If, November-December 1971
November 1971
| Editor | Ejler Jakobsson |
|---|---|
| Cover art | Gaughan |
| Publisher | UPD Publishing Corporation |
| Price | $0.75 |
| Pages | 180 |
- Vol. 21, No. 2, Issue 157
- Titled Worlds of If Science Fiction on the cover and contents page. Titled If Science Fiction on the spine.
- Cover and spine dated December 1971. Contents page dated November-December 1971.
- UK Price 25p printed on the cover. This issue was distributed in both US and UK.
- Cover illustrates "Time of the Sending" as noted on the Contents/copyright page (scanned version from archive.org).
- No interior art is explicitly credited. Jack Gaughan's art identified by signature.
- Some copies of this issue may have missing or repeated pages.
- "Ornithanthropus" is spelled "Ornithanthpopus" on the title page of the story but "Ornithanthropus" in the table of contents, the footers of the story, and every subsequent anthology appearance.
- "Tactics of Mistake" is listed as "The Tactics of Mistake".
| Page | Type | Kind | Title | Author(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Essay | Non Fiction | Reading Room (If, November-December 1971) | Lester del Rey |
| 4 | Short Fiction | Fiction | Time of the Sending | Richard C. Meredith |
| 35 | Essay | Non Fiction | SF Calendar (If, November-December 1971) | uncredited |
| 36 | Short Fiction | Fiction | The Real People | J. T. McIntosh |
| 115 | Short Fiction | Fiction | Habits of the Rigelian Nightfox | Ed Bianchi |
| 129 | Short Fiction | Fiction | Ornithanthropus | B. Alan Burhoe |
| 139 | Short Fiction | Fiction | Hot World | C. C. MacApp |
| 170 | Review | Non Fiction | Dragonquest | Lester del Rey & Anne McCaffrey |
| 172 | Review | Non Fiction | The Black Mountains | Lester del Rey & Fred Saberhagen |
| 173 | Review | Non Fiction | Tactics of Mistake | Lester del Rey & Gordon R. Dickson |
| 174 | Review | Non Fiction | Operation Chaos | Lester del Rey & Poul Anderson |
| Page | Type | Kind | Title | Author(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Editor | Non Fiction | If - 1971 | Ejler Jakobsson | |
| Cover Art | Non Fiction | If, November-December 1971 | Gaughan | |
| 4 | Interior Art | Non Fiction | Time of the Sending | Jack Gaughan |
| 115 | Interior Art | Non Fiction | Habits of the Rigelian Nightfox | uncredited |
| 129 | Interior Art | Non Fiction | Ornithanthropus | uncredited |