REMEMBER LEMURIA

REMEMBER LEMURIA
   When SF fans debate the fine line between magazine science fiction and pop pseudo-science, the name of Richard Shaver inevitably comes up.Shaver wrote "I Remember Lemuria," which was published in 1945 in Amazing Stories. His tale contained what is now called a "conspiracy theory," inwhich humans are manipulated by evil creatures called "deros," part of an ancient civilization driven underground by solar radiation. Shaver maintained that his theory was based on fact.The story became wildly popular - and 2500 letters were received by Amazing after it appeared. So more of the stories were commissioned. In 1947 an entire issue was written about Lemuria for Amazing. Most SF fans called the Shaver tales a pure hoax - and an earlyexample of the bogus stories about flying saucers, worldwide conspiracies, and ancient races that have become such a staple of American culture.

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