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OMNI Magazine
August 6, 2014 at 11:29 pm
Anyone on the forum ever heard of a magazine called OMNI?
I used to get it as a teenager. It was a mix of science fiction (I remember stories by people like Ray Bradbury and Arthur C Clarke) and the latest from the world of science and technology.
Does anyone know if it's still in print or if old copies are available?
MM
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RE: OMNI Magazine
August 6, 2014 at 11:32 pm
I got a subscription for the first three years as a gift. I've no idea if it's still in business.
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RE: OMNI Magazine
August 7, 2014 at 10:59 am
The science fiction was frequently excellent. A Thousand Deaths still haunts me in my darker moods. The was a Beserker story too.
The cartoons were fantastic. The science articles did tend a bit towards schlocky.
Seems like all the issues are on-line for free somewhere.
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RE: OMNI Magazine
August 7, 2014 at 11:11 am
I used to read it, but I'm afraid it's defunct. Published by the same people who do Penthouse.
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RE: OMNI Magazine
August 7, 2014 at 12:28 pm
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(August 7, 2014 at 10:11 am)rasetsu Wrote: Wikipedia Wrote:Omni was a science and science fiction magazine published in the US and the UK. It contained articles on science, parapsychology, and short works of science fiction and fantasy. It was published as a print version between October 1978 and 1995. The first Omni e-magazine was published on CompuServe in 1986 and the magazine switched to a purely online presence in 1996. It ceased publication abruptly in 1997, following the death of co-founder Kathy Keeton, and closed down in 1998.
I read it occasionally, but the science articles were mostly sensationalistic trash. I preferred Scientific American.
To be honest I read it for the fiction. I was a huge fan of Sci-fi as a youngster, still am.
Scientific American and New Scientist I find have become quite sensationalist, certainly seems so in the last ten years.
MM
(August 7, 2014 at 11:15 am)Diablo Wrote: There's some stuff here:
https://archive.org/details/omni-magazine
Thank you!
MM
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RE: OMNI Magazine
August 7, 2014 at 12:50 pm
It was AWESOME! I had a subscription for the entire run. It's amazing how many 'greats' it introduced to the general public: Greg Bear, Ernst Fuchs, H. R. Giger, De Es, and so many more.
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