tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post370386080162916702..comments2024-03-28T16:17:20.965-05:00Comments on Bill Crider's Pop Culture Magazine: If -- Worlds of Science Fiction January 1954mybillcriderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-30053344162731725232011-06-03T07:26:41.275-05:002011-06-03T07:26:41.275-05:00I certainly miss the days when there were more dig...I certainly miss the days when there were more digests awaiting me at Book and Card than do anywhere, these days. Hell, I can get nostalgic about big box magazine racks two years ago, these days.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-29250435358195164792011-06-03T07:25:06.979-05:002011-06-03T07:25:06.979-05:00Was that the 1950s IF RainCrow recalls fondly, or ...Was that the 1950s IF RainCrow recalls fondly, or the '60s IF, I wonder.<br /><br />I found it difficult to get into "Malice in Wonderland"...there's just something that puts me off about Hunter stories. Even when I don't know they're Hunter stories.<br /><br />You'll recall, perhaps, that Damon Knight noted that James Quinn loved, loved, loved sfnal satire, no matter how trite, and your experience of this issue helps support that. No wonder it seemed like a good bet as a companion for GALAXY when Quinn tired of publishing it...and buying all those GALAXY rejects along with the odd ASTOUNDING reject.<br /><br />One does wonder how much hassle poor Ken Fagg got as a kid.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-58332663620918501912011-06-02T11:50:07.823-05:002011-06-02T11:50:07.823-05:00I can't really pin down why, but "If"...I can't really pin down why, but "If" was always my favorite of all the SF mags available at the time. The overall tone seemed more relaxed and fun, at least to me.lastromantic49https://www.blogger.com/profile/15352300459560808405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-7613046551567479152011-06-02T09:56:19.081-05:002011-06-02T09:56:19.081-05:00I have a few issues of "IF." Always had ...I have a few issues of "IF." Always had such interesting covers.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-61650461329083417072011-06-02T08:40:41.305-05:002011-06-02T08:40:41.305-05:00My dad had a subscription to Worlds of IF. When I...My dad had a subscription to Worlds of IF. When I was five or six, I found stacks of them in a closet --hidden treasure! I always thought it was a great mag. And I LOVE that wraparound cover.Richard Proschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08314680709014254183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-66250033842519857322011-06-02T08:21:49.876-05:002011-06-02T08:21:49.876-05:00OK, you got me to order the Hunter/Collins book, w...OK, you got me to order the Hunter/Collins book, which somehow I'd neglected to do in the past.<br /><br />JeffAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-90686744110194256552011-06-02T07:56:31.392-05:002011-06-02T07:56:31.392-05:00misimIf was one of my favorites too. Lots of good ...misimIf was one of my favorites too. Lots of good stories and I liked the paper they used. The magazine had a slightly different heft than others. I saw them as mid-point between the adventure sf mags and Astounding. And you're right, the Evan Hunter novel did show the influence of Alfred Bester who was, at that moment, God in the sf field.Ed Gormanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06126267358266480356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-28440547988878518022011-06-02T07:47:00.531-05:002011-06-02T07:47:00.531-05:00Geezer Alert! Get Bill on the bus, quick.
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J...Geezer Alert! Get Bill on the bus, quick.<br /><br />;)<br /><br /><br />JeffAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com