num_pages: 200
description: Crackpot or visionary?He was considered one of the most controversial authors in the history of science fiction. He claimed his stories were essentially true; but were his writings the nonsensical ravings of a mentally deranged man or was Richard Sharpe Shaver a true visionary with insight into worlds long forgotten by the surface creatures of Earth?Then again there were many who said Shaver and his long-time editor Raymond A. Palmer were simply scam artists seeking fortune and trying to capitalize on one of the most bizarre concepts ever concocted.Contents (originally published in Amazing Stories Magazine June 1947):Formula from the UnderworldZigor Mephisto's Collection of MentaliaWitch's DaughterHow to Use the Shaver Alphabet (essay)
language: English
title: The Shaver Mystery, Book One
publisher: Armchair Fiction