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IF 1969,April
Insides of covers are darker along edges. This is one of those issues where they used a greenish-tint paper for part of the issue (the Chapdelaine story) - it shows aging a little differently.
Worlds of IF - Science Fiction: April 1969
Illustrations by Adkins, Reese, Jack Gaughan. Cover by Adkins (for "Toys of Tamisan.")
Novelette: "Retief, the Long-Awaited Master" by Keith Laumer.
Serial: "Toys of Tamisan" (Part 1 of 2) by Andre Norton.
Novella: "Spork of the Ayor" by Perry Chapdelaine.
Stories: "Starbright" by E. G. Von Wald
"That Season" by Lawrence Mayer
"The Light Bearer" by William M. Bee
"Tourists Welcome" by Roger Deeley.
Features: "A Report on the 6th International SF Film Festival" by Luigi Cozzi
Authorgraph - An Interview with Jack Williamson.
Edited by Frederik Pohl, Lester del Rey is managing editor, Judy-Lynn Benjamin is associate editor. Every issue from 1968 on has featured a "first" story by a new author- 3 that published later books were Laurence Yep, T. J. Bass, and Jacqueline Lichtenberg. This year will see a faltering of the monthly schedule, along with a change of publisher and editor.
