Publication: Worlds of If, July-August 1972 [UK]

Publication: Worlds of If, July-August 1972 [UK]Publication Record # 264330 (View All Issues) (View Issue Grid)
Editor: Ejler Jakobsson
Date: 1972-07-00
Publisher: Universal-Tandem Publishing Company Ltd.
Price:
£0.25^?£: UK pound
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, July-August 1972 [UK] by Jack Gaughan (variant of Worlds of If, July-August 1972) [as by Gaughan]
Notes:
- Vol. 21, No. 6, Issue 161
- 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 August 1972 on the cover and spine. Dated July-August 1972 on the contents page.
- Titled Worlds of If Science Fiction on the cover and contents page. Titled If Science Fiction on the spine.
- Cover art for "The Book of Rack the Healer"
- No interior illustrations are explicitly credited. Jack Gaughan's art identified by signature.
- "Star Wolf!" is listed as "Star Wolf" in the book review section.

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Editor Title: Worlds of If [UK] - 1972 • [Worlds of If [UK]] • (1972) • edited by Ejler Jakobsson

Contents (view Concise Listing)

4 • A Message from the Publisher • essay by Arnold E. Abramson
6 • The Book of Rack the Healer (Part 1 of 2) • [Thunderworld • 1] • serial by Zach Hughes
6 • The Book of Rack the Healer (Part 1 of 2) • interior artwork by Jack Gaughan
51 • Last Train from Earth • short story by Doris Piserchia
51 • Last Train from Earth • interior artwork by uncredited
63 • Hue and Cry (If, July-August 1972) • [Hue and Cry] • essay by Ejler Jakobsson [as by Jakobsson]
64 • The Merchants of Venus • [Heechee] • novella by Frederik Pohl
64 • The Merchants of Venus • interior artwork by Jack Gaughan
118 • Comet, Cairn and Capsule • short story by Duncan Lunan
118 • Comet, Cairn and Capsule • interior artwork by uncredited
134 • Reading Room (If, July-August 1972) • [Reading Room] • essay by Lester del Rey
136 • Review: Clarion by Robin Scott Wilson • review by Lester del Rey
138 • Review: Star Wolf! by Ted White • review by Lester del Rey
139 • SF Calendar (If, July-August 1972) • essay by uncredited
140 • Review: Deryni Checkmate by Katherine Kurtz • review by Lester del Rey
140 • Review: Ignition! An Informal History of Liquid Rocket Propellants by John D. Clark • review by Lester del Rey
140 • Review: She & The Return of She by H. Rider Haggard • review by Lester del Rey
140 • Review: The Overman Culture by Edmund Cooper • review by Lester del Rey
143 • Hard Sell • [Fisk Centers] • short story by Piers Anthony
143 • Hard Sell • interior artwork by uncredited
159 • The Men at Kappa • short story by William M. Lee [as by William Lee]
159 • The Men at Kappa • interior artwork by uncredited

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Publication: Worlds of If, July-August 1972 [UK]

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