Publication: If, March 1953

Publication: If, March 1953Publication Record # 58778 (View All Issues) (View Issue Grid)
Editor: James L. Quinn
Date: 1953-03-00
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, March 1953 (1953) • by Ken Fagg
Webpages: archive.org
Notes: Vol 2, No 1. Cover titled "Landing on Deimos" as noted on the Contents/copyright page. Wulff is identified by the initials wf. The Jorgenson pseudonym was used almost exclusively by Robert Silverberg. "Deadly City" was probably meant to have been assigned the house pseudonym Ivar Jorgensen. Note that cover art from Visco is for UK version, with differing volume number. The full text and images of this edition are available at The Internet Archive, see web page for link.

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Editor Title: If - 1953 • [If / Worlds of If] • (1953) • edited by James L. Quinn

Contents (view Concise Listing)

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^ⓘfront end paper for books; inside front cover for magazines
• Defense Base on the Moon • interior artwork by Ed Valigursky
2 • A Chat with the Editor (If, March 1953) • [A Chat with the Editor (If)] • essay by James L. Quinn
4 • Deadly City • novelette by Paul W. Fairman [as by Ivar Jorgenson]
4 • Deadly City • interior artwork by Ed Emshwiller [as by Ed Emsh]
38 • Margin of Error • short story by Richard Deming [as by Richard Deeming]
38 • Margin of Error • interior artwork by Bob Martin
42 • The Victor • short story by Bryce Walton
42 • The Victor • interior artwork by Frank Kelly Freas [as by Kelly Freas]
55 • Thy Name is Woman • short story by Bryce Walton [as by Kenneth O'Hara]
55 • Thy Name is Woman • interior artwork by Marilyn Zimmerman [as by Zimmerman]
72 • The Sword • short story by Frank Quattrocchi
72 • The Sword • interior artwork by Tom Beecham
82 • The Rotifers • short story by Robert Abernathy
82 • The Rotifers • interior artwork by Virgil Finlay
94 • Personalities in Science: Galileo • [Personalities in Science] • essay by Eve P. Wulff
97 • The Black Tide • short story by Arthur G. Stangland
98 • The Black Tide • interior artwork by Ed Valigursky
111 • The Salesman • short story by Waldo T. Boyd
114 • Science Briefs (If, March 1953) • essay by uncredited
119 • The Postman Cometh (If, March 1953) • [The Postman Cometh (If)] • essay by uncredited
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^ⓘback end paper for books; inside back cover for magazines
• On Target • interior artwork by Ed Valigursky

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Verifier	Date	Type	Last User Activity Date
Alibrarian	2007-05-25 20:31:26	Permanent	2009-02-13
Swfritter	2008-03-26 18:49:30	Transient	2024-10-05
Dave888	2020-12-10 23:37:54	Permanent	2025-04-24

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Miller/Contento	Verified	SGale	2015-12-15 08:45:18

Publication: If, March 1953

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