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Omni [v4 #1, October 1981] ed. Dick Teresi (Omni Publications International Ltd., $2.50, 216pp, quarto, cover by Paul Wunderlich) A UK edition, identical apart for the cover price and some advertisements, was distributed for £1.25. 6 · First Word · Kathy Keeton · cl 8 · Contributors · Anon. · bg 12 · Communications · [The Readers] · lc 14 · Forum · [Various] · cl 18 · Earth: Gypsy Blitz · Don Wall · cl 20 · Life: Shape Shapes Shape · Dr. Bernard Dixon · cl 24 · Space: A Letter to Ronald Reagan · Anon. · cl; adapted from the Omni Foundation’s “Prospectus for Space Development”. 26 · Mind: Man Bites Man · Patrick Huyghe · cl 28 · The Arts: Film · Tim Onosko · mr 30 · The Arts: Books · Algis Budrys · cl _30 · Ideas and the Novel, by Mary McCarthy · Algis Budrys · br 32 · The Arts: Video · Lewis Branscomb · mr 34 · The Arts: Painting · Paul M. Sammon · cl 38 · The Arts: Performance · Vicki E. Lindner · cl 40 · Explorations: Latin Rumbles · Susan Mazur · cl 43 · Continuum · [Various] · cl 52 · Brainstorms · Kathleen Stein · ar; illustrated by Christopher Springmann 60 · On the Slab [Cthulhu] · Harlan Ellison · ss; illustrated by Ernst Fuchs 66 · Three Fallacies · Ben Bova · ar; illustrated by Pete Turner 70 · Breakthroughs · Anon. · ms 76 · Oath of Fealty · Larry Niven & Jerry E. Pournelle · ex Pocket Books 1981; illustrated by H. R. Giger 88 · Omni: On the Air · Robert Weil · ar 96 · Soft Ions · RACTER · ss; illustrated by Nenad Jakesevic 100 · Interview: Rosalyn Yalow · Izzy Abrahami · iv 104 · Hinterlands · William Gibson · ss; illustrated by Anne Kinggard 120 · Cold Currents · Steve Aaronson · ar; illustrated by Dan McCoy 126 · Paul Wunderlich · Thomas Weyr · pi; illustrated by Paul Wunderlich 132 · Mobius Psi-Q Test · Stephan A. Schwartz & Rand De Mattei · ar; illustrated by Geoffrey Chandler 169 · Antimatter · Anon. · cl 176 · Competition · Scot Morris · cn 191 · Omnilog: Calendar · Geoffrey Golson · ms 206 · Games · Scot Morris · cl 208 · Stars: Cosmic Dangers · Patrick Moore · cl 210 · Phenomena: Whirlpool Nebula · Susan Bunker · pt 214 · Last Word · Spider Robinson · fa

Omni [v4 #2, November 1981] ed. Dick Teresi (Omni Publications International Ltd., $2.50, 156pp, quarto, cover by Michael Parkes) A UK edition, identical apart for the cover price, some advertisements, and different “First Word” and “Stars” columns, was distributed for £1.25. 6 · First Word · Ben Bova · cl 8 · Contributors · Anon. · bg 12 · Communications · [The Readers] · lc 16 · Forum · [Various] · cl 20 · Earth: The Resource War · Susan Mazur · cl 24 · Life: Cryogenes · Dr. Bernard Dixon · cl 26 · Mind: Beautiful People · Walli F. Leff · cl 30 · Space: The Decisive Frontier · Jerry Pournelle · cl 32 · The Arts: Music · Tom Hight · cl 36 · The Arts: Film · Jeff Rovin · mr 39 · Continuum · [Various] · cl 48 · The Blimping of America · Kurt Stehling & Mike Edelhart · ar; illustrated by Anthony Wolff 56 · Executive Clemency · Gardner Dozois & Jack C. Haldeman, II · nv; illustrated by Edward Hopper 60 · Why Man Explores · Carl Sagan, Norman Cousins, Ray Bradbury, Philip Morrison, Arthur C. Clarke & James A. Michener · sy; illustrated by Manfred Kage 64 · The Soul Painter and the Shapeshifter [Majipoor] · Robert Silverberg · nv; illustrated by Charles Pfahl 72 · Land of the Rising Pun · R. Bruce McColm · ar; illustrated by Malcolm Kirk 80 · Witches · Erica Jong · ex Harry N. Abrams Oct 1981; illustrated by H. R. Giger 90 · Interview: W. Donner Denckla · Albert Rosenfeld · iv 98 · Forever · Damon Knight · ss; illustrated by James Marsh 104 · Cosmic Surrealism · Frederick C. Durant, III · pi; illustrated by Ludek Pesek 111 · Antimatter · Anon. · cl 148 · Stars: Red Shift · David K. Lynch · cl 150 · Phenomena: Vitamin D · Manfred Kage · pt 152 · Games · Scot Morris · cl 154 · Last Word · Anne-Lise Gotzsche · ar

Omni [v4 #3, December 1981] ed. Dick Teresi (Omni Publications International Ltd., $2.50, 180pp, quarto) A UK edition, identical apart for the cover price, some advertisements, and different “First Word” and “Stars” columns, was distributed for £1.25. fc. · Survival Kit · Colin Hay · cv 6 · First Word · Thomas O. Paine · cl 8 · Contributors · Anon. · bg 10 · Communications · [The Readers] · lc 14 · Forum · [Various] · cl 16 · Earth: Save a Seed · Rolf Martin & Kathleen Stein · cl 18 · Mind: Asynchrony · Walli F. Leff · cl 22 · Life: Rabid Over Rabies · Dr. Bernard Dixon · cl 24 · Space: Percheron · John W. Wilson · cl 26 · The Arts: Film · Mitch Tuchman · mr 28 · The Arts: Sculpture · Janel Bladow · cl 30 · The Arts: Books · Charles Platt · cl 32 · The Arts: Performance · Kathleen Ann Hughes · cl 38 · The Arts: Holography · Sal Manna · cl 40 · Explorations: Galileo’s Italy · Norvell Brasch · cl 43 · Continuum · [Various] · cl 52 · Biochip Revolution · Kathleen McAuliffe · ar; illustrated by Anthony Wolff 60 · Ringtime · Thomas M. Disch · ss; illustrated by Rudolf Hausner 70 · Survival [from Celebrations of Life] · René Dubos · ar McGraw-Hill Dec 1981; illustrated by Dan Morrill 76 · Ashes · Ian Stewart · ss; illustrated by Evelyn Taylor 80 · Religion in the Twenty-First Century · [Various] · sy; illustrated by Salvador Dali 84 · Chagall’s Bible · Gini Kopecky · pi; illustrated by Marc Chagall 92 · Interview: James M. Beggs · Ben Bova · iv 96 · Agent X · Franklynn Peterson & Judi Kesselman-Turkel · ar; illustrated by Gottfried Helnwein 102 · Visions of the Occult · Douglas Colligan · pi; illustrated by Robert Monroe 106 · Vox Olympica · Michael Bishop · nv; illustrated by Mati Klarwein 131 · Antimatter · Anon. · cl 158 · Photo Contest · Geoffrey Golson · cn 170 · Games · Scot Morris · cl 172 · Stars: Martian Laser · Jeff Hecht · cl 174 · Phenomena: Superstorm · John F. Deeks · pt 178 · Last Word: Pious Plurality · Spider Robinson · fa; item title not listed on the item itself.

Omni [v4 #4, January 1982] ed. Dick Teresi (Omni Publications International Ltd., $2.50, 128pp, quarto, cover by Fred-Jurgen Rogner) A UK edition, identical apart for the cover price, some advertisements, and a different “First Word” column, was distributed for £1.25. 6 · First Word · Hans A. Bethe · cl 8 · Contributors · Anon. · bg 10 · Communications · [The Readers] · lc 12 · Forum · [Various] · cl 16 · Earth: Eco-Espionage · Eric Schwartz · cl 18 · Life: Scientific Spirits · Dr. Bernard Dixon · cl 20 · Space: Sky Painting · David Monagan · cl 24 · Mind: Reading Faces · Stacy N. Gould & Michael G. Patterson · cl 26 · The Arts: Film · Robert Rivlin · mr 30 · Explorations: Beyond the Naked Eye · Delta Willis · cl 33 · Continuum · [Various] · cl 42 · Robots of Japan · R. Bruce McColm · ar; title given as the Japanese for “robot” on the article itself.; illustrated by Malcolm Kirk 46 · Elephant Song [Momus] · Barry B. Longyear · nv; illustrated by Michael Parkes 50 · The Hydrogen Man · Kenneth Jon Rose · ar; illustrated by Douglas Kirkland 54 · Triggering · John Shirley · ss; illustrated by Piero Fassoni 58 · Where Flesh and Steel Mesh · Douglas Colligan · pi; illustrated by Marshall Arisman 66 · Interview: Martin Gardner · Scot Morris · iv 70 · When Technology Begets the Father · Carla Fine · ar; illustrated by Paul Wunderlich 74 · Laurels (and Hardys) · Anon. · ms 89 · Antimatter · Anon. · cl 122 · Stars: Thought Travel · Patrick Moore · cl 124 · Phenomena: Unborn Kittens · Howard Sochurek · pt 126 · Games · Scot Morris · cl 128 · Last Word · Gurney Williams, III · fa

Omni [v4 #5, February 1982] ed. Dick Teresi (Omni Publications International Ltd., $2.50, 130pp, quarto) A UK edition, identical apart for the cover price, some advertisements, and different “First Word” and “Stars” columns, was distributed for £1.25. fc. · Mysteries of the World · Bob Giusti · cv 6 · First Word · Ben Bova · cl 8 · Contributors · Anon. · bg 10 · Communications · [The Readers] · lc 12 · Forum · [Various] · cl 16 · Earth: Myths of Scarcity · John J. Berger · cl 18 · Life: Genetic Surgery · Dr. Bernard Dixon · cl 20 · Space: Comsaturation · Jesco von Puttkamer · cl 24 · Mind: Cheap Talk · Gary Alan Fine · cl 26 · The Arts: Graffiti · Bill Moseley · ar 28 · The Arts: Film · Jeff Rovin · mr 32 · The Arts: Books · Robert Weil · cl 35 · Continuum · [Various] · cl 44 · Magic Mirrors · David Saltman & Gurney Williams, III · ar; illustrated by Dan McCoy 48 · Petra · Greg Bear · nv; illustrated by Jose Fernandez 52 · Hawaiian Eyes · Gene O’Rourke · pi; illustrated by Douglas Kirkland 58 · Recollections of Death · Michael B. Sabom · ex HarperCollins Jan 1982; illustrated by Gottfried Helnwein 62 · Interview: Candace Pert · Judith Hooper · iv 68 · Salvador Dali · M. S. Kaplan · pi; illustrated by Salvador Dali 74 · The Tiny World of Clive Sinclair · Tony Durham · ar [Clive Sinclair]; illustrated by Tony Guccione 93 · Antimatter · Anon. · cl 124 · Stars: Superbubbles · Wallace Tucker · cl 126 · Phenomena: Bow Anchor · Anthony Wolff · pt 128 · Games · Scot Morris · cl 130 · Last Word · Neil Renton · fa

Omni [v4 #6, March 1982] ed. Dick Teresi (Omni Publications International Ltd., $2.50, 130pp, quarto, cover by Morris Scott Dollens) A UK edition, identical apart for the cover price, some advertisements, and a different “First Word” column, was distributed for £1.25. 6 · First Word · Ben Bova · cl 8 · Contributors · Anon. · bg 10 · Communications · [The Readers] · lc 12 · Forum · [Various] · cl 14 · Earth: Yellow Rain · Douglas Starr · cl 16 · Life: Vital Secrets · Dr. Bernard Dixon · cl 20 · Space: Hitch Up with a Red Star · James E. Oberg · cl 22 · Mind: Gay Origins · Judith Hooper · cl 26 · The Arts: Sculpture · Esther Wanning · cl 28 · The Arts: Books · M. S. Kaplan · cl 30 · The Arts: Television · Michael Cassutt · rv 32 · Explorations: Eclipsomaniacs · Phyllis Wollman · cl 35 · Continuum · [Various] · cl 44 · Cool Immortality · Roy Walford, Jr. · ar; illustrated by Anthony Woolf 48 · The Audubon Effect · Scott Sanders · nv; illustrated by Ushijima Yoshihiro 52 · Spare Genes · Yvonne Baskin · ar; illustrated by Malcolm Kirk 56 · The Far Side of the Bell-Shaped Curve · Robert Silverberg · nv; illustrated by Wolfgang Hutter 60 · Earthwaves Rising · Gurney Williams, III · pi; illustrated by Yoshikazu Shirakawa 68 · Lucid Dreams · Douglas Colligan · ar; illustrated by Christopher Springmann 74 · Interview: Francis Crick · David Rorvik · iv 78 · French Robots · Jasia Reichardt · pi 91 · Antimatter · Anon. · cl 120 · Competition · Scot Morris · cn 126 · Phenomena: Spiders · John Cooke · pt 128 · Games · Scot Morris · cl 130 · Last Word: How to Write a Scientific Paper · B. A. Realist · fa

Omni [v4 #7, April 1982] ed. Dick Teresi (Omni Publications International Ltd., $2.50, 148pp, quarto, cover by Yoshihisa Sadamatsu) 6 · First Word · Ben Bova · cl 8 · Contributors · Anon. · bg 10 · Communications · [The Readers] · lc 12 · Forum · [Various] · cl 14 · Earth: Plant Revolution · Pamela Weintraub · cl 18 · Life: DNA Debate Unwinds · Dr. Bernard Dixon · cl 20 · Space: Activist Update · Owen Davies · cl 24 · Mind: Therapy by Mail · Anne Klein · cl 26 · The Arts: Books · Gordon McComb · cl 30 · The Arts: Silicon Orchestras · Spider Robinson · ar 32 · The Arts: Film · Les Ericson · mr 36 · The Arts: Music · Michael Shore · cl 38 · The Arts: Singing Fish · Jim Mastro · ar 42 · Explorations: Wildest Place on the Planet · Scott Cohen · cl 45 · Continuum · [Various] · cl 54 · Face in Space · Vincent DiPietro & Gregory Molenaar · ar 58 · And Also Much Cattle · Connie Willis · nv; illustrated by Donald Roller Wilson 68 · Dr. C.’s Vitamin Elixirs · Kathleen Stein · ar; illustrated by Anthony Wolff 72 · When Auld’s Acquaintance Is Forgot · Harlan Ellison · ss; illustrated by Gottfried Helnwein 78 · Sundance to a Different Drummer · Gordon F. Sander · ar; illustrated by Douglas Kirkland 82 · A Dancer’s Secret Worlds · Anon. · pi; illustrated by Evelyn Taylor 90 · Interview: Lionel Tiger · Bill Moseley · iv 101 · Antimatter · Anon. · cl 140 · Stars: Hole in Space · Mark R. Chartrand, III · cl 142 · Phenomena: Volcanic Nature · Gary Braasch · pt 144 · Games · Scot Morris · cl 146 · Last Word · Paul Nahin · fa

Omni [v4 #8, May 1982] ed. Dick Teresi (Omni Publications International Ltd., $2.50, 156pp, quarto, cover by Lucille Khornak) A UK edition, identical apart for the cover price, some advertisements, and different “First Word” and “Stars” columns, was distributed for £1.25. 6 · First Word · Edwin E. Kintner · cl 8 · Contributors · Anon. · bg 10 · Communications · [The Readers] · lc 12 · Forum · [Various] · cl 14 · Life: Altruistic Vaccine · Dr. Bernard Dixon · cl 18 · Space: Mars Manifesto · James E. Oberg · cl 20 · Earth: Optimistic Trash · Mark Teich · cl 22 · The Arts: Music · Norv Brasch · cl 24 · The Arts: Film · Paul M. Sammon · mr 28 · The Arts: Architecture · Jim Sackett · cl 30 · Mind: Mind Magnets · Carol A. Johmann · cl 32 · Explorations: Egyptology · Vicki Lindner · cl 39 · Continuum · [Various] · cl 48 · Smart Dinosaurs · Jeff Hecht & Gurney Williams, III · ar; illustrated by Anthony Wolff 56 · With the Original Cast · Nancy Kress · nv; illustrated by Sonja Lamut 60 · Sun Guns · Jeff Hecht & Dick Teresi · ar; illustrated by Dan McCoy 68 · I Am the Burning Bush · Gregg Keizer · ss; illustrated by Fassoni 74 · Mr. Chips Goes to Wall Street · Anthony Liversidge · ar; illustrated by Manfred Kage 80 · Future Fashion · Pamela Weintraub · pi; illustrated by Lucille Khornak 96 · Interview: Jonas Salk · James Reston, Jr. · iv 111 · Antimatter · Anon. · cl 134 · Innovations: Fourth Dimension Chairs · Phoebe Hoban · cl 148 · Stars: Earth Ring · Richard Levine · cl 150 · Phenomena: Microcosm · Anon. · pt 152 · Games · Scot Morris · cl 154 · Last Word · James Randi · ar

Omni [v4 #9, June 1982] ed. Dick Teresi (Omni Publications International Ltd., $2.50, 150pp, quarto, cover by Andreas Nottebohm) A UK edition, identical apart for the cover price, some advertisements, and different “First Word” and “Stars” columns, was distributed for £1.25. 6 · First Word · Ben Bova · cl 8 · Contributors · Anon. · bg 12 · Communications · [The Readers] · lc 14 · Forum · [Various] · cl 16 · Earth: Big-Bucks Ecology · Douglas Starr · cl 18 · Life: Muscle Mending · Dr. Bernard Dixon · cl 22 · Space: Get Away Special Contest · Owen Davies · cn 24 · Mind: Memory Transplants · Judith Hooper · cl 26 · The Arts: Film · Sal Manna · mr 28 · The Arts: Television · David I. Lewin · rv 32 · The Arts: Books · Robert Weil · cl 35 · Continuum · [Various] · cl 44 · The Marketing of Dr. Carl Sagan · Judi Kesselman-Turkel & Franklynn Peterson · ar [Carl Sagan]; illustrated by Bill Ray 50 · The Accident [Pirx] · Stanislaw Lem; translated by Louis Iribarne · nv; translated from the Polish (“Wypadek”, 1965).; illustrated by Assad 64 · Housewives in Space · Barbara Rowes · ar; illustrated by Rallé 70 · Space Shuttle Album · Robert Malone · pi 76 · Ike at the Mike · Howard Waldrop · ss; illustrated by Skip Liepke 86 · The Lost Nature Notebooks of Loren Eiseley · Loren Eiseley · ex; illustrated by Friedrich Hechelmann 94 · Interview: Eugenie Clark · John Stein · iv 100 · Creationist Comix · Bill Lee · ct 104 · Corporate 007 · Richard F. Dempewolff · ar; illustrated by Anthony Wolff 109 · Antimatter · Anon. · cl 126 · Competition · Scot Morris · cn 132 · Explorations: Prehistoric Encounter · Delta Willis · cl 138 · Innovations: Biomedical Jewelry · Phoebe Hoban · cl 142 · Stars: Remote-Control Eyes · Allan Hendry · cl 144 · Phenomena: Solar Power Tower · Dan McCoy · pt 146 · Games · Scot Morris · cl 148 · Last Word · Barry N. Malzberg · vi