Science Fiction Collector
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(1) A Fanzine by Morris Scott Dollens and later by John V. Baltidonis[edit]
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.
| 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 |
(2) A Fanzine by J. Grant Thiessen[edit]
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:
| 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 |
Subsequent issues were catalogs for Theissen's book-selling business.
| Publication | ???? |
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