction genre. Today these stories of the remnants of a sinister ancient civilization living in caverns under the Earth are an all but forgotten sidebar to the historical record. The Shaver Mystery began as a series of science fiction yarns in Amazing Stories nearly 70 years ago. The men behind it, Ray Palmer and Richard Shaver, were derided and seldom understood by a fandom that did its best to sweep them under the carpet of history. Though Ray Palmer was one of the earliest and biggest names in SF fandom, credited with many firsts in his field, his fannish brethren have roundly ignored him, thanks to the Shaver Mystery. What is the truth behind these men and their "mystery"? This is the question writers and editors that promoted the Shaver Mystery try to answer as they reveal the behind-the-scenes story of the phenomenon known as "Shaverism."

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 266
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. April 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 507g
• ISBN-13: 9780786473076
• ISBN-10: 078647307X
• Artikelnr.: 36932177

Autorenporträt

Richard Toronto is a journalist, former newspaper reporter and the editor of Shavertron.com, an E-zine dedicated to the Shaver Mystery, Ray Palmer and Richard S. Shaver. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface Introduction Part I. The Life and Times Raymond Alfred Palmer
1.
The Memory Comet
2.
Education
3.
Trauma
4.
Spilling the Atoms
5.
Politics
6.
The Inner Circle Part II. Richard Sharpe Shaver
7.
Shavertown
8.
The Early Years
9.
The Wicker School of Fine Art 10.
Through the Looking Glass 11.
Period of Abandonment 12.
Ionia, 1938-1943 Part III. The Rise and Fall of the Shaver Mystery, 1945-1948 13.
Howard Browne 14.
Lemuria, My Lemuria 15.
Con
ict 16.
Line in the Sand 17.
Science of the Damned 18.
Fanfeud from Hell 19.
Armistice of 1948 Part IV. Diaspora 20.
Reconstructing Ray Palmer 21.
The Unexpected Gäation of William L. Hamling 22.
The Stigmata of Raymond A. Palmer 23.
Big Trouble in Little Amherst 24.
Artful Obsession 25.
Martian Diary 26.
The Inner Circle's Last Stand, 1975-1977 Chapter Notes Bibliography Index