Worlds of If Super Pack #3

By Keith Laumer and James McKimmey Jr.

Book Overview

A third expansive volume drawn from the pages of the three-time Hugo Award-winning magazine Worlds of If, presenting classic science fiction from one of the genre's most influential pulp-era publications.

Worlds of If was awarded the Hugo Award for Best Professional Magazine three times and played a significant role in shaping mid-twentieth-century science fiction. Across its long run, it published emerging writers who would go on to define the field, alongside established voices exploring speculative futures, alien worlds, and technological upheaval.

This third Super Pack gathers an extensive selection of stories from that remarkable archive, including work by Keith Laumer, R. A. Lafferty, Jerome Bixby, James Blish, Frank M. Robinson, Mack Reynolds, August Derleth, Alfred Coppel, Mark Clifton, and many others. From planetary adventure and sociological speculation to dark satire and philosophical science fiction, the range reflects the magazine's breadth and editorial ambition.

Among the stories collected here are:

The Yillian Way by Keith Laumer

Homo Inferior by Mari Wolf

The Six Fingers of Time by R. A. Lafferty

Where There's Hope by Jerome Bixby

The Thing in the Attic by James Blish

The Worlds of Joe Shannon by Frank M. Robinson

Gambler's World by Keith Laumer

-and many more from the magazine's celebrated run.

Together, these stories capture the vitality of the period when science fiction magazines served as the primary laboratory of the genre, nurturing ideas and voices that continue to resonate.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1515417360
• ISBN13: 9781515417361
• Release Date: June 2017
• Publisher: Positronic Publishing
• Length: 550 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"