Publication: The If Reader of Science Fiction

Publication: The If Reader of Science FictionPublication Record # 41915
Editor: Frederik Pohl
Date: 1966-03-00
Publisher: Doubleday
Price:
$4.50^?$: US dollar
Pages: x+252
Format:
hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
Type: ANTHOLOGY
Cover: The If Reader of Science Fiction by Richard Miller (artist)
Webpages: archive.org
Notes:
- "First Edition" on copyright page.
- Gutter code "H4" on page 252 indicating a late January, 1966 printing date. Publication date based on this.
- Catalog of Copyright Number A00008421116 puts the publication date at 1966-05-06.
- Book lists an LCCN of 66-12247 but the Library of Congress has no record with this number. It IS listed with the number below.
External IDs:
- LCCN: 68-27132
- OCLC/WorldCat: 1804960
- Reginald-1: 11768

Cover art supplied by ISFDB on this Web page

Contents (view Concise Listing)

vii • Introduction (The If Reader of Science Fiction) • essay by Frederik Pohl
1 • When Time Was New • (1964) • novelette by Robert F. Young
49 • Father of the Stars • (1964) • novelette by Frederik Pohl
73 • The Life Hater • [Berserker (Fred Saberhagen)] • (1964) • short story by Fred Saberhagen
84 • Old Testament • (1964) • short story by Jerome Bixby
94 • The Silkie • [The Silkie] • (1964) • novelette by A. E. van Vogt
132 • A Better Mousetrap • (1963) • short story by John Brunner
153 • Long Day in Court • (1963) • short story by Jonathan Brand
175 • Trick or Treaty • [Retief] • (1965) • novelette by Keith Laumer
206 • The 64-Square Madhouse • (1962) • novelette by Fritz Leiber

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