Publication: If, December 1954

Publication: If, December 1954Publication Record # 58714 (View All Issues) (View Issue Grid)
Editor: James L. Quinn
Date: 1954-12-00
Publisher: Quinn Publishing Company, Inc.; Buffalo, NY
Price:
$0.35^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
Pages: 124
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: If, December 1954 by Anton Kurka
Webpages: archive.org
Notes: Vol 4, No 4. Cover art illustrates story "First Stage: Moon" as noted on the Contents/copyright page (scanned version from archive.org). Fep art believed to be by Valigursky. Art for Les Machines signed "JS." 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: If - 1954 • [If / Worlds of If] • (1954) • edited by James L. Quinn

Contents (view Concise Listing)

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^ⓘfront end paper for books; inside front cover for magazines
• Landing on Hermes • interior artwork by uncredited
4 • A Chat with the Editor (If, December 1954) • [A Chat with the Editor (If)] • essay by James L. Quinn
6 • The Jungle • novelette by Charles Beaumont
6 • The Jungle • interior artwork by Leo Summers
25 • First Stage: Moon • short story by Dick Hetschel
28 • And Gone Tomorrow • novelette by Andrew J. Offutt [as by Andy Offut]
29 • And Gone Tomorrow • interior artwork by Paul Orban
50 • Elliptic Orbit • short story by Poul Anderson
51 • Elliptic Orbit • interior artwork by John Styga
56 • Community Property • short story by Alfred Coppel
57 • Community Property • interior artwork by Frank Kelly Freas [as by Kelly Freas]
70 • The Gun Runners • novelette by Ralph Williams
71 • The Gun Runners • interior artwork by Paul Orban
93 • What Is Your Science I. Q.? (If, December 1954) • essay by uncredited
94 • A Cold Night for Crying • short story by Milton Lesser
95 • A Cold Night for Crying • interior artwork by Frank Kelly Freas [as by Kelly Freas]
105 • Les Machines • short story by Joe Love
105 • Les Machines • interior artwork by uncredited
114 • Science Briefs (If, December 1954) • essay by uncredited
118 • Worth Citing (If, December 1954) • essay by uncredited

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