Wednesday, August 29, 2012

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

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

2 comments:

  1. I was also in my pre-teen year's when I first discovered Omni Magazine in my fathers room. I read the article about the Philistines and their subconsciousness activity during dreams. I fell in love with it.

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    1. Looking at your Google+ page it seems we had a similar upbringing as far as music is concerned as well (Sisters of Mercy, Front 242, The Smiths, etc)!

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