If was an American science fiction magazine launched in March 1952 by Quinn Publications, owned by James L. Quinn.
May 1955 issue with cover art by Kenneth S. Fagg titled Technocracy Versus the Humanities.
The June 1954 issue of If, featuring a wraparound cover by Kenneth S. Fagg, titled Lava Falls on Mercury
Twelve issues of If, showing the major variations in cover design over the magazine's lifetime
Laurence van Cott Niven is an American science fiction writer. His 1970 novel Ringworld won the Hugo, Locus, Ditmar, and Nebula awards. With Jerry Pournelle he wrote The Mote in God's Eye and Lucifer'
If (magazine)
…Is a Harsh Mistress and Harlan Ellison's short story "I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream". The most prominent writer to make his first sale to If was Larry Niven, whose story "The Coldest Place" appeared in the December 1964 issue. If was merged into Galaxy Science Fiction after the December 1974 issue, its 175th…
Niven at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California, 2007
Niven at Stanford University in 2006