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Omni [v1 #74, Winter 2017] ed. Pamela Weintraub (Penthouse Global Media, Inc., $10.99, 120pp, quarto) Details taken from online listing. 6 · First Word · Pamela Weintraub · ed 10 · Continuum · [Various] · ms 16 · Bios: Ghosts of History · Pamela Weintraub · ar 18 · Matter: Crystals of Eternity · Shannon Palus · ar 26 · Taking Agency [William Gibson] · Elizabeth Hand · iv 30 · The Golden Age of Time Travel TV · Paul Levinson · ar 34 · Doing Time on a Generation Starship · Sherry Baker · ar 46 · Every Hour of Light and Dark · Nancy Kress · ss; illustrated by Kristina Carroll 60 · Building Doctor Who’s Time Machine · Robert Lanza · ar 79 · The Future of Longevity [Elizabeth Blackburn] · Linda Marsa · iv 84 · Sidewalks · Maureen McHugh · ss 92 · Travels on Time’s Arrow · Michael Shermer · ar 104 · Verweile Doch (But Linger) · Rich Larson · ss 120 · Last Word · Mike Edison · ar

The Best of Omni Science Fiction

The Best of Omni Science Fiction ed. Ben Bova & Don Myrus (Omni Publications International Ltd., $3.50, 144pp+, large, cover by Pierre Lacombe) 4 · Found! · Isaac Asimov · ss Omni Oct 1978 20 · Count the Clock That Tells the Time · Harlan Ellison · ss Omni Dec 1978 34 · Body Game · Robert Sheckley · ss Omni Dec 1978 38 · Unaccompanied Sonata · Orson Scott Card · ss Omni Mar 1979 52 · Iceback Invasion · Hayford Peirce · ss Omni Apr 1979 68 · No Future in It · Joe Haldeman · ss Omni Apr 1979 72 · Galatea Galante · Alfred Bester · na Omni Apr 1979 94 · Kinsman [Chet Kinsman] · Ben Bova · ex Quantum Science Fiction, The Dial Press 1979 110 · Halfjack · Roger Zelazny · ss Omni Jun 1979 114 · Sandkings [Thousand Worlds] · George R. R. Martin · nv Omni Aug 1979 138 · Interview: Arthur C. Clarke · Malcolm S. Kirk · iv Omni Mar 1979

The Best of Omni Science Fiction, No. 2 ed. Ben Bova & Don Myrus (Omni Publications International Ltd., $3.75, 144pp+, large, cover by Fred Jurgen Rogner) 4 · The Way of Cross and Dragon [Thousand Worlds] · George R. R. Martin · nv Omni Jun 1979 22 · The Longest Story Ever Told · Hugh Downs · vi Omni Mar 1980 24 · Down and Out on Ellfive Prime · Dean Ing · nv Omni Mar 1979 32 · Whale Song · Leigh Kennedy · ss Omni Nov 1978 37 · Controlled Experiment · Rick Conley · vi Omni Nov 1978 46 · The Singing Diamond · Dr. Robert L. Forward · ss Omni Feb 1979 58 · The Ancient Mind at Work · Suzy McKee Charnas · nv Omni Feb 1979 70 · The Chessmen · William G. Shepherd · ss Omni Nov 1978 74 · The Mickey Mouse Olympics · Thomas Sullivan · ss Omni Jun 1979 80 · Time Warp · Theodore Sturgeon · ss Omni Oct 1978 94 · The Weariest River · Lloyd Biggle, Jr. · ss Omni Nov 1978 102 · Lobotomy Shoals · Juleen Brantingham · ss Omni Feb 1979 106 · Invisible Stripes [Oldies, Ltd.] · Ron Goulart · ss Omni Oct 1978 118 · A Thousand Deaths [Worthing] · Orson Scott Card · nv Omni Dec 1978 125 · Waiting for the Earthquake [Medea] · Robert Silverberg · nv 134 · The Language Clarifier · Paul J. Nahin · ss Omni May 1979

The Best of Omni Science Fiction, No. 3 ed. Ben Bova & Don Myrus (Omni Publications International Ltd., $4.50, 144pp+, large, cover by R. Bertrand) 4 · How Pro Writers Really Write—Or Try To · Robert Sheckley · fa 8 · Rent Control · Walter S. Tevis · ss Omni Oct 1979 20 · Clap Hands and Sing · Orson Scott Card · ss 25 · The Future Lost · Robert Sheckley · ss Omni Aug 1980 28 · The Test [Pirx] · Stanislaw Lem; translated by Louis Iribarne · nv Omni Oct 1979; translated from the Polish (“Test”, 1958). 42 · A Hiss of Dragon · Gregory Benford & Marc Laidlaw · nv Omni Dec 1978 50 · Message from Earth · Ian Stewart · ss Omni Feb 1980 52 · Newton’s Gift · Paul J. Nahin · ss Omni Jan 1979 60 · God Bless Them · Gordon R. Dickson · nv 70 · Adventure of the Metal Murderer [Berserker] · Fred Saberhagen · ss Omni Jan 1980 74 · The Rocks That Moved · John Keefauver · ss Omni Jul 1979 78 · The Vacuum-Packed Picnic · Rick Gauger · ss Omni Sep 1979 85 · Science Fiction and Survival · Ben Bova · ar Omni May 1980, as “Science-Fiction Survival Kit” 86 · The Man Who Was Married to Space and Time · Fritz Leiber · ss Seacon ’79 Programme Book, Seacon ’79 1979 96 · Graveside Watch · Edward H. Gandy · ss Omni Sep 1979 102 · The Empath and the Savages · John Morressy · ss Omni Jul 1979 108 · The Thousand Cuts · Ian Watson · ss 114 · Hell Creatures of the Third Planet · Stephen Robinett · ss Omni Mar 1979 117 · The Madagascar Event · Robert Haisty · ss Omni Jun 1979 120 · The Eyes on Butterflies’ Wings · Patrice Duvic · ss Omni Mar 1979 126 · Oil Is Not Gold [Capt. Schuster] · Sam Nicholson · ss Omni Apr 1979 132 · The Cure · Lewis Padgett · ss Astounding May 1946

The Best of Omni Science Fiction, No. 4 ed. Ben Bova & Don Myrus (Omni Publications International Ltd., $4.50, 144pp+, large, cover by Michael Whelan) 6 · Our Lady of the Sauropods · Robert Silverberg · ss Omni Sep 1980 20 · Marchianna · Kevin O’Donnell, Jr. · ss Omni Jun 1980 24 · Dark Sanctuary · Gregory Benford · ss Omni May 1979 29 · Sigmund in Space [Sigmund Freud] · Barry N. Malzberg · ss Omni Jul 1980 38 · Valley of the Kilns · James B. Hall · ss Omni Oct 1978 44 · Fat Farm · Orson Scott Card · ss Omni Jan 1980 49 · Quietus · Orson Scott Card · ss Omni Aug 1979 54 · St. Amy’s Tale · Orson Scott Card · nv Omni Dec 1980 62 · Deep-Breathing Exercises · Orson Scott Card · ss Omni Jul 1979 74 · Rubber Soul · Spider Robinson · ss 78 · I Am Large, I Contain Multitudes · Melisa Michaels · vi 80 · Love Calls · Oxford Williams · ss 88 · Fondly Fahrenheit · Alfred Bester · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction Aug 1954 96 · My Lady of the Psychiatric Sorrows · Brian W. Aldiss · ss Universe 7, ed. Terry Carr, Doubleday 1977 102 · Out of Luck · Walter Tevis · ss Omni Nov 1980 108 · Return from the Stars · Stanislaw Lem; translated by Barbara Marszal & Frank Simpson · ex Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1980 118 · The President’s Image · Stephen Robinett · ss Omni Feb 1980 121 · Future Books · Cynthia Darnell · fa Omni Apr 1980 122 · Soul Search · Spider Robinson · ss Omni Dec 1979 127 · Save the Toad! · Norman Spinrad · fa Omni Jun 1980 128 · Giant on the Beach · John Keefauver · ss Omni Apr 1980 131 · Strike! · Isaac Asimov · fa Omni Jan 1979 132 · The Last Jerry Fagin Show · John Morressy · ss Omni Apr 1980

The Best of Omni Science Fiction, No. 5 ed. Don Myrus (Omni Publications International Ltd., $4.50, 144pp+, large, cover by James Christensen) 6 · Rautavaara’s Case · Philip K. Dick · ss Omni Oct 1980 11 · Philip K. Dick, an Appreciation · Michael J. Kurland · ob 12 · Only You Fanzy · Sherwood Springer · vi Omni Sep 1980 14 · Lesson One · James Randi · vi Omni Jan 1980 24 · The Hunting of Hewlish · Sam Nicholson · ss Omni Dec 1980 32 · New Is Beautiful · Tony Holkham · ss Omni Jan 1979 40 · Basileus · Robert Silverberg · ss 48 · The Soul Painter and the Shapeshifter [Majipoor] · Robert Silverberg · nv Omni Nov 1981 56 · The Palace at Midnight · Robert Silverberg · ss Omni Jul 1981 63 · Robert Silverberg, an Appreciation · Harlan Ellison · ms [Robert Silverberg] 66 · “Helen O’Loy” · Lester del Rey · ss Astounding Dec 1938 78 · Down There · Damon Knight · ss New Dimensions 3, ed. Robert Silverberg, Nelson Doubleday 1973 84 · The Touch · Gregory Benford · ss 88 · The Lost Secret [Gerald Knave] · Laurence M. Janifer · nv 96 · There Were People on Bikini There Were People on Attu · William Tenn · ss 101 · Village of the Chosen · Alan Dean Foster · ss 108 · Malthus’s Day · Jayge Carr · ss Omni Nov 1979 120 · Body Ball · John Keefauver · ss Omni Jan 1981 124 · Prime Time · Norman Spinrad · ss Omni Nov 1980 130 · In the Hereafter Hilton · Bob Shaw · ss Omni Sep 1980 134 · And Whether Pigs Have Wings · Nancy Kress · ss Omni Jan 1979

The Best of Omni Science Fiction, No. 6 ed. Don Myrus (Omni Publications International Ltd., $4.50, 144pp+, large, cover by Michael Parks) 6 · A Sepulcher of Songs · Orson Scott Card · nv Omni Jun 1981 16 · Johnny Mnemonic [Molly Millions] · William Gibson · ss Omni May 1981 32 · Chained to the Fast Lane in the Red Queen’s Race · Harlan Ellison · ss 38 · When Auld’s Acquaintance Is Forgot · Harlan Ellison · ss Omni Apr 1982 42 · On the Slab [Cthulhu] · Harlan Ellison · ss Omni Oct 1981 47 · An Appreciation · Robert Silverberg · ar 50 · A Blossom in Ares · Jack Massa · ss 66 · A Brief Dance to the Music of the Spheres · Michael J. Kurland · ss 70 · The Holy Father · Michael Cassutt · ss 76 · Intermezzo · Melisa Michaels · ss 84 · Kyrie · Poul Anderson · ss The Farthest Reaches, ed. Joseph Elder, Trident 1968 90 · The Hero as Werwolf · Gene Wolfe · ss The New Improved Sun, ed. Thomas M. Disch, Harper & Row 1975 100 · Angel at the Gate · Russell M. Griffin · ss Omni Jun 1981 108 · Standing Woman · Yasutaka Tsutsui; translated by David Lewis · ss Omni Feb 1981; translated from the Japanese (“Tatazumu Hito”, 1974). 113 · A Cage for Death · Ian Watson · ss Omni Jan 1981 118 · The Microbotic Revolution [Oliver Gurney] · Ian Stewart · ss Omni Aug 1981 124 · Last Waltz · Warren Brown · ss Omni Apr 1981 128 · God Is an Iron [Lifehouse] · Spider Robinson · nv Omni May 1979

Omni (UK)    (about) British reprint edition of Omni. Generally identical to the equivalent US issues, except for advertisements and pricing.

Omni (UK) [v1 #1, October 1978] ed. Frank Kendig (Omni Publications International Ltd., 95p, 180pp, quarto) Identical to the US edition apart for the cover price and some advertisements. fc. · Road Song · Pete Turner · cv Omni Oct 1978 6 · First Word · Robert Guccione · cl Omni Oct 1978 10 · Contributors · Anon. · bg Omni Oct 1978 12 · Communications · [The Readers] · lc Omni Oct 1978 16 · Earth: Miracle · Kenneth & David Brower · cl Omni Oct 1978 24 · Space: Comet Chasing · Mark R. Chartrand, III · cl Omni Oct 1978 27 · Life: Endangered Species · Dr. Bernard Dixon · cl Omni Oct 1978 28 · UFO Update: The Science Conflict · James Oberg · cl Omni Oct 1978 34 · The Arts: Books/Film/TV · James Delson · rc Omni Oct 1978 _34 · The High Frontier, by Gerard K. O’Neill · Robert Anton Wilson · br Omni Oct 1978 _34 · Space Colonies, by Stewart Brand · Robert Anton Wilson · br Omni Oct 1978 _34 · Colonies in Space, by T.A. Heppenheimer · Robert Anton Wilson · br Omni Oct 1978 _36 · The Third Industrial Revolution, by G. Harry Stine · Robert Anton Wilson · br Omni Oct 1978 _36 · Optimism One, by F.M. Esfandiary · Robert Anton Wilson · br Omni Oct 1978 _36 · Upwingers, by F.M. Esfandiary · Robert Anton Wilson · br Omni Oct 1978 _36 · Telespheres, by F.M. Esfandiary · Robert Anton Wilson · br Omni Oct 1978 _36 · Consequences of Growth, by Gerald Feinberg · Robert Anton Wilson · br Omni Oct 1978 _36 · The Hunger of Eve, by Barbara Marx Hubbard · Robert Anton Wilson · br Omni Oct 1978 _36 · Exo-Psychology, by Dr. Timothy Leary · Robert Anton Wilson · br Omni Oct 1978 _36 · Colony, by Ben Bova · Robert Anton Wilson · br Omni Oct 1978 43 · Continuum · [Various] · cl Omni Oct 1978 52 · Some of Us May Never Die · Kathleen Stein · ar Omni Oct 1978; illustrated by Rudolf Hausner 58 · Valley of the Kilns · James B. Hall · ss Omni Oct 1978; illustrated by Bob Venosa 62 · Listening for Life · Alton Blakeslee · ar Omni Oct 1978 68 · Invisible Stripes [Oldies, Ltd.] · Ron Goulart · ss Omni Oct 1978; illustrated by Ernst Fuchs 72 · Roman Vishniac · Francene Sabin · ar Omni Oct 1978; illustrated by Roman Vishniac 84 · Nobel Prize · William K. Stuckey · ar Omni Oct 1978 92 · The Turin Shroud · Barbara J. Culliton · ar Omni Oct 1978 96 · Time Warp · Theodore Sturgeon · ss Omni Oct 1978; subtitled “A Zado Myth”.; illustrated by Cliff McReynolds 100 · Interview: Freeman Dyson · Monte Davis · iv Omni Oct 1978 109 · Robots [from Mechanismo] · Harry Harrison · ar Pierrot Publishing Sep 1978 118 · Found! · Isaac Asimov · ss Omni Oct 1978; illustrated by H. R. Giger 122 · Zen · Thomas Hoover · ar Omni Oct 1978; illustrated by De Es Schwertberger 130 · Phenomena: Bubbles · Ken Kay · pt Omni Oct 1978 132 · Future Drugs · Gene Bylinsky · ar Omni Oct 1978; illustrated by Abdul Mati Klarwein 136 · Explorations: The Last Eclipse · Joseph Rao · cl Omni Oct 1978 165 · Stars · Patrick Moore · cl Omni Oct 1978 174 · Games · Scot Morris · cl Omni Oct 1978 176 · The Delphic Poll · Dr. Christopher Evans · ar Omni Oct 1978

Omni (UK) [v1 #2, November 1978] ed. Frank Kendig (Omni Publications International Ltd., 95p, 148pp, quarto) Identical to the US edition apart for the cover price and some advertisements. fc. · Li 1 · H. R. Giger · cv Omni Nov 1978 6 · First Word · Robert Guccione · cl Omni Nov 1978 8 · Contributors · Anon. · bg Omni Nov 1978 10 · Communications · [The Readers] · lc Omni Nov 1978 12 · Earth: Whale Pilots · Kenneth & David Brower · cl Omni Nov 1978 18 · Space: Time Zero · Mark R. Chartrand, III · cl Omni Nov 1978 22 · Life: Unreasonable Leaps · Dr. Bernard Dixon · cl Omni Nov 1978 24 · Stars: Moonglows · Patrick Moore · cl Omni Nov 1978 26 · The Arts: Television · James Delson · rv Omni Nov 1978 28 · The Arts: Film · James Delson · mr Omni Nov 1978 29 · The Arts: Books · Robert Anton Wilson · cl Omni Nov 1978 _29 · Prolongevity, by Albert Rosenfeld · Robert Anton Wilson · br Omni Nov 1978 _29 · No More Dying, by Joel Kurtzman & Phillip Gordon · Robert Anton Wilson · br Omni Nov 1978 _30 · Paradise I, by Alan Harrington · Robert Anton Wilson · br Omni Nov 1978 _30 · The Immortalist, by Alan Harrington · Robert Anton Wilson · br Omni Nov 1978 _30 · The Immortalist, by Heathcote Williams · Robert Anton Wilson · br Omni Nov 1978 31 · UFO Update: Betty Hill · James Oberg · cl Omni Nov 1978 35 · Continuum · [Various] · cl Omni Nov 1978 44 · The Real Bionic Man · Dick Teresi · ar Omni Nov 1978 50 · The Weariest River · Lloyd Biggle, Jr. · ss Omni Nov 1978; illustrated by George Tooker 53 · Natural Packages · Michael Somoroff · pi Omni Nov 1978 58 · Computer Lib · Ted Nelson · ar Omni Nov 1978; illustrated by Fritz Goro 64 · The Center for Short-Lived Phenomena · Timothy Bay · ar Omni Nov 1978 70 · Whale Song · Leigh Kennedy · ss Omni Nov 1978; illustrated by Bob Venosa 76 · Test Tube Babies · Tabitha M. Powledge · ar Omni Nov 1978; illustrated by Jean Paul Merzagora 82 · Unseen Worlds · [Various] · pi Omni Nov 1978 92 · Language, Emotion and Disease · Wallace Ellerbroek · ar Omni Nov 1978; illustrated by Erich Brauer 96 · Interview: Alvin Toffler · Bob Guccione · iv Omni Nov 1978 100 · The Chessmen · William G. Shepherd · ss Omni Nov 1978; illustrated by René Magritte 104 · Communicating with Dolphins · John Lilly · ar Omni Nov 1978 110 · Controlled Experiment · Rick Conley · vi Omni Nov 1978; illustrated by Marshall Arisman 112 · Lifetides · Lyall Watson · ex Omni Nov 1978; from the forthcoming book (Simon & Schuster). 115 · Explorations: Where the Atom Splits · Stuart Diamond · cl Omni Nov 1978 142 · Phenomena: Photosynthesis · Roman Vishniac · pt Omni Nov 1978 144 · Games · Scot Morris · cl Omni Nov 1978