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Science Fiction Collector, v. 3, issue 5, September-October 1937
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[handwritten] Page 10 Science Fiction Collector [typewritten] ent ways, and there is the same excuse that the hobby would be educational. What I am getting at is that everyone wants to collect something. Therefore, it is only natural that readers of s-f should begin to collect magazines. That, after making what files they can from what they save, they should reach out and try to fill in the gaps. There is the added factor that one doesn't like to throw away something good, even though it seems that no more good can be derived from it. And so, we have science fiction collectors. There is another general type of hobby besides the aquisitive kind, though followers of the second type general also belong to the first. Amateur photographers are a good example. Not only do they hunt and snap the pictures, and sometimes develop, print, and enlarge them, but they also arrange them very carefully in an album. This active type of hobbying is well represented in the s-f field. In fact, we do not usually consider a person a "fan" until they do enter the constructive field, in publishing, writing, corresponding, either with magazines or laterally, organising clubs, or any other of the numerous "active" activities that science fiction offers. And, probably without exception, these active fans are also collectors. The desire to save, collect, to classify, to gloat; the dislike of throwing anything away; the possibilities for finding kindred natures, and the large opportunities for constructive work: these combine to make the greatest hobby in the world -- Science Fiction Fandom [handwritten] The fourth issue of IMAGINATIVE FICTION is now ready for distribution. Send your subscription in now! Fan Magazine Review [illustration of a gun shooting a sphere] [typewritten] SCIENCE FICTION FAN --- since the last issue of the COLLECTOR, four issues of the FAN have appeared. In the September issue there is nothing outstanding other than the inception of a new artist -- James V. Taurasi. The cover is punk -- for Dollens. Morrie should pay more attention to his proportions. Unfortunately, there is no "Fanfarade" this month -- making the issue seem more lifeless. "Trans-Uranus" is ended with this issue.... The October issue has clearer hectographing than has heretofore been the custom with the FAN. "Fanfarade" is back again. James V. Taurasi takes the place of Dollens as art editor -- which is a turn for the worse.... November issue --- Taurasi's cover is better this time than last month's. The interior of the magazine is hectographed on yellow paper -- making a rather unique appearance. Besides the usual columns Lowndes and Conover have articles in the issue. The absence of Dollens is noted by a rather dull interior.... The cover for the December issue is drawn by Charles Stiles, and is an improvement on those done by Taurasi. This time, the whole issue is turned out on yellow paper. The editorial mentions that future issues will be hectoed on various colored papers. James Rogers also has two illustrations in this issue. Sam Moskowitz, Bruce Fortune, and Robert Bahr have articles in the issue, besides the regular columns. * * * * * * * * * * * * * COSMIC TALES QUARTERLY --- This magazine is issued by James V. Taurasi. Fall 1937 is the latest issue (42). Dollens has an attractive cover and contents page design. Illustrations for the interior are by Dollens and Taurasi. Wollheim has a news column entitled "Phantaflexion." The rest of the magazine is made up, for the large part, of stories. The magazine
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[handwritten] Page 10 Science Fiction Collector [typewritten] ent ways, and there is the same excuse that the hobby would be educational. What I am getting at is that everyone wants to collect something. Therefore, it is only natural that readers of s-f should begin to collect magazines. That, after making what files they can from what they save, they should reach out and try to fill in the gaps. There is the added factor that one doesn't like to throw away something good, even though it seems that no more good can be derived from it. And so, we have science fiction collectors. There is another general type of hobby besides the aquisitive kind, though followers of the second type general also belong to the first. Amateur photographers are a good example. Not only do they hunt and snap the pictures, and sometimes develop, print, and enlarge them, but they also arrange them very carefully in an album. This active type of hobbying is well represented in the s-f field. In fact, we do not usually consider a person a "fan" until they do enter the constructive field, in publishing, writing, corresponding, either with magazines or laterally, organising clubs, or any other of the numerous "active" activities that science fiction offers. And, probably without exception, these active fans are also collectors. The desire to save, collect, to classify, to gloat; the dislike of throwing anything away; the possibilities for finding kindred natures, and the large opportunities for constructive work: these combine to make the greatest hobby in the world -- Science Fiction Fandom [handwritten] The fourth issue of IMAGINATIVE FICTION is now ready for distribution. Send your subscription in now! Fan Magazine Review [illustration of a gun shooting a sphere] [typewritten] SCIENCE FICTION FAN --- since the last issue of the COLLECTOR, four issues of the FAN have appeared. In the September issue there is nothing outstanding other than the inception of a new artist -- James V. Taurasi. The cover is punk -- for Dollens. Morrie should pay more attention to his proportions. Unfortunately, there is no "Fanfarade" this month -- making the issue seem more lifeless. "Trans-Uranus" is ended with this issue.... The October issue has clearer hectographing than has heretofore been the custom with the FAN. "Fanfarade" is back again. James V. Taurasi takes the place of Dollens as art editor -- which is a turn for the worse.... November issue --- Taurasi's cover is better this time than last month's. The interior of the magazine is hectographed on yellow paper -- making a rather unique appearance. Besides the usual columns Lowndes and Conover have articles in the issue. The absence of Dollens is noted by a rather dull interior.... The cover for the December issue is drawn by Charles Stiles, and is an improvement on those done by Taurasi. This time, the whole issue is turned out on yellow paper. The editorial mentions that future issues will be hectoed on various colored papers. James Rogers also has two illustrations in this issue. Sam Moskowitz, Bruce Fortune, and Robert Bahr have articles in the issue, besides the regular columns. * * * * * * * * * * * * * COSMIC TALES QUARTERLY --- This magazine is issued by James V. Taurasi. Fall 1937 is the latest issue (42). Dollens has an attractive cover and contents page design. Illustrations for the interior are by Dollens and Taurasi. Wollheim has a news column entitled "Phantaflexion." The rest of the magazine is made up, for the large part, of stories. The magazine
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