{"product_id":"richard-sharpe-shaver-some-stones-are-ancient-books-9780997645651","title":"Richard Sharpe Shaver: Some Stones Are Ancient Books","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCult sci-fi author and controversial theorist Richard Sharpe Shaver devoted his life to decoding messages from ancient civilizations left behind in rocks\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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. His controversial stories about an advanced prehistoric civilization and a race of evil beings living at the center of the earth appeared in \u003ci\u003eAmazing Stories\u003c\/i\u003e and other landmark sci-fi publications of the '40s and '50s.\u003cbr\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. \u003ci\u003eSome Stones Are Ancient Books\u003c\/i\u003e contains a generous selection of \u003ci\u003eRokfogos\u003c\/i\u003e 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 civilization.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichard Sharpe Shaver\u003c\/b\u003e (1907-75) was an artist and author whose work frequently appeared in 1940s science fiction magazines such as \u003ci\u003eAmazing Stories\u003c\/i\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\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Christine Burgin\/Further Reading","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51253978792210,"sku":"9780997645651","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a082a3f9-3d8d-4b84-a486-0569012432d9.jpg?v=1775054030","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/richard-sharpe-shaver-some-stones-are-ancient-books-9780997645651","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}