Publication: If, April 1955

Publication: If, April 1955Publication Record # 58695 (View All Issues) (View Issue Grid)
Editor: James L. Quinn
Date: 1955-04-00
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, April 1955 (1955) • by Charles Casler
Webpages: archive.org
Notes: Vol 5, No 2. Cover art titled "Entering Earth's Atmosphere" as noted on the Contents/copyright page (scanned version from archive.org). Fep art believed to be by Valigursky. 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 - 1955 • [If / Worlds of If] • (1955) • edited by James L. Quinn

Contents (view Concise Listing)

fep • Airport of the Future • interior artwork by uncredited
2 • A Chat with the Editor (If, April 1955) • [A Chat with the Editor (If)] • essay by James L. Quinn
4 • Shill • novelette by James E. Gunn
5 • Shill • interior artwork by Ed Emshwiller [as by Emsh]
40 • Task Mission • novelette by Fox B. Holden
40 • Task Mission • interior artwork by Paul Orban
60 • One Love Have I • short story by Robert F. Young
60 • One Love Have I • interior artwork by Ed Emshwiller [as by Emsh]
74 • Willie's Planet • short story by Mike Ellis
75 • Willie's Planet • interior artwork by Paul Orban
88 • Captive Market • short story by Philip K. Dick
88 • Captive Market • interior artwork by Frank Kelly Freas [as by Kelly Freas]
102 • Worth Citing (If, April 1955) • essay by uncredited
103 • What Is Your Science I. Q.? (If, April 1955) • essay by uncredited
104 • Escape Mechanism • short story by Charles E. Fritch
104 • Escape Mechanism • interior artwork by Paul Orban
117 • Science Briefs (If, April 1955) • essay by uncredited

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