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Who is Richard S. Shaver?
What is the Shaver Mystery?
Partly Fortean, mostly crackpot-ism, "The Shaver Mystery" blended Hollow Earth theory, Mu, Space Aliens and much more into a contagious pastiche that ignited a controversy among the SF community in the pages of Amazing Stories in the late 40's.
All these pages are from just one issue (June '45).
More hysteria to follow.
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What is the Shaver Mystery?
Partly Fortean, mostly crackpot-ism, "The Shaver Mystery" blended Hollow Earth theory, Mu, Space Aliens and much more into a contagious pastiche that ignited a controversy among the SF community in the pages of Amazing Stories in the late 40's.
All these pages are from just one issue (June '45).
More hysteria to follow.
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