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Author:   Richard Toronto
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.476kg
ISBN:  

9780786473076

ISBN 10:   078647307
Pages:   264
Publication Date:   09 May 2013
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

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. Conflict 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 Gafiation 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

Reviews

very well written...an easy and pleasant read...definitely recommend --SFRA Review; fascinating reading --Fantasy & Science Fiction; brisk, entertaining account...provides new insight into the odd, and less well-known personality that was Richard Shaver. Thoroughly researched and documented --Los Angeles Review of Books.

very well written...an easy and pleasant read...definitely recommend --SFRA Review fascinating reading --Fantasy & Science Fiction brisk, entertaining account...provides new insight into the odd, and less well-known personality that was Richard Shaver. Thoroughly researched and documented --Los Angeles Review of Books.

very well written...an easy and pleasant read...definitely recommend --<i>SFRA Review</i>; fascinating reading --<i>Fantasy & Science Fiction</i>; brisk, entertaining account...provides new insight into the odd, and less well-known personality that was Richard Shaver. Thoroughly researched and documented --<i>Los Angeles Review of Books</i>.

"""very well written...an easy and pleasant read...definitely recommend""--SFRA Review; ""fascinating reading""--Fantasy & Science Fiction; ""brisk, entertaining account...provides new insight into the odd, and less well-known personality that was Richard Shaver. Thoroughly researched and documented""--Los Angeles Review of Books."

Author Information

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.

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