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Search - Worlds of If: A Retrospective Anthology

Worlds of If A Retrospective Anthology
Author: Frederik Pohl (Editor), Joseph D. Olander (Editor), Martin Harry Greenberg (Editor)

If was an American science fiction magazine launched in March 1952 by Quinn Publications, owned by James L. Quinn. The magazine was moderately successful, though for most of its run it was not considered to be in the first tier of American science fiction magazines. If achieved its greate... more »st success under editor Frederik Pohl, winning the Hugo Award for best professional magazine three years running from 1966 to 1968. If published many award-winning stories over its 22 years. The most prominent writer to make his first sale to If was Larry Niven, whose story "The Coldest Place" appeared in the December 1964 issue. If was merged into Galaxy Science Fiction after the December 1974 issue.

Contents:

Introduction (Worlds of If: A Retrospective Anthology) (1986) • essay by Frederik Pohl
As IF Was in the Beginning (1986) • essay by Larry T. Shaw
Memoir (The Golden Man) • essay by Philip K. Dick; The Golden Man (1954) / novelette by Philip K. Dick
Memoir (The Battle) • essay by Robert Sheckley; The Battle (1954) / short story by Robert Sheckley
Last Rites (1955) / short story by Charles Beaumont
Game Preserve (1957) / short story by Rog Phillips
The Burning of the Brain [The Instrumentality of Mankind] (1958) / short story by Cordwainer Smith
Memoir (The Man Who Tasted Ashes) • essay by Algis Budrys; The Man Who Tasted Ashes (1959) / short story by Algis Budrys
Memoir (Kings Who Die) • essay by Poul Anderson; Kings Who Die (1962) / novelette by Poul Anderson
Memoir (Fortress Ship) • essay by Fred Saberhagen; Fortress Ship [Berserker] (1963) / short story by Fred Saberhagen
Father of the Stars (1964) / novelette by Frederik Pohl
Trick or Treaty [Retief] • (1965) / novelette by Keith Laumer
Memoir (Nine Hundred Grandmothers) • essay by R. A. Lafferty; Nine Hundred Grandmothers [Habitable Worlds] (1966) / short story by R. A. Lafferty
Memoir (Neutron Star) • essay by Larry Niven; Neutron Star [Known Space] (1966) / novelette by Larry Niven
Memoir (This Mortal Mountain) • essay by Roger Zelazny; This Mortal Mountain (1967) / novelette by Roger Zelazny
Memoir (I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream) • essay by Harlan Ellison; I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream (1967) / short story by Harlan Ellison
Memoir (Driftglass) • essay by Samuel R. Delany; Driftglass (1967) / short story by Samuel R. Delany
Memoir (The Holmes-Ginsbook Device) • essay by Isaac Asimov; The Holmes-Ginsbook Device (1968) / short story by Isaac Asimov
Memoir (Down in the Black Gang) • essay by Philip José Farmer; Down in the Black Gang (1969) / novelette by Philip José Farmer
Memoir (The Reality Trip) • essay by Robert Silverberg. The Reality Trip (1970) / short story by Robert Silverberg
Memoir (The Night-Blooming Saurian) • essay by James Tiptree, Jr.; The Nightblooming Saurian (1970) / short story by James Tiptree, Jr.
Memoir (Occam's Scalpel) • essay by Theodore Sturgeon; Occam's Scalpel (1971) / novelette by Theodore Sturgeon
Memoir (Construction Shack) • essay by Clifford D. Simak; Construction Shack (1973) / short story by Clifford D. Simak
Memoir (Time Deer) • essay by Craig Strete; Time Deer (1974) / short story by Craig Strete
Afterword: Flash Point, Middle (1986) • essay by Barry N. Malzberg (variant of Flashpoint: Middle 1984)

ISBN-13: 9780312944711
ISBN-10: 0312944713
Publication Date: 7/1/1986
Pages: 480
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Publisher: Bluejay Books/St. Martin's Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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