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Science Fiction Collector, v. 5, issue 1, May 1939
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Page Ten --- Science Fiction Collector--- breaking "Farewell" to science fiction fandom: "I consider the first eleven issues of the Collector not worth saving with the possible exception of the ninth." As I previously stated Dollens was honest to himself as well as to the fans. Getting back to the ninth issue. It was thirty-two small-sized pages. Not very pretentious in this day and age when even three cent weeklies run up to ten large sized pages; but back in late 1936, it was an almost impossible achievement. It proved that more pretentious-looking publications might yet find their way off the sticky gelatin. The feature of the ninth number of the Collector was a short story, "The Lost Dimension" by Morris S. Dollens. In the main, this yarn showed three distinct improvements in the COLLECTOR. First, Dollens had managed to get it typewritten. Second, there was an amazing improvement in the style and color of the illustrations. And third, the writing of the story itself was for the first time in the Collector fairly readable. Another feature of the number was a delicate sketch of the editor, Dollens, and also the superb mastery of make-up and hectography possessed by its editor. A mastery that serves, even today, as an example of the best in hectographing. Other than the mentioned material, there were a few departments, of which one was a new one giving a bibliographical line-up of WONDER STORIES for the year 1938. For the most part, the issue was occupied with various experiments at hectograph drawing. The price, due to the size, had been boosted to ten cents a copy. And, the editor had decided to publish it on a monthly, instead of a tri-weekly, basis. A number of months passed and the Collector did not again appear. Finally, early February found the appearance of the Collector once again. But it had undergone some radical changes. It was back to its tri-weekly five cent, sixteen page basis. However, a few of
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Page Ten --- Science Fiction Collector--- breaking "Farewell" to science fiction fandom: "I consider the first eleven issues of the Collector not worth saving with the possible exception of the ninth." As I previously stated Dollens was honest to himself as well as to the fans. Getting back to the ninth issue. It was thirty-two small-sized pages. Not very pretentious in this day and age when even three cent weeklies run up to ten large sized pages; but back in late 1936, it was an almost impossible achievement. It proved that more pretentious-looking publications might yet find their way off the sticky gelatin. The feature of the ninth number of the Collector was a short story, "The Lost Dimension" by Morris S. Dollens. In the main, this yarn showed three distinct improvements in the COLLECTOR. First, Dollens had managed to get it typewritten. Second, there was an amazing improvement in the style and color of the illustrations. And third, the writing of the story itself was for the first time in the Collector fairly readable. Another feature of the number was a delicate sketch of the editor, Dollens, and also the superb mastery of make-up and hectography possessed by its editor. A mastery that serves, even today, as an example of the best in hectographing. Other than the mentioned material, there were a few departments, of which one was a new one giving a bibliographical line-up of WONDER STORIES for the year 1938. For the most part, the issue was occupied with various experiments at hectograph drawing. The price, due to the size, had been boosted to ten cents a copy. And, the editor had decided to publish it on a monthly, instead of a tri-weekly, basis. A number of months passed and the Collector did not again appear. Finally, early February found the appearance of the Collector once again. But it had undergone some radical changes. It was back to its tri-weekly five cent, sixteen page basis. However, a few of
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