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• fep •  Defense Base on the Moon • interior artwork by Ed Valigursky
• 2 • A Chat with the Editor (If, March 1953) • [A Chat with the Editor (If)] • essay by James L. Quinn
• 4 • Deadly City • novelette by Paul W. Fairman [as by Ivar Jorgenson]
• 4 •  Deadly City • interior artwork by Ed Emshwiller [as by Ed Emsh]
• 38 • Margin of Error • short story by Richard Deming [as by Richard Deeming]
• 38 •  Margin of Error • interior artwork by Bob Martin
• 42 • The Victor • short story by Bryce Walton
• 42 •  The Victor • interior artwork by Frank Kelly Freas [as by Kelly Freas]
• 55 • Thy Name is Woman • short story by Bryce Walton [as by Kenneth O'Hara]
• 55 •  Thy Name is Woman • interior artwork by Marilyn Zimmerman [as by Zimmerman]
• 72 • The Sword • short story by Frank Quattrocchi
• 72 •  The Sword • interior artwork by Tom Beecham
• 82 • The Rotifers • short story by Robert Abernathy
• 82 •  The Rotifers • interior artwork by Virgil Finlay
• 94 • Personalities in Science: Galileo • [Personalities in Science] • essay by Eve P. Wulff
• 97 • The Black Tide • short story by Arthur G. Stangland
• 98 •  The Black Tide • interior artwork by Ed Valigursky
• 111 • The Salesman • short story by Waldo T. Boyd
• 114 • Science Briefs (If, March 1953) • essay by uncredited
• 119 • The Postman Cometh (If, March 1953) • [The Postman Cometh (If)] • essay by uncredited
• bep •  On Target • interior artwork by Ed Valigursky