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Worlds of If, March-April 1972

March 1972

Editor Ejler Jakobsson
Cover art Jack Gaughan
Publisher UPD Publishing Corporation
Price $0.75
Pages 180

  • Vol. 21, No. 4, Issue 159
  • Titled Worlds of If Science Fiction on the cover and contents page. Titled If Science Fiction on the spine.
  • Cover and spine dated April 1972. Contents page dated March-April 1972.
  • UK Price 25p printed on the cover. This issue was distributed in both US and UK.
  • Pages number 1-176, not including the covers.
  • Cover suggested by "The Gods Themselves" as noted on the Contents/copyright page (scanned version from archive.org).
  • Parts One and Three of the serial "The Gods Themselves" appeared in the March and May issues of Galaxy.
  • No interior art is explicitly credited. Jack Gaughan's art identified by signature.
  • "Patterns of Chaos" is labeled as the 'Conclusion' on the title page of the installment but is actually concluded in the next issue.
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)
Editor Non Fiction Worlds of If - 1972 Ejler Jakobsson
Cover Art Non Fiction Worlds of If, March-April 1972 Jack Gaughan
6 Interior Art Non Fiction The Gods Themselves (Part 2 of 3) Jack Gaughan
72 Interior Art Non Fiction The Stainless Steel Rat's Return Jack Gaughan
104 Interior Art Non Fiction One and One Are Two Jack Gaughan
113 Interior Art Non Fiction Two Suns for the King Jack Gaughan
124 Interior Art Non Fiction Patterns of Chaos (Part 2 of 3) Jack Gaughan
168 Interior Art Non Fiction The Old Switcheroo Jack Gaughan