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Worlds of If: A Retrospective Anthology

Frederik Pohl & Martin Harry Greenberg & Joseph D. Olander

First published 1986
Publisher Bluejay Books
Format Hardcover
Type Anthology
Cover art Alan Gutierrez
Pages 438
Price $19.95
ISBN 0312944713

  • On copyright page:
    • "First Bluejay printing: September 1986"
    • "Cover/jacket art by Alan Gutierrez"
    • "Artwork for Harlan Ellison Memoir by Dennis Smith"
  • Also on the copyright page is "ISBN: 0-312-94471-3 (paperback), 0-312-94472-1 (hardcover)". Note that these ISBNs are reversed (apparently a typo.) On the front jacket flap and jacket back of this hardcover version is "ISBN: 0-312-94471-3". On the spine and back cover of the trade paper version is "ISBN: 0-312-94472-1".
  • $19.95 price is on jacket front flap.

Page Title Author(s) Type
1 Introduction (Worlds of If: A Retrospective Anthology) Frederik Pohl Essay
6 As IF Was in the Beginning Larry T. Shaw Essay
19 Memoir (The Golden Man) Philip K. Dick Essay
20 The Golden Man Philip K. Dick Novelette
50 Memoir (The Battle) Robert Sheckley Essay
51 The Battle Robert Sheckley Short Story
57 Last Rites Charles Beaumont Short Story
71 Game Preserve Rog Phillips Short Story
85 The Burning of the Brain Cordwainer Smith Short Story
95 Memoir (The Man Who Tasted Ashes) Algis Budrys Essay
103 The Man Who Tasted Ashes Algis Budrys Short Story
117 Memoir (Kings Who Die) Poul Anderson Essay
119 Kings Who Die Poul Anderson Novelette
147 Memoir (Fortress Ship) Fred Saberhagen Essay
148 Fortress Ship Fred Saberhagen Short Story
158 Father of the Stars Frederik Pohl Novelette
177 Trick or Treaty Keith Laumer Novelette
202 Memoir (Nine Hundred Grandmothers) R. A. Lafferty Essay
203 Nine Hundred Grandmothers R. A. Lafferty Short Story
214 Memoir (Neutron Star) Larry Niven Essay
216 Neutron Star Larry Niven Novelette
234 Memoir (This Mortal Mountain) Roger Zelazny Essay
235 This Mortal Mountain Roger Zelazny Novelette
272 Memoir (I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream) Harlan Ellison Essay
289 I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream Harlan Ellison Short Story
305 Memoir (Driftglass) Samuel R. Delany Essay
306 Driftglass Samuel R. Delany Short Story
324 Memoir (The Holmes-Ginsbook Device) Isaac Asimov Essay
326 The Holmes-Ginsbook Device Isaac Asimov Short Story
336 Memoir (Down in the Black Gang) Philip José Farmer Essay
338 Down in the Black Gang Philip José Farmer Novelette
359 Memoir (The Reality Trip) Robert Silverberg Essay
361 The Reality Trip Robert Silverberg Novelette
378 Memoir (The Night-Blooming Saurian) James Tiptree, Jr. Essay
379 The Nightblooming Saurian James Tiptree, Jr. Short Story
387 Memoir (Occam's Scalpel) Theodore Sturgeon Essay
388 Occam's Scalpel Theodore Sturgeon Novelette
409 Memoir (Construction Shack) Clifford D. Simak Essay
410 Construction Shack Clifford D. Simak Short Story
424 Memoir (Time Deer) Craig Strete Essay
427 Time Deer Craig Strete Short Story
433 Afterword: Flash Point, Middle Barry N. Malzberg Essay

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
Worlds of If: A Retrospective Anthology Cover 1986 Bluejay Books Trade Paperback Anthology Alan Gutierrez 438