- Vol. 21, No. 8, Issue 163
- Published for distribution in the US and the UK. Interiors are identical. Covers are identical except for pricing and that the US edition is dated and the UK edition is numbered and contains the Tandem logo.
- Titled Worlds of If Science Fiction on the cover and contents page. Titled If Science Fiction on the spine and If on the footer of even-numbered pages.
- Dated December 1972 on the cover and spine. Dated November-December 1972 on the contents page.
- Cover suggested by "The Wizard of Anharitte" as noted on the Contents/copyright page (scanned version from archive.org).
- No interior artwork is explicitly credited. Jack Gaughan's artwork identified by signature.
- The story by David Magil is titled "Nine" on the contents page and on the footer of odd-numbered pages of the story.
The full text and images of this edition are available at The Internet Archive, see web page for link.
