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Cover of If, September-October 1971

If, September-October 1971

September 1971

Editor Ejler Jakobsson
Cover art Bruce Roggeri
Publisher UPD Publishing Corporation
Price $0.75
Pages 180
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  • Vol. 21, No. 1, Issue 156
  • Titled Worlds of If Science Fiction on the cover and the contents page. Titled If Science Fiction on the spine.
  • Cover and spine dated October 1971. Contents page dated September-October 1971.
  • Cover illustrates "The Stainless Steel Rat Saves the World" as noted on the Contents/copyright page (scanned version from archive.org).
  • Inside pages run 1-176, not including the covers.
  • UK Price 25p, this issue was distributed in both US and UK.
  • The story "To Kill a Venusian" is plagiarized. It was written originally by Anthony Boucher, and published as "Nine-Finger Jack," in F&SF, August 1952.
  • Except for the piece by Charles R. Knight (courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History), no interior illustrations are explicitly credited. Jack Gaughan's art identified by signature.
  • Some copies of this issue may have missing or repeated pages. "Star Light" is listed as "StarLight".
The full text and images of this edition are available at The Internet Archive, see web page for link.
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Page Type Kind Title Author(s)
2 Essay Non Fiction Hue and Cry (If, September-October 1971) Jakobsson
4 Short Fiction Fiction The Stainless Steel Rat Saves the World Harry Harrison
44 Short Fiction Fiction The All-Together Planet Keith Laumer
115 Short Fiction Fiction To Kill a Venusian Irwin Ross
120 Short Fiction Fiction One Moment on the Sand Barry Weissman
128 Short Fiction Fiction After the End and Before the Beginning William Rotsler
139 Essay Non Fiction Reading Room (If, September-October 1971) Lester del Rey
140 Review Non Fiction Alone Against Tomorrow Lester del Rey & Harlan Ellison
140 Review Non Fiction Sturgeon Is Alive and Well ... Lester del Rey & Theodore Sturgeon
141 Review Non Fiction Star Light Lester del Rey & Hal Clement
143 Essay Non Fiction Review of the nonfiction work "Astronomy" by Donald H. Menzel Lester del Rey
143 Essay Non Fiction Review of the nonfiction work "Lunar Atlas" by Dinsmore Alter Lester del Rey
143 Review Non Fiction The Atlas of the Universe Lester del Rey & Patrick Moore
143 Review Non Fiction The Pulps Lester del Rey & Tony Goodstone
144 Review Non Fiction The Children of Llyr Lester del Rey & Evangeline Walton
146 Essay Non Fiction Death Comes to the Megafauna L. Sprague de Camp
160 Short Fiction Fiction Abyss of Tartarus Robert F. Young
174 Essay Non Fiction SF Calendar (If, September-October 1971) uncredited
175 Essay Non Fiction Letter (If, September-October 1971) Miss Hilary Witkin
176|176.1 Essay Non Fiction Letter (If, September-October 1971) J. R. Yearwood
176|176.2 Essay Non Fiction Letter (If, September-October 1971) Henry Bitman
2|2.1 Essay Non Fiction Letter (If, September-October 1971) Michael Glyer

Page Type Kind Title Author(s)
Editor Non Fiction If - 1971 Ejler Jakobsson
Cover Art Non Fiction If, September-October 1971 Bruce Roggeri
4 Interior Art Non Fiction The Stainless Steel Rat Saves the World uncredited
44 Interior Art Non Fiction The All-Together Planet Jack Gaughan
115 Interior Art Non Fiction To Kill a Venusian uncredited
120 Interior Art Non Fiction One Moment on the Sand uncredited
128 Interior Art Non Fiction After the End and Before the Beginning Jack Gaughan
146 Interior Art Non Fiction Death Comes to the Megafauna Charles R. Knight
160 Interior Art Non Fiction Abyss of Tartarus uncredited