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Old Sleuth Special Detective Series

Country: US
Total Issues: 50

Issues & Index Sources:  1910 – 1920

Publishers:   Stein
Mentioned in:   Dime Novel Bibliography

Old Sleuth Standard Series

Country: US
Total Issues: 18

Issues & Index Sources:  1897 – 1898

Publishers:   Parlor Car Pub.
Mentioned in:   Dime Novel Bibliography

Old Sleuth Weekly

Country: US
Total Issues: 203

Issues & Index Sources:  17-Apr-1908 – 17-May-1912

Publishers:   Arthur Westbrook Co., Cleveland
Formats:   story-paper
Prices:   5c
Pagecounts:   32pp
Frequency:   Bi-weekly (#1-#14); Weekly (#15-#203)
Mentioned in:   Dime Novel Bibliography



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Old Time Model Airplane Magazine

Country: US

Online magazine reprinting a classic aviation pulp story in each issue.

Issues & Index Sources: Oct-2001 – Jun-2004

Editors:   Kenny Horne
Formats:   online
Frequency:   monthly

Old West

Country: US
Total Issues: 142

Issues & Index Sources:  Fall 1964 – in 1990s

Publishers:   Western Publications
Mentioned in:   The Pulp Western

The Olio: or Museum of Entertainment

Country: UK

Known for its "racy" stories.

Issues & Index Sources: 12-Jan-1828 – 20-Jul-1833

Frequency: weekly

Oliver Optic's Magazine

Country: US
Total Issues: 269

Issues & Index Sources:  Jan-1867 – Dec-1875: FictionMags Index (sample issues only)

Publishers:   Lee & Shepard, Boston
Editors:   Oliver Optic (William Taylor Adams)
Formats:   7" x 10"
Prices:   $3.00 per year
Pagecounts:   80pp
Frequency:   monthly
Mentioned in:   Dime Novel Bibliography

Olive Wadsley's Weekly

Country: UK

Story and fashion weekly.

Issues & Index Sources

1-Apr-1924 – 21-Jun-1924

18-Jun-1924 – 1-Nov-1924, as Olive's Own

Prices

Frequency

weekly

Omega Science Digest

Country: Australia
Total Issues: 37

The Australian edition of Science Digest. The US edition is strictly a non-fiction magazine, but the Australian edition included original fiction as a regular part of every issue and thus more closely resembled Omni.

Issues & Index Sources

Jan/Feb-1981, as Omega:

Science Fiction Index

(only fiction indexed)

Mar/Apr-1981 – Jan/Feb-1987, as Omega Science Digest:

Science Fiction Index

(only fiction indexed)

Publishers

Fairfax Magazines, Sydney, Australia

Editors

Philip Gore

Formats

A4 slick

Prices

AS2.50

Pagecounts

132pp

Frequency

bimonthly

Related Sites

Science Fiction Encyclopedia



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Omenana

Country: Nigeria
Total Issues: 29 (as at Oct-2024)

A tri-monthly magazine that is open to submission from speculative fiction writers from across Africa and the African Diaspora.

Issues & Index Sources: Nov-2014 – present:

Science Fiction Index

(Missing: any after #29, Jul-2024)

Website:   www.omenana.com
Publishers:   Sevenhills Media, 13 Kasimawo Tijani Street, Mafoluku, Oshodi, Lagos, Nigeria
Editors:   Mazi Nwonwu



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Omicron

Country: Australia
Total Issues: 1

Issues & Index Sources: Dec-1979: Science Fiction Index

Publishers: Omicron Publications, Victoria, Australia.


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Omni

Country: US
Total Issues: 200+3=203

High gloss popular science magazine which regularly ran science fiction

Issues & Index Sources

Oct-1978 – Winter 1995:

Science Fiction Index

(only fiction indexed)

Winter 2016 – present:

Science Fiction Index

Publishers

  Oct-1978 – Winter 1995: Omni Publications (Bob Guccione)
  Winter 2016 – Spring 2016: 3001 Media LLC
  Winter 2017 – present: Penthouse Global Media, Inc.

Editors

  Oct-1978 – Dec-1979: Ben Bova
  Jan-1980 – Sep-1981: Robert Sheckley
  Oct-1981 – Winter 1995: Ellen Datlow
  Winter 2017 – present: Pamela Weintraub

Formats

slick

Frequency

monthly

Related Sites

Science Fiction Encyclopedia



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Omni (UK) [1978]

Country: UK
Total Issues: 56

British reprint edition of Omni, identical apart for minor differences.

Issues & Index Sources: Oct-1978 – May-1983:

Science Fiction Index

(Missing: v3 #12, v4 #7, v5 #1)

Formats: Slick
Frequency: monthly



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Omni (UK) [1984]

see under UK Omni

Omnibook Magazine

Country: US

Contained "authorized abridgements of current best-selling books".

Issues & Index Sources

Dec-1938 – 1957?:

FictionMags Index

(sample issues only)

Publishers

Omnibook Inc., 76 Ninth Avenue, New York

Editors

Maxwell M. Geffen & Victor W. Knauth

Formats

5.4" x 7.75"

Prices

35c

Pagecounts

194pp (in 1948); 162pp (in 1949); 145pp (in 1950)

Frequency

monthly

Title Changes

  Dec-1938 – Feb-1939: Omnibook; selected current books in abridged editions
  Mar-1939 – Nov-1939: Omnibook magazine; select current literature in abridged form
  Dec-1939 – May-1950: Omnibook magazine; authorized abridgements of current best-sellers
  Jun-1950 – 1957?: Omnibook Best-Seller Magazine.



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Omnifan

Country: US
Total Issues: 10

Omnifan started out as a run of the mill mimeod fanzine but became an offset semipro item. It had fiction by O.A. Kline and W. Paul Ganly. Darrell Schweitzer, Otto Binder and others did reviews and articles.

Issues & Index Sources: 1969? – 1974?:

FictionMags Index

(sample issue only)

Publishers: Modern Limited Publications, St. Michael, North Dakota
Editors: David Anthony Kraft

Omni Online

Country: US
Total Issues: 27

Online edition of Omni Magazine.

Issues & Index Sources: Feb-1995 – Apr-1998

Publishers: Omni Publications, New York