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Retrospective anthology; most works have a forward by the story's author. CONTENTS: Introduction by Frederik Pohl; As IF Was in the Beginning by Larry T. Shaw; The Golden Man (1954) by Philip K. Dick; The Battle (1954) by Robert Sheckley; Last Rites (1955) by Charles Beaumont; Game Preserve (1957) by Rog Phillips; The Burning of the Brain (1958) by Cordwainer Smith; The Man Who Tasted Ashes (1959) by Algis Budrys; Kings Who Die (1962) by Poul Anderson; Fortress Ship [Berserker] (1963) by Fred Saberhagen; Father of the Stars (1964) by Frederik Pohl; Trick or Treaty [Retief] (1965) by Keith Laumer; Nine Hundred Grandmothers (1966) by R. A. Lafferty; Neutron Star [Known Space] (1966) by Larry Niven; This Mortal Mountain (1967) by Roger Zelazny; I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream (1967) by Harlan Ellison; Driftglass (1967) by Samuel R. Delany; The Holmes-Ginsbook Device (1968) by Isaac Asimov; Down in the Black Gang (1969) by Philip José Farmer; The Reality Trip (1970) by Robert Silverberg; The Nightblooming Saurian (1970) by James Tiptree, Jr.; Occam's Scalpel (1971) by Theodore Sturgeon; Construction Shack (1973) by Clifford D. Simak; Time Deer (1974) by Craig Strete; Afterword: Flash Point, Middle by Barry N. Malzberg.
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Worlds of If
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Bluejay Books December 1986, 1986
ISBN 10: 0312944721
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Bluejay Books, New York, 1986, Large Trade Paperback, First Edition, so stated. A Retrospective Anthology from this groundbreaking publication, including two works by Philip K.Dick, as well as Harlan Ellison, Theodore Sturgeon, Clifford Simak, Poul Anderson, Fred Saberhagen, Cordwainer Smith and others. Book condition: partial crease at the bottom front cover; a few specks on the text edge, otherwise a tight Near Fine copy, listed as Very Good plus to Near Fine minus. Seller Inventory # 001451
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WORLDS OF IF: A Retrospective Anthology
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Soft cover. Condition: New. Octavo, softcover, new in white and red pictorial wraps. 438 pp. Science Fiction stories -- most have a forward by the story's author. Introduction by Frederik Pohl. Classics from the 50's to the 70's including As IF Was in the Beginning by Larry T. Shaw; The Golden Man (1954) by Philip K. Dick; Father of the Stars (1964) by Frederik Pohl; This Mortal Mountain (1967) by Roger Zelazny; The Holmes-Ginsbook Device (1968) by Isaac Asimov; and a host of others. Seller Inventory # 89926
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WORLDS OF IF
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Octavo, cloth. First edition. Retrospective anthology of short fiction first published in IF (1952-1974). IF, the companion magazine to GALAXY, published more innovative material including much "new wave" fiction. The anthology collects twenty-two stories by Philip K. Dick, Robert Sheckley, Charles Beaumont, Cordwainer Smith, Algis Budrys, R. A. Lafferty, Larry Niven, Roger Zelazny, Harlan Ellison, Samuel R. Delany, Philip Jose Farmer and others, with short memoirs by seventeen of the contributors, introduction by Frederik Pohl, afterword by Barry N. Malzberg, and foreword by Larry T. Shaw. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#169085). Seller Inventory # 169085