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If

If, sometimes known as Worlds of If, was an American science fiction magazine. (There is a Wikipedia article about this serial.)

Publication History

If began in 1952. No issue copyright renewals were found for this serial. The first copyright-renewed contribution is from March 1952 (v. 1 no. 1). (More details) It ran until 1974, and was then merged into Galaxy. We know of no active copyright renewals for material in the issues we list here.

Persistent Archives of Complete Issues

• 1952: Project Gutenberg has an illustrated transcription of Black Eyes and the Daily Grind by Stephen Marlowe (writing as Milton Lesser), as it appeared in the March 1952 issue.
• 1952: Project Gutenberg has an illustrated transcription of The One and the Many by Stephen Marlowe (writing as Milton Lesser), as it appeared in the March 1952 issue.
• 1952: Project Gutenberg has an illustrated transcription of Jungle in the Sky by Stephen Marlowe (writing as Milton Lesser), as it appeared in the May 1952 issue.
• 1952: Project Gutenberg has an illustrated transcription of Resurrection Seven by Stephen Marlowe, as it appeared in the May 1952 issue.
• 1952: Project Gutenberg has an illustrated transcription of Let There Be Light by H. B. Fyfe, as it appeared in the November 1952 issue.
• 1953: The Internet Archive has volume 1, number 6, dated January 1953.
• 1953: The Internet Archive has volume 2, number 2, dated May 1953.
• 1953: Project Gutenberg has an illustrated transcription of The Kenzie Report by Mark Clifton, as it appeared in the May 1953 issue.
• 1953: Project Gutenberg has an illustrated transcription of Irresistible Weapon by H. B. Fyfe, as it appeared in the July 1953 issue.
• 1953: Project Gutenberg has an illustrated transcription of Progress Report by Mark Clifton and Alex Apostolides, as it appeared in the July 1953 issue.
• 1954: The Internet Archive has most of volume 3, number 4, dated June 1954. The story 'No Strings Attached' by Lester Del Rey has been removed from this copy at the request of one of his publishers. (We are not aware of an active US copyright for that story as originally published, however.)
• 1954: Project Gutenberg has an illustrated transcription of No Strings Attached by Lester Del Rey, as it appeared in the June 1954 issue.
• 1954: Project Gutenberg has an illustrated transcription of Quickie by Stephen Marlowe (writing as Milton Lesser), as it appeared in the October 1954 issue.
• 1954: Project Gutenberg has an illustrated transcription of A Cold Night for Crying by Stephen Marlowe (writing as Milton Lesser), as it appeared in the December 1954 issue.
• 1955: The Internet Archive has most of volume 5, number 3, dated May 1955. The novelette 'Snowball' by Poul Anderson has been removed from this copy at the request of his estate. (We are not aware of an active US copyright for that story as originally published, however.)
• 1955: Project Gutenberg has an illustrated transcription of Snowball by Poul Anderson, as it appeared in the May 1955 issue.
• 1956: The Internet Archive has most of volume 6, number 2, dated February 1956. The novelette 'Catalysis' by Poul Anderson has been removed from this copy at the request of his estate. (We are not aware of an active US copyright for that story as originally published, however.)
• 1956: Project Gutenberg has an illustrated transcription of Catalysis by Poul Anderson, as it appeared in the February 1956 issue.
• 1956: The Internet Archive has volume 6, number 5, dated August 1956.
• 1957: The Internet Archive has volume 7, number 2, dated February 1957.
• 1958: Project Gutenberg has an illustrated transcription of Do Unto Others by Mark Clifton, as it appeared in the June 1958 issue.
• 1959: The Internet Archive has volume 9, number 5, dated November 1959.
• 1960: The Internet Archive has volume 10, number 2, dated May 1960.
• 1960: Project Gutenberg has an illustrated transcription of The Wedge by H. B. Fyfe, as it appeared in the September 1960 issue.
• 1962: Project Gutenberg has an illustrated transcription of The Talkative Tree by H. B. Fyfe, as it appeared in the January 1962 issue.

Related Resources

• We also list some issues of Galaxy, which absorbed this magazine.

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