Publication: Worlds of If, May-June 1972

Publication: Worlds of If, May-June 1972Publication Record # 255319 (View All Issues) (View Issue Grid)
Editor: Ejler Jakobsson
Date: 1972-05-00
Publisher: UPD Publishing Corporation
Price:
$0.75^?$: US dollar
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, May-June 1972 by Jack Gaughan [as by Gaughan]
Webpages: archive.org
Notes:
- Vol. 21, No. 5, Issue 160, UK Issue 1
- First of a new series of issues 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 June 1972 on the cover and spine. Dated May-June 1972 on the contents page.
- Cover art for "Patterns of Chaos" 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.
- The review of Two Planets credits the book to "Kurt Lasswitz".
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 • In the Ocean of Night • [Nigel Walmsley] • novella by Gregory Benford [as by Greg Benford]
4 • In the Ocean of Night • interior artwork by Jack Gaughan
52 • The Dwarfs of Zwergwelt • [Conscience Interplanetary] • novelette by Joseph Green
52 • The Dwarfs of Zwergwelt • interior artwork by Jack Gaughan
83 • The War Machine • short story by David Magil
83 • The War Machine • interior artwork by Jack Gaughan
88 • Caravan • short story by Lee Killough
88 • Caravan • interior artwork by Jack Gaughan
109 • SF Calendar (If, May-June 1972) • essay by uncredited
110 • Reading Room (If, May-June 1972) • [Reading Room] • essay by Lester del Rey
111 • Review: Ultimate World by Hugo Gernsback • review by Lester del Rey
112 • Review: Two Planets by Kurd Lasswitz • review by Lester del Rey
113 • Review: The Fabulous Riverboat by
Philip José Farmer^?Philip Jose Farmer
• review by Lester del Rey
114 • Review: Time's Last Gift by
Philip José Farmer^?Philip Jose Farmer
• review by Lester del Rey
114 • Review: Rockets in Ursa Major by Fred Hoyle and Geoffrey Hoyle • review by Lester del Rey
116 • Review: Orn by Piers Anthony • review by Lester del Rey
117 • Silver to Bronze - Over • short story by J. W. Schutz
117 • Silver to Bronze - Over • interior artwork by Jack Gaughan
136 • Patterns of Chaos (Part 3 of 3) • [Chaos (Colin Kapp) • 1] • serial by Colin Kapp
136 • Patterns of Chaos (Part 3 of 3) • interior artwork by Colin Kapp
175 • Hue and Cry (If, May-June 1972) • [Hue and Cry] • essay by Ejler Jakobsson [as by Jakobsson]

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Publication: Worlds of If, May-June 1972

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