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Tag Archives: If: Worlds of Science Fiction

A Case of Conscience – James Blish

2017-01-21

Father Ruiz-Sanchez, biologist and Jesuit priest, struggles with a moral and ethical dilemma: a planet whose inhabitants are innately peaceful, moral, and without God.

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I Am Crying All Inside – The Complete Clifford D. Simak, Vol. 1

2015-09-12

By the time he was named the third Science Fiction Grand Master in 1977, Clifford D. Simak had already been …

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If – June, 1957

2014-08-22

“The Face Of Mars” science fact article; fiction by Isaac Asimov, Charles Fontenay, Lloyd Biggle, Daniel Galouye, Walter Tevis, Leo Kelley, and others.

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The Early Science Fiction of Philip K. Dick

2014-05-27

Collecting a dozen of the earliest stories by Philip K. Dick, including “Beyond Lies The Wub,” “Second Variety,” “The Defenders,” “The Variable Man,” and more.

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If – March 1960

2013-06-14

“Gleaners” by Clifford Simak, “The Upside-Down Captain” by Jim Harmon, “Gravy Train” by Daniel F. Galouye, stories by Ron Goulart, Ray Russell, and Raymond E. Banks.

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The Ship Who Sang – Anne McCaffrey

2012-08-27

Girl born with severe physical deformities is encased in titanium and linked up to become the “brain” of a starship. Collects various stories of her many adventures.

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Adventures in Art – Ed Emsh covers (1)

2012-06-21

I really dig Ed Emsh’s style; at his best, his book and magazine covers are vibrant and dynamic. I’ll let these high(er)-res covers speak for themselves: an assortment from books (mostly Ace and Pyramid paperbacks), pulps, and digest magazines, from the early 1950s to late-1960s. I put them in rough chronological order.

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To Your Scattered Bodies Go & The Fabulous Riverboat – Philip José Farmer

2012-01-06

Philip Jose Farmer’s Riverworld series, at least the first books. I had fond memories of the first book when I read it years ago, and when I was gifted the next ones, I wondered how it held up. Here’s the answer.

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The Starchild Trilogy – Jack Williamson & Frederik Pohl

2012-01-01

Three loosely related novels of adventure set in a universe which could never be: it uses Hoyle’s obsolescent steady-state physics as a backdrop.

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