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IF 1955,May
Tight and almost square; spine has a line down the length, mild edgewear, a crossing line near top, and evidence of neat glue repair near bottom. Light overall wear; some fading of colored inks on back cover (see scan #2.) Age tanning is less than average for its vintage: mild and uniform. No stamps, marks or writing.
IF - Worlds of Science Fiction: May 1955 (Volume 5, Number 3)
Illustrations by Kelly Freas, Paul Orban, Ed Emshwiller. Cover by Kenneth Fagg ("Technocracy Versus the Humanities.")
Novelettes: "Snowball" by Poul Anderson
"Easy Does It" by E. G. Von Wald.
Stories: "Watershed" by James Blish
"They Were Different" by Neil J. Kenney
"The Pacifists" by Charles E. Fritch
"The Laboratorians" by Edward Peattie
"The Outer Quiet" by Herbert D. Kastle
"Witness" by George H. Smith
"Firth's World" by Irving Cox, Jr.
Edited and published by James L. Quinn (who edited from November 1952 to August 1958.) Asssitant editors are Eve Wulff, Robert W. Greene; Art Editor is Ed Valigursky. IF is now monthly for a year or so (then back to bimonthly after June 1955 - on the even months.)
