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Polaris, v. 1, issue 2, March 1940

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POLARIS     13

in the ointment. You guessed it. The wonder-boy of the far west. I shuddered when I read the title--Imagi-Movies. How anyone can be amused, edified or fascinated by those damned trick words is beyond me... Into each life some rain must fall -- but please see that it doesn't turn into a cloudburst. If you must have Ackerman--please curb him as much as possible. How can you aid and abet in subjecting the poor reader to such abnormalities as superiffic, lyrickt and scientificienemerry, etc?
From Belle Wyman: I have just read the first Polaris. Cover kind of unique. Seems to me the whole magazine is gotten up in a very nice fashion. Maybe none of your folks do, but I really like the little sonnet. I was thrilled, wondered "How did they ever get this into one of these magazines?" The rhythm and, and--everything! I think it's just beautiful! I liked "The Organ" very much. "The Gourmet"--wasn't it a little far-fetched? "He Who Waits" sure was intriguing; a fine "mystery" story. Might the man have been one of the Adepts? I look forward to seeing all the movies in Mr. Ackerman's lists, with the exception of "Eternally Yours" (because I saw it in San Francisco already!)
A note from "Trudy" Hempken:  Congratulations! You've done a neat job on POLARIS--it's a dandy piece of mimeo (at least mine is very clear) and the contents themselves are worth the effort that was put into composing the mag. All the fiction is thoroly weird, particularly HWJr's He Who Waits. Mustn't forget The Organ--it's a vampire-ghost affair, so it must please most anyone. Lowndes' Gourmet is thru and thru shuddery -- any tale like that makes me teeth feel awfly cold. For pure horror -- maddening -- it hits the spot, but I don't care for that particular theme.
Still another feminine fan, Gertrude Kuslan, writes: What in the world is the cover supposed to represent? The paper's nice anyway, and the interior is really beautiful! Even tho I have a personal dislike for green... Warner's story was just average fan fiction. Barlow's Sonnet was good and Ackerman always is. I liked the style in which Rimel's tale was written, but the ending was painfully obvious. And the same goes for Lowndes' "Gourmet". It was beautifully written, however... The only real kick I have is about the slimness of the issue. More articles on the fan world would be vastly welcome, and, of course letters.
J. J. Fortier comments: Your Polaris pretty good, quite so for a first attempt. You could have better art work tho. Everything in the issue as a whole very good. HE WHO WAITS by Warner was a nice bit, but it didn't have enough action to it. I didn't care for SONNET, but that's only one person's opinion. IMAGI-MOVIES by 4sj Ackerman interesting as is all of his work. THE ORGAN is one of the best pieces of fan-fiction that I have seen for a very long while. Congrats to Duane W. Rimel. THE COURMET is perhaps Robert W. Lowndes' best story to date... All-in-all good, but where is your editorial? Your magazine is definitely lacking in atmosphere.
From R. H. Barlow: It's a pleasure to see a weird magazine in the field again, after the long absence of such, and I hope you keep it up, stressing--as you do in #1--the creative element as opposed to the useful columns of winchelesque dither. Of your current two, Warner's seemed to me to have the most imagination and Rimel's the most polish. The former, with paragraphs like "He was old. Nothing else can express his antiquity than that one word, &c &c"

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POLARIS 13 in the ointment. You guessed it. The wonder-boy of the far west. I shuddered when I read the title--Imagi-Movies. How anyone can be amused, edified or fascinated by those damned trick words is beyond me... Into each life some rain must fall -- but please see that it doesn't turn into a cloudburst. If you must have Ackerman--please curb him as much as possible. How can you aid and abet in subjecting the poor reader to such abnormalities as superiffic, lyrickt and scientificienemerry, etc? From Belle Wyman: I have just read the first Polaris. Cover kind of unique. Seems to me the whole magazine is gotten up in a very nice fashion. Maybe none of your folks do, but I really like the little sonnet. I was thrilled, wondered "How did they ever get this into one of these magazines?" The rhythm and, and--everything! I think it's just beautiful! I liked "The Organ" very much. "The Gourmet"--wasn't it a little far-fetched? "He Who Waits" sure was intriguing; a fine "mystery" story. Might the man have been one of the Adepts? I look forward to seeing all the movies in Mr. Ackerman's lists, with the exception of "Eternally Yours" (because I saw it in San Francisco already!) A note from "Trudy" Hempken: Congratulations! You've done a neat job on POLARIS--it's a dandy piece of mimeo (at least mine is very clear) and the contents themselves are worth the effort that was put into composing the mag. All the fiction is thoroly weird, particularly HWJr's He Who Waits. Mustn't forget The Organ--it's a vampire-ghost affair, so it must please most anyone. Lowndes' Gourmet is thru and thru shuddery -- any tale like that makes me teeth feel awfly cold. For pure horror -- maddening -- it hits the spot, but I don't care for that particular theme. Still another feminine fan, Gertrude Kuslan, writes: What in the world is the cover supposed to represent? The paper's nice anyway, and the interior is really beautiful! Even tho I have a personal dislike for green... Warner's story was just average fan fiction. Barlow's Sonnet was good and Ackerman always is. I liked the style in which Rimel's tale was written, but the ending was painfully obvious. And the same goes for Lowndes' "Gourmet". It was beautifully written, however... The only real kick I have is about the slimness of the issue. More articles on the fan world would be vastly welcome, and, of course letters. J. J. Fortier comments: Your Polaris pretty good, quite so for a first attempt. You could have better art work tho. Everything in the issue as a whole very good. HE WHO WAITS by Warner was a nice bit, but it didn't have enough action to it. I didn't care for SONNET, but that's only one person's opinion. IMAGI-MOVIES by 4sj Ackerman interesting as is all of his work. THE ORGAN is one of the best pieces of fan-fiction that I have seen for a very long while. Congrats to Duane W. Rimel. THE COURMET is perhaps Robert W. Lowndes' best story to date... All-in-all good, but where is your editorial? Your magazine is definitely lacking in atmosphere. From R. H. Barlow: It's a pleasure to see a weird magazine in the field again, after the long absence of such, and I hope you keep it up, stressing--as you do in #1--the creative element as opposed to the useful columns of winchelesque dither. Of your current two, Warner's seemed to me to have the most imagination and Rimel's the most polish. The former, with paragraphs like "He was old. Nothing else can express his antiquity than that one word, &c &c"