# Worlds of IF (July 1953)

(Contents information excerpted from The Internet Speculative Fiction Database ) Art: Mercury by Ed Valigursky Sjambak by Virgil Finlay Irresistible Weapon by Ed Emshwiller A Bottle of Old Wine by Frank Kelly Freas Celebrity by Paul Orban Brink of Madness by Frank Kelly Freas One Martian Afternoon by Brush Weak On Square Roots by Tom Beecham The Lonely Ones by Paul Orban Progress Report by Paul Orban Venus by Ed Valigursky Essays: A Chat with the Editor (If, July 1953) by James L. Quinn Personalities in Science: Donald W. Kerst by Eve P. Wulff Science Briefs (If, July 1953) by Peter Dakin The Postman Cometh (If, July 1953) by uncredited Novelettes: Sjambak by Jack Vance Brink of Madness by Walt Sheldon Short Stories: Irresistible Weapon by H. B. Fyfe A Bottle of Old Wine by Richard O. Lewis Celebrity by James McKimmey, Jr. One Martian Afternoon by Tom Leahy Weak On Square Roots by Russell Burton The Lonely Ones by Edward W. Ludwig Progress Report by Mark Clifton The Guinea Pigs by Evan Hunter

- Kind: Magazine
- Series: Worlds of IF
- Year: 1953
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/1953-07_IF)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can read it: Teens profiles and older (placed by Invisible Network from what the archive says)

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