Publication: If, December 1955

Publication: If, December 1955Publication Record # 58715 (View All Issues) (View Issue Grid)
Editor: James L. Quinn
Date: 1955-12-00
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 1955 (1955) • by Frank Kelly Freas
Webpages: archive.org
Notes: Vol 6, No 1. Cover art titled "Heavyweight Champion of the World" as noted on the Contents/copyright page (scanned version from archive.org), and note reference to p.59. 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 - 1955 • [If / Worlds of If] • (1955) • edited by James L. Quinn

Contents (view Concise Listing)

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^ⓘfront end paper for books; inside front cover for magazines
• Hypothetical Planet • interior artwork by Mel Hunter
2 • The Odd Genre (If, December 1955) • essay by Forrest J. Ackerman
4 • Hoax • [Amos Danton] • novelette by James E. Gunn
5 • Hoax • interior artwork by Frank Kelly Freas [as by Kelly Freas]
27 • What Is Your Science I. Q.? (If, December 1955) • essay by uncredited
28 • N4 N5 N6 • short story by James McKimmey, Jr.
29 • N4 N5 N6 • interior artwork by Paul Orban
39 • Worth Citing (If, December 1955) • essay by uncredited
40 • The Earthman • novelette by Irving E. Cox, Jr. [as by Irving Cox, Jr.]
41 • The Earthman • interior artwork by Ed Emshwiller [as by Emsh]
60 • Laboratory • short story by Jerome Bixby
61 • Laboratory • interior artwork by Ed Emshwiller [as by Emsh]
76 • The Barbarians • short story by Tom Godwin
77 • The Barbarians • interior artwork by Paul Orban
93 • Promised Planet • short story by Robert F. Young
93 • Promised Planet • interior artwork by Mel Hunter
101 • Science Briefs (If, December 1955) • essay by uncredited
104 • The Happy Clown • short story by Alice Eleanor Jones
104 • The Happy Clown • interior artwork by Frank Kelly Freas [as by Kelly Freas]
117 • Hue and Cry (If, December 1955) • [Hue and Cry] • essay by uncredited
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^ⓘback end paper for books; inside back cover for magazines
• Scene on Europa • interior artwork by Mel Hunter

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