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
Galaxy Science Fiction was an American digest-size science fiction magazine, published in Boston from 1950 to 1980. It was founded by World Editions, a French-Italian company looking to break into the
If (magazine)
…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 issue overall. Although science fiction had been published in the United States before the 1920s, it did not…
David Stone's cover for the first issue of Galaxy
Rear cover of first issue
Nine issues of Galaxy, showing the major variations in cover design over the magazine's lifetime