Golden Girl of Kalendar (1939)

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Golden Girl of Kalendar (1939)

Tremaine’s Lost World Falls Short of Stilson’s Polaris and Hamilton’s Carthage

Sara Light-Waller

Jan 08, 2025

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This week’s podcast is something of a doozy. I found a rabbit hole while researching a story and jumped right in!

The following are items mentioned in this podcast.

My previous podcasts about the Polaris Janus series:

"Polaris of the Snows"

Sara Light-Waller

August 21, 2024

This week I’m talking about Charles B. Stilson’s, “Polaris Janess” stories which originally came out in All-Story Weekly between 1915 and 1917. Stilson’s work has been favorably compared to Edgar Rice Burroughs’ and in a real sense “Polaris of the Snows

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"Minos of Sardanes"

Sara Light-Waller

August 28, 2024

“Minos of Sardanes” is the second story in the “Polaris Janess” trilogy. The story was originally serialized in All-Story Weekly beginning with the August 12, 1916 issue.

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Polaris and the Goddess Glorian

Sara Light-Waller

September 4, 2024

“Polaris and the Goddess Glorian” is the third story in the “Polaris Janess” trilogy. The story was originally serialized in All-Story Weekly beginning with the September 15, 1917 issue.

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A "Polaris of the Snows" Addendum

Sara Light-Waller

September 5, 2024

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*The opening illustration for “Golden Girl of Kalendar”*

*The opening illustration for “Horror Out of Cathage.”*

The cover of **Fantastic Adventues,** September 1939 issue

The first appearance of A. Merrit’s “*The Moon Pool*” (as “*The Conquest of the Moon Pool*”), serialized in **All Story Weekly** in 1919.

Catherynne M. Valente’s, “*The Orphan’s Tales: In the Night Garden*” and “*In the Cities of Coin and Spice*”

Discussion about this podcast

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