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arcadian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-26-09 05:28 PM
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OMNI was a such a great magazine.
Examining things like UFOs from a serious perspective. Articles by Carl Sagan and U.S. astronauts among others. Science fact/Science fiction. Anybody remember OMNI?
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pitohui Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-26-09 05:30 PM
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1. it had some good science fiction and a good paying market supportive of writers
some of the "fact" was silly season stuff, but it was all in good fun

the science fiction editor, ellen datlow, certainly did her part to support and encourage good writing
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rug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-26-09 05:34 PM
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2. Guccione published more interesting magazines.
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jakeXT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-26-09 05:47 PM
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5. Interesting, I didn't know that Viva was a real magazine
Edited on Wed Aug-26-09 06:02 PM by jakeXT

He used the profits to launch Viva and other publications, including a science mag called Omni.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16854-2005Jan17.html




http://www.lifeofastar.com/viva.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyecxbawQGI(NSFW?)
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arcadian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-26-09 05:52 PM
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6. OMNI had the same heft and used the same fonts as Penthouse.
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-26-09 06:11 PM
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8. I never thought I would be writing this....
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-26-09 05:34 PM
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3. I haven't thought of it in years, but yeah I remember OMNI. :^) We got hand-me-downs of
that and Asimov magazines.
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mzteris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-26-09 05:47 PM
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4. yeah - I liked Omni
I also liked the old "Science 8-" (where they changed the name every year - 80, 81, 82) (I think) it was bought out by Discovery Mag. I was so pissed of that Science was gone, and I hated the Discovery format compared to the Science --, that I dropped my subscription.

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Cleita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-26-09 05:58 PM
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7. Yes, but I had forgotten about until you reminded me.
The mixture of real science and science fiction and fantasy, made it unique. Why did they stop publishing it?
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Flaxbee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-26-09 07:26 PM
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9. Yup. My husband came across about 20 old OMNIs at a
thrift store a while back; he was in heaven.

Neat magazine, very open-minded.
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Prisoner_Number_Six Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-26-09 08:32 PM
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10. I was a charter subscriber.
It was a total shock when it folded. Nothing ever replaced it.
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nuxvomica Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-26-09 08:41 PM
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11. I've got a lot of back issues
Mostly from trying to lift my collection of OMNI magazines. ;-)

I will never forget the Flying Vampire Frog story. It was a fiction that many people apparently believed. An unintended hoax.
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gmoney Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-26-09 11:11 PM
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12. delete
Edited on Wed Aug-26-09 11:14 PM by gmoney
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orleans Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-27-09 04:48 AM
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13. i remember it. i thought it was great. n/t
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WolverineDG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-27-09 06:41 AM
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14. I'm not a science person, but I loved reading Omni nt
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