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Science Fiction Collector, v. 5, issue 1, May 1939
Page 15
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Third Anniversary Issue Page Fifteen tion of being stf's best hektoed mag ... I consider the first eleven issues of the Collector not worth saving, with the possible exceptlon of the ninth. It was not until the twelfth issue that the magazine was worth subscribing for. The bad start ... turned most of the fans against us ... It seems only fitting that this issue, our thirteenth, should be the last under my ownership. That "Farewell" read like an obituary to me, and it must have affected others similarly. I wonder how many felt, deservedly, pangs of infinite remorse over their rough treatment fandom's greatest idealist? Everything seemed beyond repair now. On this sorry note ended the first period in the existence of the Science Fiction Collector. A month or so later, the news leaked out that John V. Baltadonis was to assume the task of republishing the Collector. Considerable doubts of his competency for the task were expressed at the time. "Surely," many thought, and not without cause, "Baltadonis will never be able to equal the fine grade of hectographing, the marvelous variety and interest of the thirteenth Collector or any of the other things that the magazine had featured in the past." When this young upstart, Baltadonis, boldly issued the statement "The first issue of the Collector under my auspices will be the best hectographed magazine ever," My throaty chuckles reverberated throughout the length and breadth of fandom. The best issue of a best hectographed fan magazine ever issued, indeed. This was going to turn out to be quite amusing. But how were they expected to know what they know today. Namey, that Baltadonis would achieve nomination for one of the ten greatest fans of all time, and that
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Third Anniversary Issue Page Fifteen tion of being stf's best hektoed mag ... I consider the first eleven issues of the Collector not worth saving, with the possible exceptlon of the ninth. It was not until the twelfth issue that the magazine was worth subscribing for. The bad start ... turned most of the fans against us ... It seems only fitting that this issue, our thirteenth, should be the last under my ownership. That "Farewell" read like an obituary to me, and it must have affected others similarly. I wonder how many felt, deservedly, pangs of infinite remorse over their rough treatment fandom's greatest idealist? Everything seemed beyond repair now. On this sorry note ended the first period in the existence of the Science Fiction Collector. A month or so later, the news leaked out that John V. Baltadonis was to assume the task of republishing the Collector. Considerable doubts of his competency for the task were expressed at the time. "Surely," many thought, and not without cause, "Baltadonis will never be able to equal the fine grade of hectographing, the marvelous variety and interest of the thirteenth Collector or any of the other things that the magazine had featured in the past." When this young upstart, Baltadonis, boldly issued the statement "The first issue of the Collector under my auspices will be the best hectographed magazine ever," My throaty chuckles reverberated throughout the length and breadth of fandom. The best issue of a best hectographed fan magazine ever issued, indeed. This was going to turn out to be quite amusing. But how were they expected to know what they know today. Namey, that Baltadonis would achieve nomination for one of the ten greatest fans of all time, and that
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