Omni Magazine

When I was a boy, sometime between the ages of maybe 8 to 11, I remember my father had a subscription to a science/science fiction magazine called Omni.  It was a strange blend of articles about science, futurism, the paranormal, sci-fi stories and fantastic art. Each issue was like a doorway to another world filled with strange creatures and bizarre landscapes.  It had a style which was endemic of the times, combining the older new wave movement in science fiction with the developing cyber punk genre.

It also had a pretty good run with it's first issue published in October of 1978 and the last in Winter of 1995.  After that it ran as a webzine from 1996 to 1998.  Other Omni related media included a short run television show called Omni: The New Frontier, Omni comics, and a series of music CD's.  What follows is a selective taste of what Omni was about.


Magazine Covers

Articles

Vernor Vinge: First Word (arguably first article on the Singularity)

Dougal Dixon: Visions of Man Evolved

Short Stories

Here are links to some of the short stories published in Omni which later became classics of the sci-fi genre.

William Gibson: Johnny Mnemonic

William Gibson: New Rose Hotel

Orson Scott Card: Unaccompanied Sonata

Terry Bisson: They're Made Out of Meat

George R. R. Martin: Sandkings

Music

Here are a few of the songs which were on the first of the Omni series of CD's.

Ray Lynch: The Oh of Pleasure

Mars Lasar: The Eleventh Hour


David Arkenstone: Rain


Television
Omni: The New Frontier



Addendum 05/16/13
Just discovered that you can now view almost the entire run of Omni magazine here.
https://archive.org/details/omni-magazine