Publication: Worlds of If, July-August 1972

Publication: Worlds of If, July-August 1972Publication Record # 255433 (View All Issues) (View Issue Grid)
Editor: Ejler Jakobsson
Date: 1972-07-00
Publisher: UPD Publishing Corporation
Price:
$0.75^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
Pages: 180
Format:
digest^?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".
Type: MAGAZINE
Cover: Worlds of If, July-August 1972 by Jack Gaughan [as by Gaughan]
Webpages: archive.org
Notes:
- Vol. 21, No. 6, Issue 161
- Published for distribution in the US and the UK. The interiors are exactly the same, with only a slight change in the dating and numbering of the cover.
- Dated August 1972 on the cover and spine. Dated July-August 1972 on the contents page.
- Titled Worlds of If Science Fiction on the cover and contents page. Titled If Science Fiction on the spine.
- Cover art for "The Book of Rack the Healer" as noted on the Contents/copyright page (scanned version from archive.org).
- No interior illustrations are explicitly credited. Jack Gaughan's art identified by signature.
- "Star Wolf!" is listed as "Star Wolf" in the book review section.
The full text and images of this edition are available at The Internet Archive, see web page for link.

Cover art supplied by ISFDB on this Web page

Editor Title: Worlds of If - 1972 • [If / Worlds of If] • (1972) • edited by Ejler Jakobsson

Contents (view Concise Listing)

4 • A Message from the Publisher • essay by Arnold E. Abramson
6 • The Book of Rack the Healer (Part 1 of 2) • [Thunderworld • 1] • serial by Zach Hughes
6 • The Book of Rack the Healer (Part 1 of 2) • interior artwork by Jack Gaughan
51 • Last Train from Earth • short story by Doris Piserchia
51 • Last Train from Earth • interior artwork by uncredited
63 • Hue and Cry (If, July-August 1972) • [Hue and Cry] • essay by Ejler Jakobsson [as by Jakobsson]
64 • The Merchants of Venus • [Heechee] • novella by Frederik Pohl
64 • The Merchants of Venus • interior artwork by Jack Gaughan
118 • Comet, Cairn and Capsule • short story by Duncan Lunan
118 • Comet, Cairn and Capsule • interior artwork by uncredited
134 • Reading Room (If, July-August 1972) • [Reading Room] • essay by Lester del Rey
136 • Review: Clarion by Robin Scott Wilson • review by Lester del Rey
138 • Review: Star Wolf! by Ted White • review by Lester del Rey
139 • SF Calendar (If, July-August 1972) • essay by uncredited
140 • Review: The Overman Culture by Edmund Cooper • review by Lester del Rey
140 • Review: Ignition! An Informal History of Liquid Rocket Propellants by John D. Clark • review by Lester del Rey
140 • Review: Deryni Checkmate by Katherine Kurtz • review by Lester del Rey
140 • Review: She & The Return of She by H. Rider Haggard • review by Lester del Rey
143 • Hard Sell • [Fisk Centers] • short story by Piers Anthony
143 • Hard Sell • interior artwork by uncredited
159 • The Men at Kappa • short story by William M. Lee [as by William Lee]
159 • The Men at Kappa • interior artwork by uncredited

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Miller/Contento	Verified	SGale	2016-01-01 10:35:14

Publication: Worlds of If, July-August 1972

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