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Science Fiction Collector, v. 5, issue 1, May 1939
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Page Eight --- Science Fiction Collector-- ----------------------------------------Five of the Collector displayed a heretofore unsuspected clarity of reading matter that could be coaxed out of the gelatinous material by a person well-verged in the tricky art. It displayed that hectography made possible the use of copious illustrations absolutely unlimited in choice of colours or method of presentation. All of which would have been financially impossible with a printed magazine and just plain impossible with the mimeographed or multigraphed forms of reproduction. Continuing with the sixth issue, Dollens was unofficially awarded an imaginary degree as absolute Master of Hectugraphy. Fans also began to take notice of the fact that Dollens illustrations were improving remarkably well in the short space of time the magazine had been in existence. The Fantasy Fiction League never was more than a weak, doddering effort that dawdled about and finally deservedly collapsed. It was started by Hayward B. Kirby, who was at the time of its inception (October, 1936) a good friend of Dollens. Dollens was offered to hectograph, bind together with the Collector, and mail the Fantasy Fiction Digest (the official publication of the Fantasy Fiction League) to the subscribers of the Collector. The Seventh issue of the Collector carried the title, "Fantasy Fiction Digest combined with the Science Fiction Collector." Kirby with a lethargy proverbial in the fan field as "lazy as Kirby" pleasantly forgot to send the material for his official organ, which was to be included with the issue of the Collector. Therefore, plans to raise the price to 10 cents went kerplop, and the editor, Dollens, found it necessary to raise the number of pages to twenty-two to explain profusely just why the Fantasy Fiction Digest would not combine with the Collector that issue. Hope was held forth that the combine would take effect beginning with the eighth issue. A sort of redeeming feature of the number was a rare article by an
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Page Eight --- Science Fiction Collector-- ----------------------------------------Five of the Collector displayed a heretofore unsuspected clarity of reading matter that could be coaxed out of the gelatinous material by a person well-verged in the tricky art. It displayed that hectography made possible the use of copious illustrations absolutely unlimited in choice of colours or method of presentation. All of which would have been financially impossible with a printed magazine and just plain impossible with the mimeographed or multigraphed forms of reproduction. Continuing with the sixth issue, Dollens was unofficially awarded an imaginary degree as absolute Master of Hectugraphy. Fans also began to take notice of the fact that Dollens illustrations were improving remarkably well in the short space of time the magazine had been in existence. The Fantasy Fiction League never was more than a weak, doddering effort that dawdled about and finally deservedly collapsed. It was started by Hayward B. Kirby, who was at the time of its inception (October, 1936) a good friend of Dollens. Dollens was offered to hectograph, bind together with the Collector, and mail the Fantasy Fiction Digest (the official publication of the Fantasy Fiction League) to the subscribers of the Collector. The Seventh issue of the Collector carried the title, "Fantasy Fiction Digest combined with the Science Fiction Collector." Kirby with a lethargy proverbial in the fan field as "lazy as Kirby" pleasantly forgot to send the material for his official organ, which was to be included with the issue of the Collector. Therefore, plans to raise the price to 10 cents went kerplop, and the editor, Dollens, found it necessary to raise the number of pages to twenty-two to explain profusely just why the Fantasy Fiction Digest would not combine with the Collector that issue. Hope was held forth that the combine would take effect beginning with the eighth issue. A sort of redeeming feature of the number was a rare article by an
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