tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34970069.post9096814498254332534..comments2024-03-28T00:05:38.435-07:00Comments on Biology in Science Fiction: How OMNI Ruined Me for AnalogPeggy Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18360669414917755737noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34970069.post-77851177690994478782010-08-09T08:58:04.552-07:002010-08-09T08:58:04.552-07:00I remember holing up in the campus library reading...I remember holing up in the campus library reading back issues of OMNI. Nothing like the glossy 'cover art' for each story (and the separate art galleries were so great). Ellen Datlow had her finger on the pulse! Anyone remember SCIENCE FICTION AGE? I bought every issue.crypto nomicohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16144151104255260520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34970069.post-51869903399560396212010-08-08T14:56:02.053-07:002010-08-08T14:56:02.053-07:00Datlow: I miss SciFiction too. Why do the good one...Datlow: I miss SciFiction too. Why do the good ones always go?<br /><br />Mom: I vaguely remember reading choice bits from OMNI at the dinner table. I hope it wasn't as annoying as it appears to me in retrospect.Peggy Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18360669414917755737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34970069.post-16378493175778743502010-08-08T14:50:18.175-07:002010-08-08T14:50:18.175-07:00Arvind: I wish I still had my collection - I keep ...Arvind: I wish I still had my collection - I keep hoping I'll find a stash in a box somewhere<br /><br />Athena: In my teen years I was a bit of an aficionado for <i>In Search Of ...</i>-style reports on the paranormal and unexplained phenomena. OMNI's content fit into that niche nicely. <br /><br />Sean: <i>Analog's</i> name is indeed amusingly anachronistic. <br /><br />I always Peggy Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18360669414917755737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34970069.post-80977942511099757482010-08-07T21:25:57.654-07:002010-08-07T21:25:57.654-07:00I too have happy memories of the varied and awesom...I too have happy memories of the varied and awesome and unique stories that Omni provided for me in the 1980's. <br /><br />MomAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34970069.post-64372123782997903652010-08-07T21:11:15.960-07:002010-08-07T21:11:15.960-07:00Awww thanks. I miss OMNI too, if you must know :-)...Awww thanks. I miss OMNI too, if you must know :-) It was a joy to work on.Datlowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12291973785777671009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34970069.post-43296086791457333012010-08-07T18:22:55.311-07:002010-08-07T18:22:55.311-07:00It's been literally decades since using the na...It's been literally decades since using the name Analog for a SF magazine has been anything but a sad, sad joke. I mean, that's like wearing spats or something.<br /><br />I dug Omni, despite a kinda glitzy quality it had. There was a lot of great fiction published there -- in a lot of ways, it was the cradle of cyberpunk.<br /><br />Of course Analog was itself a key player in the day. I Sean Cravenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13763869499494698057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34970069.post-45968073544285288692010-08-06T08:44:44.239-07:002010-08-06T08:44:44.239-07:00I agree -- OMNI was quite something in its heyday,...I agree -- OMNI was quite something in its heyday, despite its sad devolution into solid woo (but then that's also the case with Scientific American: once required reading for those interested in the sciences, now a terminally dumbed-down tabloid). As for Analog and Asimov's, they're stuck in a bizarre time warp, both emotionally and intellectually.Athena Andreadishttp://www.starshipreckless.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34970069.post-91261660668978316052010-08-06T05:46:15.964-07:002010-08-06T05:46:15.964-07:00Hypnotizing covers! I have in my collection a few ...Hypnotizing covers! I have in my collection a few of them and always feel proud of it ..<br />I endorse your views regarding the stuff of OMNI ....sometimes a bit of sensationalism but overall a fantastic magazine.Arvind Mishrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02231261732951391013noreply@blogger.com