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== (1) A Fanzine by Morris Scott Dollens and later by John V. Baltidonis==
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(Did you mean [[Megavore|a J. Grant Thiessen fanzine]]?)
''Science Fiction Collector'' was a [[fanzine]] initially published in Minnesota by [[Morris Scott Dollens]] and then beginning with #14 by [[John V. Baltidonis]].  The [[Baltidonis]] issues, at least were [[hectographed]].
 
  
See [[Up To Now -- New Fan Magazines, Fly by Night and Permanent]] for some discussion of ''SFC''.
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A [[fanzine]] initially published in Minnesota by [[Morris Scott Dollens]] and then beginning with #14 by [[John V. Baltidonis]].  The [[Baltidonis]] issues, at least were [[hectographed]].
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See [[Up To Now: New Fan Magazines, Fly by Night and Permanent]] for some discussion of ''SFC''.
  
 
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== (2) A Fanzine by J. Grant Thiessen==
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{{publication | start=1936 | end=1939}}
''The Science Fiction Collector'' (which was also called '''''Megavore''''') was a printed [[fanzine]] published by [[J. Grant Thiessen]] of Neche, ND which was devoted to [[bibliographic]] material on paperbacks and [[prozines]]. Issues were typically around 48 pages.  Its publication history is moderately complicated:
 
 
 
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Issue || Date || Pages || Title || Publisher
 
1 ||October 1976 || ||''The Science-Fiction Collector'' ||[[James Grant Books]]
 
2 ||1976 || ||" ||"
 
3 ||February 1977 || ||" ||"
 
4 ||July 1977 || ||''The Science-Fiction Collector'' ||[[Pandora's Books Ltd.]]
 
5 ||September 1977 ||48 ||" ||"
 
6 ||May 1978 || ||" ||"
 
7 || || ||" ||"
 
8 ||October 1979 || ||" ||"
 
9 ||June 1980 || ||''Megavore'' ||Pandora's Books Ltd.
 
10 || || ||" ||"
 
11 || || ||" ||"
 
12 || || ||" ||"
 
13 ||March 1981 || ||" ||"
 
14 ||May 1981 ||48 ||''The Science Fiction Collector'' ||Pandora's Books Ltd.
 
15 ||July 31, 1981 || ||" ||" #15 was combined with ''[[Age of the Unicorn]]''
 
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Subsequent issues were catalogs for [[Theissen]]'s book-selling business.
 
 
 
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Revision as of 04:04, 15 March 2020

(Did you mean a J. Grant Thiessen fanzine?)

A fanzine initially published in Minnesota by Morris Scott Dollens and then beginning with #14 by John V. Baltidonis. The Baltidonis issues, at least were hectographed.

See Up To Now: New Fan Magazines, Fly by Night and Permanent for some discussion of SFC.

Issue Date Pages Notes
*1 1936
*14 V3.2 July 1937 20
*15 V3.3 September 1937 20
*16 V3.4
*17 V3.5 January 1938 14
*18 V3.6 March 1938 16
V4.2 June 1938 28
V4.3 August 1938 36
V5.2 July 1939 20


Publication 19361939
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