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Richard Sharpe Shaver

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American writer and conspiracy theorist (1907-1975)

United StatesWritersLived 1907 to 1975 · aged 68
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Richard Sharpe Shaver was an American writer and artist who achieved notoriety in the years following World War II as the author of controversial stories which were printed in science fiction magazines.

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Shaver's first published work, the novella "I Remember Lemuria", was the cover story in the March 1945 Amazing StoriesShaver's first published work, the novella "I Remember Lemuria", was the cover story in the March 1945 Amazing StoriesNearly a year before the flying disc wave of 1947, Amazing Stories featured disc-shaped spacecraft.Nearly a year before the flying disc wave of 1947, Amazing Stories featured disc-shaped spacecraft.

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Richard Sharpe Shaver was an American writer and artist who achieved notoriety in the years following World War II as the author of controversial stories which were printed in science fiction magazines. Shaver claimed that he had personal experience of a sinister ancient civilization that harbored fantastic technology in caverns under the earth. The controversy stemmed from the claim by Shaver, and his editor and publisher Ray Palmer, that Shaver's writings, while presented in the guise of fiction, were fundamentally true. Shaver's stories were promoted by Ray Palmer as "The Shaver Mystery".

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United States
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Writers
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Writer / Author
Status
deceased
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Lived 1907 to 1975 · aged 68
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