Publication: If, August 1954

Publication: If, August 1954Publication Record # 58704 (View All Issues) (View Issue Grid)
Editor: James L. Quinn
Date: 1954-08-00
Publisher: Quinn Publishing Company, Inc.; Buffalo, NY
Price:
$0.35^?$: US dollar
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, August 1954 (1954) • by Ken Fagg
Webpages: archive.org
Notes: Vol 3, No 6. Title of cover art in error - unchanged from July 1954 issue. Fep and bep are believed to be by Valigursky. Letter from Alma McCormick takes up most of editorial column, introductory note from editor uncredited. 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)

fep • Reconnaissance Ship • interior artwork by uncredited
2 • A Chat with the Editor (If, August 1954) • [A Chat with the Editor (If)] • essay by Alma McCormick and uncredited
4 • The Unlearned • novelette by Raymond F. Jones
4 • The Unlearned • interior artwork by Ed Emshwiller [as by Emsh]
35 • The Joy of Living • short story by William F. Nolan
35 • The Joy of Living • interior artwork by uncredited
45 • The Academy • novelette by Robert Sheckley
45 • The Academy • interior artwork by Leo Summers
49 • The Academy [2] • interior artwork by Leo Summers
63 • Exhibit Piece • short story by Philip K. Dick
67 • Exhibit Piece • interior artwork by Paul Orban
75 • What Is Your Science I. Q.? (If, August 1954) • essay by uncredited
76 • Being • novelette by Richard Matheson
76 • Being • interior artwork by Virgil Finlay
87 • Being [2] • interior artwork by Virgil Finlay
97 • Being [3] • interior artwork by Virgil Finlay
101 • Worth Citing (If, August 1954) • essay by uncredited
102 • Contact Point • short story by Poul Anderson and Theodore R. Cogswell [as by Poul Anderson and Theodore Cogswell]
102 • Contact Point • interior artwork by Frank Kelly Freas [as by Kelly Freas]
117 • Today and Atomics • essay by M. T. Kay
120 • Looking Ahead... (If, August 1954) • essay by uncredited
bep • Sampling Ore • interior artwork by uncredited

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