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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

Once a Month [1861]

Country: UK
Total Issues: 17

Subtitled "original tales by the most popular authors"

Issues & Index Sources: Sep-1861 – Jan-1863

Frequency: monthly

Once a Month [1868]

Country: UK
Total Issues: 33

Subtitled "a monthly magazine of general and amusing literature".

Issues & Index Sources

Nov-1868 – Dec-1869

Jan-1871

Mar-1872 – Aug-1873

Editors

1872 – 1873: Joseph Collins

Frequency

monthly

Once a Week [1859]

Country: UK

Published serials as well as complete stories, some longer than average. Authors include Charles Reade ("The Cloister and the Hearth" 1859 as "A Good Fight"), George Meredith, George Du Maurier. Revamped as five different series during this period.

Issues & Index Sources

2-Jul-1859 – May-1879:	Index to Periodical Literature	(Poole: 1859 - 1874 only; FicMags: sample issues only)
	FictionMags Index	(Poole: 1859 - 1874 only; FicMags: sample issues only)

Publishers

  1859 – ?: Bradbury & Evans
  ? – 1873: James Rice
  1873 – 1879: George Manville Fenn

Editors

  1859 – 1865: Samuel Lucas
  1865 – 1867: Edward Walford
  Jan-1868 – Jul-1869: E.S. Dallas
  1869 – 1873: Mark Lemon
  1873 – 1879: George Manville Fenn

Formats

tabloid but heavily illustrated

Prices

6d

Frequency

weekly

Mentioned in: British Literary Magazines Vol. 3

Online Sources

Hathi Trust

Once a Week [1871]

Country: US

Primarily a fashion magazine that ran some fiction.

Issues & Index Sources

4-Mar-1871 – 11-Nov-1871:

Dime Novel Bibliography

(sample issue only)

#superseded by Frank Leslie's Ladies' Journal

Publishers

Frank Leslie, 537 Pearl Street, New York, NY

Editors

Mrs Squier

Formats

12¾ x 8½"

Prices

6c

Pagecounts

20

Frequency

weekly

Mentioned in: Dime Novel Bibliography

Once a Week [1884]

Country: UK

Issues & Index Sources:  1884 – 1887

Editors:   Edgar Lee
Frequency:   weekly

Once-a-Week [1888]

see also under Collier's Weekly

Once a Week Library

Country: US
Total Issues: 298

Issues & Index Sources:  1889 – 1894

Publishers:   P.F. Collier
Mentioned in:   Dime Novel Bibliography

Once Upon a World

Country: US
Total Issues: 10

Annual spiral bound fanzine with original fiction, poetry. art and book reviews, primarily SF but also some fantasy.

Issues & Index Sources: 1988 – 2001:

Science Fiction Index

(Missing: #4)

Publishers:   Emily Alward, Nineveh, IN
Editors:   Emily Alward
Frequency:   annual



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One

Country: US

A literary magazine. #6 (1974) was a special all-SF issue.

Issues & Index Sources: c. 1974:

FictionMags Index

(sample issue only)

Publishers: Andarth Interrelated Projects, Highland Park, NJ

One at a Time Library

Country: UK
Total Issues: 6

Issues & Index Sources:  1888

Publishers:   Aldine Publishing Co.
Frequency:   monthly

108—Celebrating Baseball

Country: US
Total Issues: 3

A glossy magazine containing baseball related articles and fiction.

Issues & Index Sources: Summer 2006 – Summer 2007:

Sports Fiction Index

Publishers: Sandlot Media, Inc.
Prices: $7.95