Science Fiction Collector

Zine
Title:	Science Fiction Collector
Publisher:
Editor(s):	Morris Scott Dollens, John V. Baltadonis
Type:
Date(s):	1936-?
Medium:	Print
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Fandom:	Science Fiction
Language:	English
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Science Fiction Collector was a science fiction fanzine published starting in 1936. Fancyclopedia lists it as 1936-1939, but the University of Iowa's Hevelin Collection has an issue published Winter 1941, whose foreword states, "The Collector never has been defunct, and never (within the next thirty or forty years, at least) must be considered as such in the future." It's unclear whether any more issues were ever printed.

Reviews

The 18th COLLECTOR was quite good. The cover, while excellent, was not so good as that on the 17th. I enjoyed the vivid coloring of the latter very much. All of the regular columns, as usual, were fine. "Tubby Tales" contained some real information for the newer fans. Moskowitz's article....well, I told him personally what I thought of it so there's no need to repeat it. Most of the interior cuts were interesting, both your's and Agnew's.

Walter E. Marconette: Letter printed in #19 pg. 26 (May 1938)

The hectoing in [March-April] much better than usual. I always get eyestrain reading a hectoed mag, but this time the effect was minimized. Clearer letters, less smearing and blotting, more uniformity throughout. All the drawings were well-reproduced and quite artistic, especially those for "Fantaglimmerings" and "Long Distance".

Oliver E. Saari: Letter printed in #19 pg. 26 (May 1938)

I wish the magazine were printed, because it really is of high enough calibre to deserve it; however, why wish for impossibilities. That "poem," "The War of the Dolts," though correct in its contention perhaps, was certainly some of the most rotten poetry it has ever been my misfortune to read - boy, it was something! Glad to hear you're going back to the small size. I like the feel of a magazine in my hand to be thick and compact, so I hope it's around twenty to twenty-five pages at least.

Jack Chapman Miske: Letter printed in #19 pg. 28 (May 1938)

But to the Science Fiction Collector should go the credit for elevating hektoed work to a presentable level.... Several times Dollens wavered between monthly and every-three-weekly issuance, conflicting statements even appearing in the same issue, pages of which were done at different times. The contents never did get very good, but somehow fans liked them.

Jack Speer's Up To Now: New Fan Magazines, Fly by Night and Permanent (1939)

We were quite pleased and surprized to see this magazine come out again, 20 small size pages, very well hectoed. Contents are good, but slightly out of date.

Fantasy-News issue 38 page 5 (December 1939)

32 hektoed pages, 10 cents. Vol. 5 No.2

Here is the mag that the experienced fan will take to like a duck in water. It gives little, personal glimpses of the entire fan field. Recently it celebrated its third anniversary, andis the oldest fan mag published today. "There Are Other Sides" by Sam Moskowitz, long article in the issue is the most sensational of the entire year. "Thots In The Dark" by the Infernal Wonderer is delightful in its intimate touches. Bob Madle contributes a fine news column, and there is a regular host of departments, etc. Profusely illustrated in all colors.

"The Manuscript Bureau" of New Fandom, issue 7 page 12 (April 1940)

Articles of Note

• A Fairly Complete Case Against Michelism by Jack Speer; (May 1938)
• A Better Case Against Michelism by Robert A. W. Lowndes; (Aug-Sep 1938)
• The First Side - The True Side by Donald A. Wollheim; Vol 5, Issue 4 (Nov-Dec 1939)
• Morojo vs Moskowitz by Morojo; Vol 5, Issue 4 (Nov-Dec 1939)
• On the Difficulties of Conversion by Joseph Gilbert; reprint (Nov-Dec 1941)

• Regular column Fantaglimmerings by Robert A. Madle
• Regular column The Eternal Wanderer by Ossie Train