The first series was published between October 1, 1955, and April 1974; the review was reestablished in 1990, after the 1989 Revolution, originally as a common venture with the Anticipația almanac (itself in print from 1982 to 1999).
Launched by Știință și Tehnică, it had among its winners Adrian Rogoz, who was subsequently asked to take over as editor of the bi-monthly collection.
[2] Beginning in the 1960s, it spearheaded the science fiction club phenomenon, promoted by Rogoz and fellow writer Ion Hobana.
Pavelescu quit his position by the end of the decade, and the magazine, again restructured, experienced changes in direction, financial difficulties, and, allegedly, controversy over who owned its trademark.
[4] Writer Aurel Cărășel eventually took over as Colecţia... editor and moved its headquarters from Bucharest to Craiova, but, according to science fiction reviewer Michael Hăulică, there was little connection between the two series, Cărăşel's being unremarkable.