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Polaris of the Snows by Charles B. Stilson
https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/35426
[COMPLETE]

This was at Project Gutenberg as an excerpt. It's now complete and the other two books in the trilogy are complete also.

Minos of Sardanes by Charles B. Stilson
https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/67029
[in progress here: viewtopic.php?f=26&t=94703 ]

Polaris and the Goddess Glorian by Charles B. Stilson
https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/67121

http://vintagepopfictions.blogspot.com/2015/03/polaris-of-snows.html
American pulp writer Charles B. Stilson (1880-1932) is usually regarded as an imitator of Edgar Rice Burroughs and on the basis of Polaris - of the Snows that seems a fairly accurate assessment. Tarzan of the Apes had appeared in All-Story Weekly in 1912. It has to be said however that Stilson was a competent imitator and this is an entertaining short novel.

Polaris - of the Snows does in fact have many similarities to the Burroughs Tarzan stories. Polaris is a young giant of a man who has been brought up by his father in a cabin in Antarctica. The cabin was built from the wreckage that brought his father and his mother (now deceased) to the frozen continent many years earlier. They were presumably engaged on a voyage of exploration although we will not learn the whole story until the end of the book.
Greg
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gweeks wrote: February 7th, 2022, 8:12 am Polaris of the Snows by Charles B. Stilson
https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/35426

This was at Project Gutenberg as an excerpt. It's now complete and the other two books in the trilogy are complete also.

Minos of Sardanes by Charles B. Stilson
https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/67029

Polaris and the Goddess Glorian by Charles B. Stilson
https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/67121

http://vintagepopfictions.blogspot.com/2015/03/polaris-of-snows.html
American pulp writer Charles B. Stilson (1880-1932) is usually regarded as an imitator of Edgar Rice Burroughs and on the basis of Polaris - of the Snows that seems a fairly accurate assessment. Tarzan of the Apes had appeared in All-Story Weekly in 1912. It has to be said however that Stilson was a competent imitator and this is an entertaining short novel.

Polaris - of the Snows does in fact have many similarities to the Burroughs Tarzan stories. Polaris is a young giant of a man who has been brought up by his father in a cabin in Antarctica. The cabin was built from the wreckage that brought his father and his mother (now deceased) to the frozen continent many years earlier. They were presumably engaged on a voyage of exploration although we will not learn the whole story until the end of the book.
Greg
Hi Greg. I would like to BC this trilogy. I will post to that effect in the New Projects Launch Pad. Thank you, Brian
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BrianFullen wrote: September 29th, 2022, 7:47 pm Hi Greg. I would like to BC this trilogy. I will post to that effect in the New Projects Launch Pad. Thank you, Brian
I think it's great that you want to do all three of these books! I think it would be best, though, to run them one at a time, rather than coordinating all three concurrently. If you run three at once, you'll in essence be splitting up your interested readers among the three, and so each book will take longer. Whereas focusing on one at a time means you'll have a stronger group of readers for each book, and that as each book finishes, you and your readers will all feel that motivating jolt of accomplishment that will propel you on to the next one.

You've already done the groundwork of setting up all three, and there's no reason to go through all that again, so I suggest you choose the one you'd like to start with, and we'll move the other two threads into Book Suggestions for safekeeping until you're ready for them.
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mightyfelix wrote: September 29th, 2022, 9:58 pm
BrianFullen wrote: September 29th, 2022, 7:47 pm Hi Greg. I would like to BC this trilogy. I will post to that effect in the New Projects Launch Pad. Thank you, Brian
I think it's great that you want to do all three of these books! I think it would be best, though, to run them one at a time, rather than coordinating all three concurrently. If you run three at once, you'll in essence be splitting up your interested readers among the three, and so each book will take longer. Whereas focusing on one at a time means you'll have a stronger group of readers for each book, and that as each book finishes, you and your readers will all feel that motivating jolt of accomplishment that will propel you on to the next one.

You've already done the groundwork of setting up all three, and there's no reason to go through all that again, so I suggest you choose the one you'd like to start with, and we'll move the other two threads into Book Suggestions for safekeeping until you're ready for them.
Whatever you think best is fine with me. I came across this trilogy in Book Suggestions yesterday and replied that I would be happy to BC them. So, if two of them return there, then perhaps I should also modify my reply to Greg from last evening for clarity sake.

While each is a complete novel in itself, I believe they should be ordered as the author intended. First should be "Polaris of the Snows", follow then by "Minos of Sardanes" then, finally, "Polaris and the Goddess Glorian".

I've read sections in the Jason Croft series by Giesy and, similar to that, this series has proper names (and some other words) that are inventions of the author. For that reason, there is a pronunciation guide for the Croft series. Do you recommend that I attempt to create such a guide for this series?

Thanks.
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BrianFullen wrote: September 30th, 2022, 7:28 am I've read sections in the Jason Croft series by Giesy and, similar to that, this series has proper names (and some other words) that are inventions of the author. For that reason, there is a pronunciation guide for the Croft series. Do you recommend that I attempt to create such a guide for this series?
Yes.

I'm happy to have you do them. I do think keeping them consistent helps.

Greg
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gweeks wrote: September 30th, 2022, 8:20 am
BrianFullen wrote: September 30th, 2022, 7:28 am I've read sections in the Jason Croft series by Giesy and, similar to that, this series has proper names (and some other words) that are inventions of the author. For that reason, there is a pronunciation guide for the Croft series. Do you recommend that I attempt to create such a guide for this series?
Yes.

I'm happy to have you do them. I do think keeping them consistent helps.

Greg
I have opened threads in launch pad. I believe we have an MC. I believe that these will be 'serialized' as three separate projects: "Polaris of the Snows" first. If we get a DPL for it, I'll work out the matter of pronunciation guide with them. OK with you?
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However you want to manage it is ok with me.

Greg
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