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IF 1967,March
Tight and almost square; spine is flat but shows a bit of texture due to glue shrinkage. Light overall wear, mainly as a line next to spine front & back, 1" tear at bottom left corner of front cover (at join with spine), and a 1/2" scrape at upper right of front cover (sticker removal trace.) Age-tanning is less than average for its vintage. No stamps, marks or writing.
Worlds of IF - Science Fiction: February 1967 Volume 17, No. 3
Illustrations by Vaughn Bode, Smith, Castellon, Jack Gaughan, (Rosco?) Wright, Gray Morrow. Cover by McKenna.
Novelettes: "The Billiard Ball" by Isaac Asimov
"The Mortal Mountain" by Roger Zelazny [a Nebula nominee]
"Flatlander" by Larry Niven ("Known Space/Beowulf Shaeffer" series; a Nebula nominee)
Serial: "The Iron Thorn" (Part 3 of 4) by Algis Budrys (book title was The Amsirs and the Iron Thorn)
Stories: "I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream" by Harlan Ellison [Hugo winner - best story]
"Moonshine" by Joseph Wesley
"The Sepia Springs Affair" by Roscoe Wright
"Latter-Day Daniel" by Betsy Curtis
Poem: "Where Are the Worlds of Yesterday?" by L. Sprague de Camp
Edited by Frederik Pohl; Judy-Lynn Benjamin is Associate editor. Fandom column by Lin Carter. With Pohl at the helm (who also edited the sister magazines Galaxy and Worlds of Tomorrow), the lineup of authors is starting to look like a "Who's Who" of SF. Small wonder that this is the second of 3 consecutive years that IF wins the Hugo award for "best magazine" (in 1966, 1967 and 1968 - each for the previous year.) This issue, celebrating last year's Hugo winners by inviting stories by the winners - has a Hugo winner (the Ellison story), and 2 Nebula nominees (Niven & Zelazny.)
