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Omega Science Digest [July-August 1981] (132pp+, quarto, cover by Guy Ferry)

54 · Message from the Stars · Richard Pederson · ss
112 · Counter Espionage · Jack Wodhams · ss

Omega Science Digest [September-October 1981] (132pp+, quarto)

76 · Chekov’s Child · Jim Kent · ss
112 · No Lasting Monument · Geoff Baker · ss

Omega Science Digest [November-December 1981] ($2.50, 132pp+, quarto)

fc. · [photo] · April Lawtca · cv
80 · Resurrection · Damien Broderick · ss
112 · Return of Idomeneus · Simon Brown · ss

Omega Science Digest [January-February 1982] (132pp+, quarto)

70 · Catch a Thief · Jack Wodhams · ss
112 · The Book of Questions · Ronald Ferguson · ss

Omega Science Digest [March-April 1982] (132pp+, quarto)

76 · The Hero of the Nation · Simon Brown · ss
112 · Ignorant of Magic · Philippa C. Maddern · ss The View from the Edge, ed. George Turner, Norstrilia Press 1977

Omega Science Digest [May-June 1982] (132pp+, quarto)

74 · The Man Who Walks Away Behind the Eyes · Terry Dowling · ss
112 · Skyriders · Simon Brown · ss

Omega Science Digest [July-August 1982] (132pp+, quarto)

60 · Arthur C. Clarke: Our Man in the Future · [Misc.] · iv
74 · Death of an Echo · Jack Wodhams · ss
112 · The Garden · Simon Brown · ss

Omega Science Digest [September-October 1982] (130pp+, quarto, cover by David Schleinkofer)

110 · Creons · Vaughan Yarwood · ss
118 · A Geometric Angst · David King · ss

Omega Science Digest [November-December 1982] (130pp+, quarto)

108 · Thank You, Beep...! · Gordon Dixon · ss
110 · Sky and Earth Sound and Vision · Ronald Ferguson · ss
114 · Thus Spake Silas · Guy Miklenda · ss

Omega Science Digest [January-February 1983] ($3.00, 130pp+, quarto, cover by Otto and Chris)

110 · The Ballad of Bowsprit Bear’s Stead · Damien Broderick · nv Edges, ed. Ursula K. Le Guin & Virginia Kidd, Pocket 1980

Omega Science Digest [March-April 1983] (130pp+, quarto)

110 · Exit the Phantoms · Trevor Donohue & Paul Collins · ss
114 · Chimera · Simon Brown · ss

Omega Science Digest [May-June 1983] (130pp+, quarto, cover by J. S. Ostoja-Kotkowski)

110 · Chocolate Bombs: Now the Truth Can Be Told · Peter Tan · ss
118 · I Am Always · Brian Hutton · ss

Omega Science Digest [July-August 1983] (130pp+, quarto, cover by Dave Pride & Nicholas Gleitzman)

110 · Pie in the Sky · Judy Neuman · ss
114 · Cylinder Crisis · Van Ikin · ss
118 · Companion · M. Lloyd · ss

Omega Science Digest [September-October 1983] (130pp+, quarto, cover by David Schleinkofer)

110 · The Case of Patient Vale · Guy Miklenda · nv

Omega Science Digest [November-December 1983] (130pp+, quarto)

110 · Its Not What You Say · Freda McLennan · nv

Omega Science Digest [January-February 1984] (130pp+, quarto)

110 · Shine On, Mother Sky · David King · ss
114 · Computations of Love · Deane Wells · ss
118 · The Neptune Effect · Paul Cowdy · ss

Omega Science Digest [March-April 1984] ($3.50, 130pp+, quarto)

110 · “O” · M. Lloyd · ss
114 · Somebody’s Watching · Richard Herr · ss
118 · The Five-Minute Future · Thor May · vi

Omega Science Digest [May-June 1984] ($3.50, 130pp+, quarto, cover by Barry Blackman)

110 · The Terrarium · Terry Dowling · ss
114 · A Clone Is a Clone Is a... · Cleo Holwill · ss

Omega Science Digest [July-August 1984] (130pp+, quarto)

110 · Coming Back · Damien Broderick · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction Dec 1982
118 · Voice of Glass · Ingrid Whitehorn · ss

Omega Science Digest [September-October 1984] (130pp+, quarto, cover by Attila Hejja)

110 · Three Star Trek · Ron Ferguson · ss
118 · Unchained Hydroid · Van Ikin · ss

Omega Science Digest [November-December 1984] ($4, 130pp+, quarto, cover by Lynn Stone)

110 · Mirrors · Ron Ferguson · ss
114 · Ours and Theirs · Andrew Roger Delacroix · ss
118 · Going Down · Pony Godic · ss

Omega Science Digest [January-February 1985] ($4, 130pp+, quarto, cover by Douglas Kirkland)

110 · Felix Again · Stoyan Jurisevic · ss
114 · Beyond the Dragon · Jai Russell · ss

Omega Science Digest [March-April 1985] (130pp+, quarto, cover by Douglas Kirkland)

18 · A Hitchhiker’s Guide to Douglas Adams · Margaret Wertheim · iv
110 · Kool Running · Paul Collins · ss
114 · Impressionism Park · David King · ss

Omega Science Digest [May-June 1985] ($4, 130pp+, quarto, cover by Michael Rayner)

110 · Nightmare Man · Paul Collins · ss
114 · Save the World from Aliens · Cleo Holwill · ss

Omega Science Digest [July-August 1985] (130pp+, quarto, cover by Gilbert Rossi)

24 · David Brin: Scientist and SF Writer · Ken Methold · iv
110 · Shatterwrack at Breaklight [Tom Rynosseros] · Terry Dowling · ss
118 · Marluc · Bee Reynolds · ss

Omega Science Digest [September-October 1985] (130pp+, quarto, cover by Ron & Valerie Taylor)

110 · Press for Down · Carole Wilkins · ss
114 · A Tooth for Every Child · Damien Broderick · ss Urban Fantasies, ed. David King & Russell Blackford, Ebony Books 1985

Omega Science Digest [November-December 1985] ($4.50, 130pp+, quarto, cover by Harry Benson)

110 · The Mind’s Eye · Simon Brown · ss
118 · Hold on, Lord, I’m A-Comin’ · Chris Basten · ss

Omega Science Digest [January-February 1986] ($4.50, 130pp+, quarto)

71 · Watching Bobby Grow · R. E. Kelly · ss
75 · Come to Sunny Aquarius · Eddie Rene Van Helden · vi
76 · What We Did to the Tyger [Tom Rynosseros] · Terry Dowling · ss
81 · Glass Reptile Breakout · Russell Blackford · ss Strange Attractors, ed. Damien Broderick, Hale & Iremonger 1985
84 · The Palma Experiment · Freda McLennan · ss

Omega Science Digest [March-April 1986] ($4.50, 130pp+, quarto, cover by Peter Johnson)

108 · Qwertymania · Carole Wilkins · vi
110 · The Striped Hole Caper · Damien Broderick · ss
118 · Warhead · Josie Flett · ss

Omega Science Digest [May-June 1986] ($4.50, 130pp+, quarto, cover by Charles Schulz)

110 · A Dragon Between His Fingers [Tom Rynosseros] · Terry Dowling · ss
118 · Crossover · Ron Ferguson · ss

Omega Science Digest [July-August 1986] (130pp+, quarto)

110 · The Pharoah’s Airship · Sean McMullen · ss
114 · Not Taurus, But Gemini · Ron Ferguson · ss

Omega Science Digest [September-October 1986] (106pp+, quarto)

94 · The Bullet That Grows in the Gun · Terry Dowling · ss Urban Fantasies, ed. David King & Russell Blackford, Ebony Books 1985

Omega Science Digest [November-December 1986] (106pp+, quarto, cover by Jiri Lochlan)

49 · The Deciad · Sean McMullen · ss
56 · The Juronka Chamber · Van Ikin · ss

Omega Science Digest [January-February 1987] (106pp+, quarto)

47 · Marmodesse · Terry Dowling · nv

Omicron (about)

Publishers:

Omicron Publications; Victoria, Australia: Omicron

Omicron [December 1979] ($1.00, 64+8pp+, 5½" x 8")

1 · Worm’s Eye View · Francis Payne · ss
17 · Dawn · Joseph Leach · vi
21 · The Mermaid and the Fisherman · Alan Wilson · ss
29 · The Waiters · Francis Payne · ss
37 · The Inner Man · Dennis Callegari · nv

Omni: (about)

Omni
A popular science magazine which regularly published fiction. Issued in quarto format through September 1988, squarebound thereafter.

Publishers:

Omni Publications International Ltd.; New York: Omni

Editors:

Ben Bova - Fiction Editor: Omni, Oct 1978 – Dec 1979.
Robert Sheckley - Fiction Editor: Omni, Jan 1980 – Sep 1981.
Ellen Datlow - Fiction Editor: Omni, Oct 1981—.

Omni [v1 #1, October 1978] ed. Frank Kendig (Omni Publications International Ltd., $2.00, 180pp, quarto)
A UK edition, identical apart for the cover price and some advertisements, was distributed for 95p.

fc. · Road Song · Pete Turner · cv
6 · First Word · Robert Guccione · cl
10 · Contributors · Anon. · bg
12 · Communications · [The Readers] · lc
16 · Earth: Miracle · Kenneth & David Brower · cl
24 · Space: Comet Chasing · Mark R. Chartrand, III · cl
27 · Life: Endangered Species · Dr. Bernard Dixon · cl
28 · UFO Update: The Science Conflict · James Oberg · cl
34 · The Arts: Books/Film/TV · James Delson · rc
_34 · The High Frontier, by Gerard K. O’Neill · Robert Anton Wilson · br
_34 · Space Colonies, by Stewart Brand · Robert Anton Wilson · br
_34 · Colonies in Space, by T.A. Heppenheimer · Robert Anton Wilson · br
_36 · The Third Industrial Revolution, by G. Harry Stine · Robert Anton Wilson · br
_36 · Optimism One, by F.M. Esfandiary · Robert Anton Wilson · br
_36 · Upwingers, by F.M. Esfandiary · Robert Anton Wilson · br
_36 · Telespheres, by F.M. Esfandiary · Robert Anton Wilson · br
_36 · Consequences of Growth, by Gerald Feinberg · Robert Anton Wilson · br
_36 · The Hunger of Eve, by Barbara Marx Hubbard · Robert Anton Wilson · br
_36 · Exo-Psychology, by Dr. Timothy Leary · Robert Anton Wilson · br
_36 · Colony, by Ben Bova · Robert Anton Wilson · br
43 · Continuum · [Various] · cl
52 · Some of Us May Never Die · Kathleen Stein · ar; illustrated by Rudolf Hausner
58 · Valley of the Kilns · James B. Hall · ss; illustrated by Bob Venosa
62 · Listening for Life · Alton Blakeslee · ar
68 · Invisible Stripes [Oldies, Ltd.] · Ron Goulart · ss; illustrated by Ernst Fuchs
72 · Roman Vishniac · Francene Sabin · ar; illustrated by Roman Vishniac
84 · Nobel Prize · William K. Stuckey · ar
92 · The Turin Shroud · Barbara J. Culliton · ar
96 · Time Warp · Theodore Sturgeon · ss; subtitled “A Zado Myth”.; illustrated by Cliff McReynolds
100 · Interview: Freeman Dyson · Monte Davis · iv
109 · Robots [from Mechanismo] · Harry Harrison · ar Pierrot Publishing Sep 1978
118 · Found! · Isaac Asimov · ss; illustrated by H. R. Giger
122 · Zen · Thomas Hoover · ar; illustrated by De Es Schwertberger
130 · Phenomena: Bubbles · Ken Kay · pt
132 · Future Drugs · Gene Bylinsky · ar; illustrated by Abdul Mati Klarwein
136 · Explorations: The Last Eclipse · Joseph Rao · cl
165 · Stars · Patrick Moore · cl
174 · Games · Scot Morris · cl
176 · The Delphic Poll · Dr. Christopher Evans · ar

Omni [v1 #2, November 1978] ed. Frank Kendig (Omni Publications International Ltd., $2.00, 148pp, quarto)
A UK edition, identical apart for the cover price and some advertisements, was distributed for 95p.

fc. · Li 1 · H. R. Giger · cv
6 · First Word · Robert Guccione · cl
8 · Contributors · Anon. · bg
10 · Communications · [The Readers] · lc
12 · Earth: Whale Pilots · Kenneth & David Brower · cl
18 · Space: Time Zero · Mark R. Chartrand, III · cl
22 · Life: Unreasonable Leaps · Dr. Bernard Dixon · cl
24 · Stars: Moonglows · Patrick Moore · cl
26 · The Arts: Television · James Delson · rv
28 · The Arts: Film · James Delson · mr
29 · The Arts: Books · Robert Anton Wilson · cl
_29 · Prolongevity, by Albert Rosenfeld · Robert Anton Wilson · br
_29 · No More Dying, by Joel Kurtzman & Phillip Gordon · Robert Anton Wilson · br
_30 · Paradise I, by Alan Harrington · Robert Anton Wilson · br
_30 · The Immortalist, by Alan Harrington · Robert Anton Wilson · br
_30 · The Immortalist, by Heathcote Williams · Robert Anton Wilson · br
31 · UFO Update: Betty Hill · James Oberg · cl
35 · Continuum · [Various] · cl
44 · The Real Bionic Man · Dick Teresi · ar
50 · The Weariest River · Lloyd Biggle, Jr. · ss; illustrated by George Tooker
53 · Natural Packages · Michael Somoroff · pi
58 · Computer Lib · Ted Nelson · ar; illustrated by Fritz Goro
64 · The Center for Short-Lived Phenomena · Timothy Bay · ar
70 · Whale Song · Leigh Kennedy · ss; illustrated by Bob Venosa
76 · Test Tube Babies · Tabitha M. Powledge · ar; illustrated by Jean Paul Merzagora
82 · Unseen Worlds · [Various] · pi
92 · Language, Emotion and Disease · Wallace Ellerbroek · ar; illustrated by Erich Brauer
96 · Interview: Alvin Toffler · Bob Guccione · iv
100 · The Chessmen · William G. Shepherd · ss; illustrated by René Magritte
104 · Communicating with Dolphins · John Lilly · ar
110 · Controlled Experiment · Rick Conley · vi; illustrated by Marshall Arisman
112 · Lifetides · Lyall Watson · ex; from the forthcoming book (Simon & Schuster).
115 · Explorations: Where the Atom Splits · Stuart Diamond · cl
142 · Phenomena: Photosynthesis · Roman Vishniac · pt
144 · Games · Scot Morris · cl

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