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Polaris, v. 1, issue 4, September 1940
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POLARIS 11 little indicative of all that Theunis, to judge from his guarded accounts later on, must have discerned! Only a few basic elements of the landscape were in the thing. For the most part a cloudy, exotic-looking vapor dominated the view. Every object that might have been familiar was seen to be part of something vague and unknown and altogether un-terrestrial ---something infinitely vaster than any human eye could grasp, and infinitely alien, monstrous, and hideous as guessed from the fragment within range. Where I had, in the landscape itself, seen the twisted, half-sentient tree, there was here visible only a gnarled, terrible hand or talon with fingers or feelers shockingly distended and evidently groping toward something on the ground or in the spectator's direction. And squarely below the writing, bloated digits I thought I saw an outline in the grass where a man had lain. But the sketch was hasty, and I could not be sure. THE END - - - - EDITORIAL ILLUMINATION (continued from Page 3) take advantage of the six months before it appears to procure the very best material available, and to present it in the most attractive manner possible. As we stated in our last issue, we are now presenting as an experiment a long fantasy, occupying nearly eight pages. Whether we will repeat this in the future or confine ourselves to a larger number of shorter stories rests with you, the readers. Please vote on this matter when you write. And also, please rate each story by number, just as you do for Spaceways. If we get sufficient cooperation from you we will present average ratings both for this issue and for #3 in our next number. Another result of the early issuance of this magazine is a vast uncertainty about our address. Probably about August 15, when some of you will be getting this, we will be at Box 234, Payette, Idaho, as given at the head of the contents page. On the other hand, we may not. At any rate, any comments sent there will be forwarded. Then about September 15 we will be returning to Pasadena, California -- but whether we'll be at 404 S. Lake Ave. again or not, we know not. But, once more, if you write us there after September 15, the mail will be forwarded to us. This is undoubtedly very confusing to you--but you can't be half as confused about the whole thing as we are. If we are fortunate enough to get to the Chicon (and we sincerely hope that we will be), we'll explain the matter to each and every one of you personally. So see--now you'll have to come to the Chicon! But whether we see you there or not, write to one address or the other--the letter will reach us. So we'll close this issue (and with it the first year of Polaris) with a word of thanks to all of you for your kindness to our little venture; to our contributors, without whose help this magazine would have been impossible; and above all, to the Los Angeles boys and gals for their enthusiastic cooperation in helping to put out the magazine.
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POLARIS 11 little indicative of all that Theunis, to judge from his guarded accounts later on, must have discerned! Only a few basic elements of the landscape were in the thing. For the most part a cloudy, exotic-looking vapor dominated the view. Every object that might have been familiar was seen to be part of something vague and unknown and altogether un-terrestrial ---something infinitely vaster than any human eye could grasp, and infinitely alien, monstrous, and hideous as guessed from the fragment within range. Where I had, in the landscape itself, seen the twisted, half-sentient tree, there was here visible only a gnarled, terrible hand or talon with fingers or feelers shockingly distended and evidently groping toward something on the ground or in the spectator's direction. And squarely below the writing, bloated digits I thought I saw an outline in the grass where a man had lain. But the sketch was hasty, and I could not be sure. THE END - - - - EDITORIAL ILLUMINATION (continued from Page 3) take advantage of the six months before it appears to procure the very best material available, and to present it in the most attractive manner possible. As we stated in our last issue, we are now presenting as an experiment a long fantasy, occupying nearly eight pages. Whether we will repeat this in the future or confine ourselves to a larger number of shorter stories rests with you, the readers. Please vote on this matter when you write. And also, please rate each story by number, just as you do for Spaceways. If we get sufficient cooperation from you we will present average ratings both for this issue and for #3 in our next number. Another result of the early issuance of this magazine is a vast uncertainty about our address. Probably about August 15, when some of you will be getting this, we will be at Box 234, Payette, Idaho, as given at the head of the contents page. On the other hand, we may not. At any rate, any comments sent there will be forwarded. Then about September 15 we will be returning to Pasadena, California -- but whether we'll be at 404 S. Lake Ave. again or not, we know not. But, once more, if you write us there after September 15, the mail will be forwarded to us. This is undoubtedly very confusing to you--but you can't be half as confused about the whole thing as we are. If we are fortunate enough to get to the Chicon (and we sincerely hope that we will be), we'll explain the matter to each and every one of you personally. So see--now you'll have to come to the Chicon! But whether we see you there or not, write to one address or the other--the letter will reach us. So we'll close this issue (and with it the first year of Polaris) with a word of thanks to all of you for your kindness to our little venture; to our contributors, without whose help this magazine would have been impossible; and above all, to the Los Angeles boys and gals for their enthusiastic cooperation in helping to put out the magazine.
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