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Polaris (zine)
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| Title: | Polaris |
| Publisher: | Paul Freehafer |
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| Date(s): | 1939-1941; memorial issue in 1944 |
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| Fandom: | Science Fiction |
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| Language: | English |
| External Links: | Online at fanac.org |
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Polaris was a science fiction zine published by Paul Freehafer. After Freehafer's death in 1944, his friend Forrest J Ackerman published a final memorial issue in his honor.
Reviews
Occasionally I get enthusiastic about something, and Polaris, Paul Freehafer's great magazine of material macabre, is one of 'em. If you don't subscribe to it, you're missing one of the best bets in fandom. Every issue contains at least twenty pages of the most unusual and splendidly-done weird material, mostly good, really strange fiction that you'll like whether you read Weird and Strange or not. It's very well mimeographed and uses exceptionally good artwork. Only a dime... Really, you can't go wrong on Polaris. It's a thing of beauty."The Star-Treader" (Jack Chapman Miske): Stardust. Spaceways #15 pg. 19. Sept. 1940.
(1)- It is supposed to be a FAPA mag, but it's publisher, Paul Freehafer hasn't been able to get into that sleeping organization yet; (2)- it is a strictly weird fan mag, patterened somewhat after Hornigs ancient and venerable Fantasy Fan; (3)-it has a short story by Lowndes entitled The Gourmet, which, frankly, sets us back on our ear. Whyt Doc is wasting his time in a CCCamp we can't understand!Bob Tucker in Le Zombie, 18 page 2 (December 2 1939)
"Polaris"... hits stellar notes at its first chirp. It is naet, [sic] attractive, excellently mimeographed, tasteful, and high in the quality of content. It is regrettable that the editor has not a well-known name in fandom, for the magazine deserves to be gobbled up as it would be wereaa [sic] more prominent fan to inaugurate it. However, quality tells, and, at the risk of prophesying, we see that Polaris has an admirable future ahead of it.Robert A. W. Lowndes in Scientifan issue 2 page 7 (January 1940)