Omni, vol. 1 no. 1
Frank Kendig, Ben Bova, eds.
October 1978
Omni Publications International Ltd.
Library edition: CBR
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Notes:
• Only fiction is listed.
Fiction: James B. Hall, Valley of the Kilns // Ron Goulart, Invisible Stripes // Theodore Sturgeon, Time Warp //
Isaac Asimov, Found!
Magazine: Omni
Editors (alphabetically listed): Patrice Adcroft | Ben Bova | Ellen Datlow | Keith Ferrell | Frank Kendig |
Robert Sheckley | Dick Teresi | Pamela Weintraub | Gurney Williams, III
Language: English
ISSN: 0149-8711
Issues: 184, 1978 – 1995, 2017 – present
Websites: Omni Magazine | Galactic Central | Internet Archive | ISFDB | Wikipedia
Bibliographic comments: US magazine featuring articles on science, science fiction, and ufology.
• Only issues with contents of interest to this library are listed here, highlighted in white.
Omni, vol. 1 no. 4
Frank Kendig, Ben Bova, eds.
January 1979
Omni Publications International Ltd.
Library edition: CBR
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• Only fiction is listed.
Fiction: Paul J. Nahin, Newton's Gift // Tony Holkham, New Is Beautiful // Jack C. Holdeman, II, To Race the Wind
// Dean R. Lambe, The Hole Thing // Nancy Kress, And Whether Pigs Have Wings // Isaac Asimov, Strike!
Omni, vol. 3 no. 5
Ben Bova, Robert Sheckley, eds.
February 1981
Omni Publications International Ltd.
Library edition: CBR
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• Only fiction is listed.
Fiction: Yasutaka Tsutsui, Standing Woman // Paddy Chayefsky, Altered States (excerpt) // Bob Buckley, Where
No Man Goes
Omni, vol. 3 no. 12
Ben Bova, Robert Sheckley, eds.
September 1981
Omni Publications International Ltd.
Library edition: CBR
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Notes:
• Only fiction is listed.
• 'The Songs of Distant Earth' is not the 1958 story of the same name, but a three-page proposal written in 1979 for
Stanley Kubrick as a possible film which was never made.
Fiction: Wayne Wightman, The Fighter // Jack Dann, Going Under // Arthur C. Clarke, The Songs of Distant Earth
// Frank L. Calloway, Mr. Mouse
Omni, vol. 4 no. 11
Ben Bova, Ellen Datlow, Dick Teresi, eds.
August 1982
Omni Publications International Ltd.
Library edition: CBR
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• Only fiction is listed.
Fiction: Frank Herbert, The White Plague (excerpt, part 2 of 2) // Kono Tensei, Triceratops
Omni, vol. 5 no. 1
Ellen Datlow, Dick Teresi, eds.
October 1982
Omni Publications International Ltd.
Library edition: CBR
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• Only fiction is listed.
Fiction: Isaac Asimov, Foundation's Edge (excerpt) // Rudyard Kipling, A Matter of Fact // Robert Sheckley, The
Eye of Reality // Frederik Pohl, Farmer on the Dole
Omni, vol. 6 no. 1
Ellen Datlow, Dick Teresi, eds.
October 1983
Omni Publications International Ltd.
Library edition: CBR
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• Only fiction is listed.
Fiction: Robert Silverberg, Multiples // John Updike, During the Jurassic // Isaac Asimov, The Robots of Dawn
(excerpt) // Dan Simmons, Carrion Comfort (part 2 of 2)
Omni, vol. 6 no. 8
Ellen Datlow, Dick Teresi, eds.
May 1984
Omni Publications International Ltd.
Library edition: CBR
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• Only fiction is listed.
Fiction: Harvey Jacobs, My Rose and My Glove // Arthur C. Clarke, Transit of Earth
Omni, vol. 7 no. 2
Ellen Datlow, Gurney Williams, III, eds.
November 1984
Omni Publications International Ltd.
Library edition: CBR
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• Only fiction is listed.
Fiction: Robert Silverberg, Hail to the Chief // Marta Randall, Thank You, Mr. Halifax // Barry N. Malzberg, To Mark
the Times We Had // Jim Aikin, Dance for the King // Ben Bova, Out of Time // Norman Spinrad, The Man Who //
Isaac Asimov, The Ten-Second Election
Omni, vol. 7 no. 6
Ellen Datlow, Gurney Williams, III, eds.
March 1985
Omni Publications International Ltd.
Library edition: CBR
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• Only fiction is listed.
Fiction: Jack Dann, Gardner Dozois, Michael Swanwick, The Gods of Mars // M. G. Jacobs, Minor Surgery and a
Poker Game // William F. Wu, Hong's Bluff
Omni, vol. 7 no. 12
Ellen Datlow, Gurney Williams, III, eds.
September 1985
Omni Publications International Ltd.
Library edition: CBR
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Notes:
• Only fiction is listed.
• 'The Ark' features a child Laotian immigrant to the USA who becomes entangled with the fates of endangered
animals in the Los Angeles Zoo.
Fiction: Bruce McAllister, The Ark // Lewis Shiner, Bruce Sterling, Mozart in Mirrorshades
Omni, vol. 9 no. 8
Patrice Adcroft, Ellen Datlow, eds.
May 1987
Omni Publications International Ltd.
Library edition: CBR
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• Only fiction is listed.
Fiction: Thomas M. Disch, Rude Awakening // Arthur C. Clarke, On Golden Seas
Omni, vol. 10 no. 2
Patrice Adcroft, Ellen Datlow, eds.
November 1987
Omni Publications International Ltd.
Library edition: CBR
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Notes:
• Only fiction is listed.
• 'E-Ticket to Namland' is set in Vietnam.
Fiction: Lewis Shiner, T Rebels // Neal Barrett, Jr., Diner // Dan Simmons, E-Ticket to Namland
Omni, vol. 10 no. 12
Patrice Adcroft, Ellen Datlow, eds.
September 1988
Omni Publications International Ltd.
Library edition: CBR
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Notes:
• Only fiction is listed.
• 'Schrödinger's Kitten' is set in George Alec Effinger's 'Budayeen' universe.
Fiction: George Alec Effinger, Schrödinger's Kitten
Omni, vol. 12 no. 10
Patrice Adcroft, Ellen Datlow, eds.
July 1990
Omni Publications International Ltd.
Library edition: CBR
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Notes:
• Only fiction is listed.
Fiction: Ben Bova, Einstein's Law // Isaac Asimov, Latter-Day Martian Chronicles // Pat Murphy, Latter-Day Martian
Chronicles // Bruce Sterling, Latter-Day Martian Chronicles // Joan D. Vinge, Latter-Day Martian Chronicles //
Gregory Benford, Latter-Day Martian Chronicles // Richard Calder, Mosquito
Omni, vol. 13 no. 2
Ellen Datlow, ed.
November 1990
Omni Publications International Ltd.
Library edition: CBR
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Notes:
• Only fiction is listed.
Fiction: Ted Chiang, Tower of Babylon // Gardner Dozois, Après Moi