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IF 1965,November
Tight and almost square; spine is flat but shows a bit of texture due to glue shrinkage. Light to moderate overall wear. Age-tanning is average (or a little worse) for its vintage. No stamps, marks or writing. The final scan is a "file-copy" I had on hand from a previously sold copy - it is included to show the quality of the artwork by Gaughan for the serial, and will not match the aging of this copy for sale.)
Worlds of IF - Science Fiction: November 1965 Volume 15, No. 11
Illustrations by Adkins, Jack Gaughan, Gray Morrow. Cover by Gray Morrow (for "Masque of the Red Shift")
Short Novel: "The Doomsday Men" by Kenneth Bulmer
Novelettes: "Tiger Green" by Gordon R. Dickson
"Masque of the Red Shift" by Fred Saberhagen (a "Berserker" story)
Stories: "Time of War" by Mack Reynolds
"The Lonely Hours" by W. I. McLaughlin
Serial: "Retief's War" (Part 2 of 3) by Keith Laumer (the first "Retief" novel)
Edited by Frederik Pohl. Note that the magazine just got over 20% longer - adding 30 pages to each issue, compared to the 130 pages maintained through August 1965. This is the first of 3 consecutive years that IF wins the Hugo award for "best magazine" (in 1966, 1967 and 1968 - each for the previous year.) While no stories were nominated - note that 2 of the Hugo nominees for novel were serialized in IF this year.
Jack Gaughan did over a dozen black & white illustrations for the Laumer serial (about 5 per installment.) Gaughan put his name on the map with his portfolio of illustrations for Jack Vance's "The Dragon Masters" in the August 1962 issue of Galaxy. This set is comparable. With these illustrations, Gaughan is definitely "raising the bar" for the quality of art for IF, and he himself will go on to win 3 consecutive Hugos for "best professional artist" in 1967-69.
