# Worlds of IF (May 1954)

(Contents information excerpted from The Internet Speculative Fiction Database ) Art: Moon Shuttle Ships by Ed Valigursky The Ties That Bind by Frank Kelly Freas Prominent Author by Paul Orban "Perchance to Dream" by Frank Kelly Freas Skin Game by Frank Kelly Freas The Genius by Paul Orban Fly by Night by Ed Emshwiller Forsyte's Retreat by Frank Kelly Freas Descent by Alan Anderson Cargo Discharge by Ed Valigursky Essays: A Chat with the Editor (If, May 1954) by James L. Quinn Out of This World (If, May 1954) by Joseph C. Stacey Methuselah's Grandparents by James Blish Science Briefs (If, May 1954) by uncredited Novelette: The Ties That Bind by Walter M. Miller, Jr. Short Stories: Prominent Author by Philip K. Dick "Perchance to Dream" by Richard Stockham Skin Game by Charles E. Fritch The Genius by Con Pederson Fly by Night by Arthur Dekker Savage Forsyte's Retreat by Winston K. Marks Descent by Richard Matheson

- Kind: Magazine
- Series: Worlds of IF
- Year: 1954
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/1954-05_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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