{"product_id":"richard-sharpe-shaver-some-stones-are-ancient-books","title":"Richard Sharpe Shaver: Some Stones Are Ancient Books","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eScience fiction writer Richard Sharpe Shaver believed that rocks were books imprinted with valuable information about such mythical ancient races as the Lemurians and Atlanteans. This title contains a generous selection of 'Rokfogos' accompanied by hand-typed texts in which Shaver explains – not always patiently – all that can be seen in these stones. Also included are facsimiles of his handmade books and publications, all of which he felt to be of incalculable importance to civilisation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHis controversial stories about an advanced prehistoric civilisation and a race of evil beings living at the center of the earth appeared in 'Amazing Stories' and other landmark sci-fi publications of the ’40s and ’50s. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA decade later, he was living in relative isolation and devoting himself to rock book research, a course of study that he shared with a devoted group of correspondents. Shaver believed that ancient leaders had left behind images embedded into rocks, which he then tried to interpret.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichard Sharpe Shaver\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1907–75) was an artist and author whose work frequently appeared in 1940s science fiction magazines such as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmazing Stories\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. He was the center of the Shaver Mystery, a controversy regarding his alleged discovery of a prehistoric civilization, which sparked mass interest and a devoted following that continues to this day.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Further Reading Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52580829954337,"sku":"9780997645651","price":55.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0781\/9650\/6913\/files\/original_9780997645651.jpg?v=1776566016","url":"https:\/\/shop.terrain.earth\/products\/richard-sharpe-shaver-some-stones-are-ancient-books","provider":"TERRAIN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}