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'''The Science Fiction Collector''' (which was also called '''Megavore''' for issues 9-13) was a printed [[fanzine]] published by [[J. Grant Thiessen]] of [[Winnipeg, MB]] which was devoted to [[bibliographic]] material on paperbacks and [[prozines]]. Issues were typically around 48 pages. Issues of ''SF Collector'' were collected into three volumes published by [[Pandora's Books]].
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: ''Not to be confused with the 1930s [[Science Fiction Collector]]'' (although it also sometimes included The and hyphen).
  
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Its publication history is moderately complicated:
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'''''The Science-Fiction Collector''''' (retitled '''''Megavore''': The Journal Of Popular Fiction'' for issues 9–13 and then returning to '''''The Science Fiction Collector''''' with no more hyphen) was a [[print]]ed [[fanzine]] or possibly [[semiprozine]] (''[[SFE]]'' calls it [[amateur magazine]]) published and edited by the [[collector]] and bookseller/dealer [[J. Grant Thiessen]] of [[Winnipeg, MB]], devoted to [[bibliographic]] material on paperbacks and [[prozines]].
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Issues of ''SF Collector'' were collected (or apparently just re-bound) into three hardcovers produced by Thiessen's [[Pandora's Books]] in 1980–1 (ending with #14) in 140 to 250 numbered signed copies.
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Its publication history is moderately complicated. All issues were 48 pages, some with advertising supplements/inserts.
  
 
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1 || October 1976 || || ''The Science-Fiction Collector'' || [[James Grant Books]]  
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1 || October 1976 || || '''''The Science-Fiction Collector'''''. Published by [[James Grant Books]], Calgary. Cover: [[Ace]] Book Index, $1.25
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2 || 1976 || || " || "
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2 || 1976 ||  
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3 || February 1977 || || " || "
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3 || February 1977 || ||
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4 || July 1977 || || ''The Science-Fiction Collector'' || [[Pandora's Books Ltd.]]  
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4 || July 1977 || 48 || Publisher changed (for the rest of the run) to [[Pandora's Books]] Ltd., Thiessen's business. Cover (art [[Dave Gallon]]) feature is [[SF Pornography|Science Fiction Pornography]] by [[Kenneth R. Johnson]]  
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5 || September 1977 || 48 || " || "
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5 || September 1977 || 48 ||
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6 || May 1978 || || " || "
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6 || May 1978 || ||
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7 || || || " || "
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8 || October 1979 || || " || "
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8 || October 1979 ||
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9 || June 1980 || || ''Megavore'' || Pandora's Books Ltd.  
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9 || June 1980 || 48 || Cover says and shows “''The Science-Fiction COLLECTOR'' Combined with: ''[[Age of the Unicorn]]''. Now Combined as '''''Megavore: The Journal Of Popular Fiction'''''". ''AotU'' was a fanzine devoted to various [[pulp fiction]] by [[Michael Cook]], who suffered a heart attack.
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10 || August 1, 1980 || 48 || simply ''Megavore: The Journal Of Popular Fiction''; no further mention of ''Age of the Unicorn'' even in the editorial
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12 || December 1980 || || " || "
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12 || Dec 1980 ||  
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13 || March 1981 || || " || "
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14 || May 1981 || 48 || ''The Science Fiction Collector'' || Pandora's Books Ltd.
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14 || May 1981 || 48 || '''''The Science Fiction Collector''''' is back, now without hyphen
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15 || July 31, 1981 || || " || " #15 was combined with ''[[Age of the Unicorn]]''
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15 || July 31, 1981 || 48 || [[Tabloid]] [[format]]. Articles up to p. 19, the rest advertisements only.
 
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Subsequent issues were catalogs for [[Theissen]]'s book-selling business.
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Reportedly there was Issue #15½ (30 November 1981), simply a catalogue, also in tabloid format.
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A final issue was printed in an 11,000 copy run (instead of the usual 3,000), in a newsprint, tabloid-size format, in conjunction with my catalog #41 from my company, Pandora's Books.  My subcribers got a copy, plus all of my customers for my mail-order business, and the remainder were given out at the [[1981 Worldcon|World Science Fiction Convention in 1981]].
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At that point, my mail-order business, and growing children, ate up all my time, and the magazine ceased publication. 
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* [https://efanzines.com/SFCollector/ ''Collector'' rescanned (alas, without OCR)] for [[eFanzines]], with Thiessen's introduction
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* [https://archive.org/details/texts?tab=collection&query=%22science+fiction+collector%22+OR+megavore ''Collector''] at Internet Archive, with OCR
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* {{SFE|science-fiction_collector_the}}
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* [https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/seriesgrid.cgi?27865 ''Science-Fiction Collector''] detailed bibliography at [[ISFDB]]
  
 
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Latest revision as of 08:57, 8 July 2024

Not to be confused with the 1930s Science Fiction Collector (although it also sometimes included The and hyphen).

The Science-Fiction Collector (retitled Megavore: The Journal Of Popular Fiction for issues 9–13 and then returning to The Science Fiction Collector with no more hyphen) was a printed fanzine or possibly semiprozine (SFE calls it amateur magazine) published and edited by the collector and bookseller/dealer J. Grant Thiessen of Winnipeg, MB, devoted to bibliographic material on paperbacks and prozines.

Issues of SF Collector were collected (or apparently just re-bound) into three hardcovers produced by Thiessen's Pandora's Books in 1980–1 (ending with #14) in 140 to 250 numbered signed copies.

Its publication history is moderately complicated. All issues were 48 pages, some with advertising supplements/inserts.

Iss. Date Pp Title, Notes, Publisher
1 October 1976 The Science-Fiction Collector. Published by James Grant Books, Calgary. Cover: Ace Book Index, $1.25
2 1976
3 February 1977
4 July 1977 48 Publisher changed (for the rest of the run) to Pandora's Books Ltd., Thiessen's business. Cover (art Dave Gallon) feature is Science Fiction Pornography by Kenneth R. Johnson
5 September 1977 48
6 May 1978
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8 October 1979
9 June 1980 48 Cover says and shows “The Science-Fiction COLLECTOR Combined with: Age of the Unicorn. Now Combined as Megavore: The Journal Of Popular Fiction". AotU was a fanzine devoted to various pulp fiction by Michael Cook, who suffered a heart attack.
10 August 1, 1980 48 simply Megavore: The Journal Of Popular Fiction; no further mention of Age of the Unicorn even in the editorial
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12 Dec 1980
13 March 1981
14 May 1981 48 The Science Fiction Collector is back, now without hyphen
15 July 31, 1981 48 Tabloid format. Articles up to p. 19, the rest advertisements only.

Reportedly there was Issue #15½ (30 November 1981), simply a catalogue, also in tabloid format. 

A final issue was printed in an 11,000 copy run (instead of the usual 3,000), in a newsprint, tabloid-size format, in conjunction with my catalog #41 from my company, Pandora's Books.  My subcribers got a copy, plus all of my customers for my mail-order business, and the remainder were given out at the World Science Fiction Convention in 1981.
At that point, my mail-order business, and growing children, ate up all my time, and the magazine ceased publication.
Publication 1976—1981
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