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Cover of If, September 1959

If, September 1959

September 1959

Editor H. L. Gold
Cover art John Pederson, Jr.
Publisher Digest Productions Corporation
Price $0.35
Pages 132
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Vol 9, No 4. Cover art titled "Basic Research in Heat" as noted on the Contents/copyright page (scanned version from archive.org). Interior artwork credited "en masse" to Wood, and Morrow. Individual works of interior art credited from signature. Art for "Homecoming" appears to be by Wally Wood. 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)
4 Short Fiction Fiction Summer Guests James H. Schmitz
33 Short Fiction Fiction Fair Game Philip K. Dick
46 Short Fiction Fiction The Scarlet Hexapod Margaret St. Clair
54 Short Fiction Fiction Bargain Basement Charles L. Fontenay
66 Short Fiction Fiction Homecoming Gordon R. Dickson
84 Short Fiction Fiction An Honest Credit Kirby Kerr
95 Essay Non Fiction Worlds of If (If, September 1959) Frederik Pohl
96 Review Non Fiction The Bespoken Mile Frederik Pohl & March Cost
96 Review Non Fiction The Fig Tree Frederik Pohl & Aubrey Menen
96 Review Non Fiction The Midwich Cuckoos Frederik Pohl & John Wyndham
97 Review Non Fiction A Mile Beyond the Moon Frederik Pohl & C. M. Kornbluth
97 Review Non Fiction Ring Around the Sun Frederik Pohl & Clifford D. Simak
97 Review Non Fiction The Marching Morons Frederik Pohl & C. M. Kornbluth
99 Review Non Fiction Giants from Eternity Frederik Pohl & Manly Wade Wellman
99 Review Non Fiction The Involuntary Immortals Frederik Pohl & Rog Phillips
100 Review Non Fiction Recruit for Andromeda Frederik Pohl & Milton Lesser
100 Review Non Fiction The Plot Against Earth Frederik Pohl & Calvin M. Knox
101 Review Non Fiction Red Alert Frederik Pohl & Peter Bryant
101 Review Non Fiction The Star of Life Frederik Pohl & Edmond Hamilton
101 Review Non Fiction The War of Two Worlds Frederik Pohl & Poul Anderson
101 Review Non Fiction Threshold of Eternity Frederik Pohl & John Brunner
102 Short Fiction Fiction Escape into Silence Wynne N. Whiteford
119 Short Fiction Fiction Hornets' Nest Lloyd Biggle, Jr.

Page Type Kind Title Author(s)
Editor Non Fiction If - 1959 H. L. Gold
Cover Art Non Fiction If, September 1959 John Pederson, Jr.
4 Interior Art Non Fiction Summer Guests Wood
54 Interior Art Non Fiction Bargain Basement uncredited
66 Interior Art Non Fiction Homecoming uncredited
102 Interior Art Non Fiction Escape into Silence uncredited
119 Interior Art Non Fiction Hornets' Nest uncredited