J. Grant Thiessen
(1947 – )
James Grant Thiessen is a Canadian bibliographer and bookseller (Pandora's Books, BookIT Enterprises). He has worked primarily in the area of SF.
His bibliographic fanzine, Science Fiction Collector (later Megavore), was collected into three hardbound volumes from Pandora's Books.
Thiessen also published The Tanelorn Archives, a bibliography of Michael Moorcock, and has made contributions to bibliographic reference works, magazines, and price guides, including Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines (1985), edited by Marshall B. Tymn and Mike Ashley.
Thiessen was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, and earned a CMA degree in 1973. In 1977 he formally incorporated as Pandora's Books Ltd (selling mail order and also a pioneering online seller) which he ran until he sold the business in 1998.
Entry in The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction.
- Science Fiction Collector (aka Megavore) [1976-1981]
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