Shaverology

Shaverology, the sequel to Richard Toronto's groundbreaking Shaver Mystery biography, War Over Lemuria, is the encore performance of two of science fiction's most controversial characters: Richard S. Shaver and Raymond A. Palmer. In Shaverology you will read previously unpublished accounts of their everyday lives from the people who knew them best. Was Ray Palmer an unrepentant hoaxer as his critics claim, or was he a true believer? Did Richard Shaver recant his belief in the Shaver Mystery on his deathbed? These questions and more are answered in Shaverology. Shaverology is your round trip ticket to sunny Palm Springs, California, and the home of the late sci-fi publisher William L. Hamling; to Richard Shaver's rock-strewn Wisconsin farm; and to Ray Palmer's vast, uncharted mind. You will also find two amazing chapters written by the daughters of both Palmer and Shaver. All the angst, treachery, suspicion, and hope that made up the Shaver Mystery converge in Shaverology. With more than 170 illustrations mined from the depths of the author's files, Shaverology contains rare, never-before-published artifacts of the Shaver Mystery. In the section "I Remember Shaver " you will find even greater insights from Shaver's closest friend and "adopted son," Richard Devere Horton. Shaverology is a self-guided tour of the minds and lives of that dynamic sci-fi duo, Richard Shaver and Raymond A. Palmer.So, climb aboard the Shaver Mystery one last time for a wild ride to another era.