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Science Fiction Collector, v. 5, issue 1, May 1939
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Page Sixteen -- Science Fiction Collector - Baltadonis would perfect the use of the hectograph to the degree where it would usurp every other mode of reproduction used in the fan field at the time. After all these men were ordinary human beings, and did not profess to be prophets. Late August saw the appearance of the first number of the Collector under the editorship of Baltadonis and late August found the entire fan world set back on their haunches, amazed and speechless at the fulfillment of that proud boast. "The best hectographed fan magazine ever issued." There it was, set before them, in purple and white. Superbly illustrated by Dollens and Baltadonis. Hectography of the finest so far viewed in the fan worlds. Twenty large~sized pages. Material by Robert A. Madle, Sam Moskowitz, Donald A. Wollheim, Oswald Train, Bolataire [?], Milton A. Rothman, Morris S. Dollens, John L Chapman, and Robert Lowndes. In one issue's time, the Collector had already challenged the supremacy of every other fan magazine In the field. The Critic eventually took second place. The Fan was a long way off from the early 1938 issues which made it a nip and tuck battles between the two. Novae Terrae in England and Scientifiction were far too dry to compare with this new monarch of fandom. The Correspondent was in the throes of evolution, and was not recognized in the fan field, It was impossible, incredible, unbelievable, but nevertheless true. The Science Fiction Collector, despised purple sheet, was now the "top" fan magazine. The Collector did not surpass the high standard of its first number under the new management immediately. But it was consistently adding new features. I had made arrangements to contribute an article to every issue of the Collector. Oswald Train, Robert A. Madle, and Milton A. Rothman ran regular columns. And, soon, Ted Carnell of England had
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Page Sixteen -- Science Fiction Collector - Baltadonis would perfect the use of the hectograph to the degree where it would usurp every other mode of reproduction used in the fan field at the time. After all these men were ordinary human beings, and did not profess to be prophets. Late August saw the appearance of the first number of the Collector under the editorship of Baltadonis and late August found the entire fan world set back on their haunches, amazed and speechless at the fulfillment of that proud boast. "The best hectographed fan magazine ever issued." There it was, set before them, in purple and white. Superbly illustrated by Dollens and Baltadonis. Hectography of the finest so far viewed in the fan worlds. Twenty large~sized pages. Material by Robert A. Madle, Sam Moskowitz, Donald A. Wollheim, Oswald Train, Bolataire [?], Milton A. Rothman, Morris S. Dollens, John L Chapman, and Robert Lowndes. In one issue's time, the Collector had already challenged the supremacy of every other fan magazine In the field. The Critic eventually took second place. The Fan was a long way off from the early 1938 issues which made it a nip and tuck battles between the two. Novae Terrae in England and Scientifiction were far too dry to compare with this new monarch of fandom. The Correspondent was in the throes of evolution, and was not recognized in the fan field, It was impossible, incredible, unbelievable, but nevertheless true. The Science Fiction Collector, despised purple sheet, was now the "top" fan magazine. The Collector did not surpass the high standard of its first number under the new management immediately. But it was consistently adding new features. I had made arrangements to contribute an article to every issue of the Collector. Oswald Train, Robert A. Madle, and Milton A. Rothman ran regular columns. And, soon, Ted Carnell of England had
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