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IF 1974,October

Tight and almost square with flat spine (top is square / bottom has slight tilt.) Light wear along top 1/2" of cover (see scan); 1" crease at middle of bottom edge of back cover. No stamps, marks or writing. Age tanning is mild to moderate and uniform - this may be average. [I'm not impressed with the quality of the paper - but you may not be able to find better.]

Worlds of IF - Science Fiction: September-OCTOBER 1974
Illustrations by Stephen Fabian, Jack Gaughan, Freff, Wendy Pini. Cover by Wendi Pini (for "A Knight of Ghosts and Shadows")

Serial: "A Knight of Ghosts and Shadows" (Part 1 of 2) by Poul Anderson (a "Flandry" novel.)

Novelette: "Mephisto and the Ion Explorer" by Colin Kapp.

Stories: "Such Is Fate" by Arsen Darnay
"Julie" by Jan Trenholm
"Egantei and the Sage" by John C. White
"Saying Goodbye" by Scott Edelstein.

Non-fact: "Death and Taxes" by S. Roger Keith.

Feature: "(R)evolution: Torchships Now!" by Robert D. Enzmann & Richard C. Hoagland
"Ars Gratia" by Edward Kimmel.

James Baen is editor, Bonnie Leigland is managing editor, Lester del Rey is feature editor.