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Omni (UK) [v5 #6, (March) 1983] ed. Dick Teresi (Omni Publications International Ltd., £1.50, 164pp, quarto) Identical to the US edition apart for the cover price. fc. · The Power of Blackness · Paul Lehr · cv Omni Mar 1983 6 · First Word · Robert W. Prehoda · cl Omni Mar 1983 10 · Contributors · Anon. · bg Omni Mar 1983 12 · Communications · [The Readers] · lc Omni Mar 1983 14 · Forum · [Various] · cl Omni Mar 1983 16 · Earth: Psychological Fallout · Phoebe Hoban · cl Omni Mar 1983 18 · Space: War in Orbit · Thomas Karas · cl Omni Mar 1983 22 · Life: Electric Nerves · Doug Garr · cl Omni Mar 1983 24 · Mind: Disastrous Warnings · Barbara Ford · cl Omni Mar 1983 26 · The Body: Sound Scope · Patrice G. Adcroft · cl Omni Mar 1983 30 · The Arts: Books · John Clute · cl Omni Mar 1983 _30 · Helliconia Spring, by Brian Aldiss · John Clute · br Omni Mar 1983 32 · The Arts: Photography · Esther Wanning · ar Omni Mar 1983 38 · Artificial Intelligence: Six-Month Syndrome · Owen Davies · cl Omni Mar 1983 40 · Breakthroughs: Fly’s-Eye Radar · Owen Davies · cl Omni Mar 1983 43 · Continuum · [Various] · cl Omni Mar 1983 52 · The Keeper of Secrets · Peter Ognibene · ar Omni Mar 1983; illustrated by Peter Angelo Simon 62 · The Last Child Into the Mountain · Michael Bishop & Lee Ellis · ss Omni Mar 1983; illustrated by Fernando Botero 68 · Solar Seekers · Marcia Batusiak · ar Omni Mar 1983; illustrated by Dan McCoy 72 · Charts of the Soul · Judith Hooper · ar Omni Mar 1983; illustrated by Peter Goodfellow 84 · The End of the World News [Part 1 of 2] · Anthony Burgess · ex McGraw-Hill 1983; illustrated by Jean-Marie Poumeyrol 94 · Interview: Richard Leakey · Helen E. Fisher · iv Omni Mar 1983; illustrated by Anthony Wolff 106 · From Ruination’s Fires · Dava Sobel · pi Omni Mar 1983; illustrated by Tony Roberts 115 · Antimatter · Anon. · cl Omni Mar 1983 124 · Superthreads · Phoebe Hoban & Marjorie Costello · ar Omni Mar 1983; illustrated by Michael Furman 132 · The Shirt’s Tale, the Shorts’ Story · Thomas M. Disch · ss Omni Mar 1983; illustrated by Donald Roller Wilson 140 · Explorations: Darwin’s Footsteps · Anthony Wolff · cl Omni Mar 1983 148 · The Artist · Art Cumings · cs Omni Mar 1983 156 · Phenomena: Butterfly Wing · Dennis McFarland · il Omni Mar 1983 158 · Stars: Cosmic Dust · Andrew Chaikin · cl Omni Mar 1983 160 · Games · Scot Morris · cl Omni Mar 1983 162 · Last Word · Ted Mann · fa Omni Mar 1983

Omni (UK) [v5 #7, (April) 1983] ed. Dick Teresi (Omni Publications International Ltd., £1.50, 148pp, quarto) Identical to the US edition apart for the cover price and a subscription advertisement. fc. · [front cover] · Carl Flatow · cv Omni Apr 1983 6 · First Word · Marvin Minsky · cl Omni Apr 1983 10 · Contributors · Anon. · bg Omni Apr 1983 12 · Communications · [The Readers] · lc Omni Apr 1983 14 · Forum · [Various] · cl Omni Apr 1983 18 · Earth: The Greening of West Germany · James Kitfield · cl Omni Apr 1983 20 · Life: Religious Genes · Helen E. Fisher · cl Omni Apr 1983 22 · Space: Starship Makers · T. A. Heppenheimer · cl Omni Apr 1983 26 · Mind: Robo-Psychology · Michael Edelhart · cl Omni Apr 1983 30 · Artificial Intelligence: Deep-Disk Storage · Phoebe Hoban · cl Omni Apr 1983 35 · Continuum · [Various] · cl Omni Apr 1983 44 · Robo-Shock! · Kathleen Stein · ar Omni Apr 1983; illustrated by Francisco Melo 52 · Blind Shemmy · Jack Dann · nv Omni Apr 1983; illustrated by Armodio 70 · Robots at Home · Richard Wolkomir · ar Omni Apr 1983; illustrated by Ichiro Tsuruta 80 · Robots: Fantasies and Realities · Michael Edelhart · pi Omni Apr 1983 92 · Gene Fixers · Tabitha M. Powledge · ar Omni Apr 1983; illustrated by Claude Edelmann 101 · Interview: John McCarthy · Philip J. Hilts · iv Omni Apr 1983 108 · The End of the World News [Part 2 of 2] · Anthony Burgess · ex McGraw-Hill 1983; illustrated by Jean-Marie Poumeyrol 115 · Antimatter · Anon. · cl Omni Apr 1983 132 · The Arts: Sculpture · Marjorie B. Mann · cl Omni Apr 1983 134 · Explorations: Computer Camps · Doug Garr · cl Omni Apr 1983 136 · The Artist · Art Cumings · cs Omni Apr 1983 138 · The Arts: Books · Hans Fantel · cl Omni Apr 1983 148 · Phenomena: Maple Leaf · R. Hamilton Smith · il Omni Apr 1983 150 · Stars: The Cosmic Serpent · Patrick Moore · cl Omni Apr 1983 152 · Games · Scot Morris · cl Omni Apr 1983 154 · Last Word · Randy Cohen · fa Omni Apr 1983

Omni (UK) [v5 #8, (May) 1983] ed. Dick Teresi (Omni Publications International Ltd., £1.50, 164pp, quarto) Identical to the US edition apart for the cover price. fc. · Stonehenge NGC2024 · Kazumasa Yamanaka · cv Omni May 1983 6 · First Word · Daniel S. Greenberg · cl Omni May 1983 8 · Contributors · Anon. · bg Omni May 1983 10 · Communications · [The Readers] · lc Omni May 1983 14 · Forum · [Various] · cl Omni May 1983 16 · Earth: Nature and Madness · Douglas Starr · cl Omni May 1983 18 · Life: Mind Medicine · Ben Barber · cl Omni May 1983 20 · Space: Activist Update · Owen Davies · cl Omni May 1983 22 · Mind: Mr. and Mrs. Clean · Patrick Huyghe · cl Omni May 1983 26 · The Body: Plastic Surgery 2000 · Shelley Ross · cl Omni May 1983 30 · The Arts: Film · Mitch Tuchman · mr Omni May 1983 32 · The Arts: Video · J. Hoberman · mr Omni May 1983 34 · Artificial Intelligence: Portable Power · Owen Davies · cl Omni May 1983 36 · Breakthroughs: Laser-Gun TV · Phoebe Hoban · cl Omni May 1983 38 · Stars: The Ultimate Telescope · T. A. Heppenheimer · cl Omni May 1983 40 · Explorations: Wolf Park · Odean Cusack · cl Omni May 1983 43 · Continuum · [Various] · cl Omni May 1983 52 · The Day We Bombed Utah · John G. Fuller · ar Omni May 1983; illustrated by Dan Morrill 60 · Amanda and the Alien · Robert Silverberg · nv Omni May 1983; illustrated by Bob Venosa 72 · Ozark Mountain High · William K. Stuckey · ar Omni May 1983; illustrated by Bill Sumner 78 · Seeds of Life · Terence Dickinson · ar Omni May 1983; illustrated by Helmut Wimmer 84 · Interview: Ilya Prigogine · Robert B. Tucker · iv Omni May 1983; illustrated by Malcolm Kirk 94 · Techno-Kids · Barbara Rowes · ar Omni May 1983 100 · Hidden Connections · Robert Sheckley · pi Omni May 1983; illustrated by Donald Roller Wilson 108 · Life After Liftoff · Nick Engler & Donna Cheshire-Engler · ar Omni May 1983; illustrated by Barclay Shaw 115 · Antimatter · Anon. · cl Omni May 1983 126 · Vengeance Is Yours · Pat Cadigan · ss Omni May 1983; illustrated by Stephen Beck 142 · Competition · Scot Morris · cn Omni May 1983 144 · The Artist · Art Cumings · cs Omni May 1983 156 · Phenomena: Bug Eyes · Lindesay Harkness & Perry Blackshear · il Omni May 1983 160 · Games · Scot Morris · cl Omni May 1983 162 · Last Word · Ralph Harris · fa Omni May 1983

Omnibook Magazine    (about)

Omnibook Magazine [August 1944] (pb) 79 · Foreword · Herbert A. Wise & Phyllis Fraser · fw 80 · Moonlight Sonata · Alexander Woollcott · ts The New Yorker Oct 3 1931 82 · A Rose for Emily · William Faulkner · ss The Forum Apr 1930 85 · What Was It? [Harry Escott] · Fitz-James O’Brien · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine Mar 1859, uncredited 90 · The Monkey’s Paw · W. W. Jacobs · ss Harper’s Monthly Magazine Sep 1902 95 · Confession · Algernon Blackwood · ss The Century Magazine Mar 1921 103 · The Beckoning Fair One · Oliver Onions · na Widdershins, Secker 1911

Omnibook Magazine [v10 #6, May 1948] ed. Maxwell M. Geffen & Victor W. Knauth (Omnibook Inc., 35¢, 193pp, 5.4" x 7.75", cover by Douglas W. Gorsline) A selection of “authorized abridgements of current best-selling books”. 1 · Raintree County · Ross Lockridge, Jr. · n. Houghton Mifflin 1947; abridged. 63 · Harp in the South · Ruth Park · ex Houghton Mifflin 1947 65 · The Meaning of Treason · Rebecca West · nf Viking 1947; abridged. 101 · Every Month Was May · Evelyn Eaton · ex Harper 1947 105 · Came a Cavalier · Frances Parkinson Keyes · n. Julian Messner, ed. Jack M. Dann & George Zebrowski 1947; abridged. 155 · Words to Live By · ed. William Nichols · ex Simon & Schuster 1948 157 · The Story of American Railroads · Stewart H. Holbrook · nf Crown 1947; abridged. 193 · Back and Forth · [Various] · ms (r)

Omnibook Magazine [v10 #7, June 1948] ed. Maxwell M. Geffen & Victor W. Knauth (Omnibook Inc., 35¢, 194pp, 5.4" x 7.75", cover by Cyrus LeRoy Baldridge) A selection of “authorized abridgements of current best-selling books”. 1 · Son of the Moon · Joseph George Hitrec · n. Harper 1948; abridged. 43 · The Last Billionaire: Henry Ford · William C. Richards · ex Scribner’s 1946 45 · Free Admission · Ilka Chase · bg Doubleday 1948; abridged. 81 · We Called It Culture · Victoria & Robert Ormond Case · ex Doubleday 1948 83 · The Great Blizzard · Albert E. Idell · n. Henry Holt 1948; abridged. 125 · Throw Me a Bone · Eleanor Lothrop · ex Whittlesey House 1948 127 · A President Is Many Men · Merriman Smith · nf Harper 1948; abridged. 149 · It’s Greek to Me · Willie Snow Ethridge · ex The Vanguard Press 1947 151 · The Great Rehearsal · Carl Van Doren · nf Viking 1948; abridged. 194 · Back and Forth · [Various] · ms (r)

Omnibook Magazine [v10 #8, July 1948] ed. Maxwell M. Geffen & Victor W. Knauth (Omnibook Inc., 35¢, 194pp, 5.4" x 7.75") A selection of “authorized abridgements of current best-selling books”. 1 · The Stilwell Papers · Joseph W. Stilwell · bg William Sloane 1948; abridged. 47 · How Lost Was My Weekend · David Dodge · ex Random House 1948 49 · Eagle in the Sky · F. Van Wyck Mason · n. J.B. Lippincott 1948; abridged. 91 · Mencken on Slang [from The American Language—Supplement II] · H. L. Mencken · ex Knopf 1948 94 · The Man-Eating Leopard of Rudraprayag · Jim Corbett · ar Holiday Nov 1947; abridged. 122 · Dear Mr. Congressman · Juliet Lowell · ex Duell, Sloane, Pearce 1948 125 · The Time Is Noon · Hiram Haydn · n. Crown 1948; abridged. 171 · Heirs Apparent · Klyde Young & Lamar Middleton · ex Prentice-Hall 1948 173 · Information Roundup · George Stimpson · nf Harper 1948; abridged. 194 · Back and Forth · [Various] · ms (r)

Omnibook Magazine [v10 #9, August 1948] ed. Maxwell M. Geffen & Victor W. Knauth (Omnibook Inc., 35¢, 194pp, 5.4" x 7.75") A selection of “authorized abridgements of current best-selling books”. 1 · The Bishop’s Mantle · Agnes Sligh Turnbull · n. Macmillan US 1948; abridged. 51 · He Stopped Dying at 53 [from How to Stop Worrying and Start Living] · Dale Carnegie · ex Simon & Schuster 1948 56 · To the Queen’s Taste [from Harper of Heaven] · Robert Service · ex Dodd, Mead 1948 59 · White House Diary · Henrietta Nesbitt · nf Doubleday 1948; abridged. 91 · Brensham Village · John Moore · ex Simon & Schuster 1948 99 · The Outer Edges · Charles Jackson · n. Rinehart 1948; abridged. 147 · Mencken on Vocabulary [from The American Language—Supplement II] · H. L. Mencken · ex Knopf 1948 149 · Civilization on Trial · Arnold J. Toynbee · nf The Oxford University Press 1948; abridged. 183 · All Things Considered · Howard Vincent O’Brien · ex (r) 194 · Back and Forth · [Various] · ms (r)

Omnibook Magazine [v10 #10, September 1948] ed. Maxwell M. Geffen & Victor W. Knauth (Omnibook Inc., 35¢, 194pp, 5.4" x 7.75") A selection of “authorized abridgements of current best-selling books”. 1 · The Golden Hawk · Frank Yerby · n. The Dial Press 1948; abridged. 47 · Appointment on the Hill · Dorothy Detzer · ex Henry Holt 1948 49 · The Iron Curtain · Igor Gouzenko · nf Dutton 1948; abridged. 69 · Pilgrim’s Inn · Elizabeth Goudge · n. Coward-McCann 1948; abridged. 113 · The Girl from Dream Street [from New York: Confidential!] · Jack Lait & Lee Mortimer · ex Ziff-Davis 1948 115 · A Ghost Town on the Yellowstone · Elliot Paul · nf Random House 1948; abridged. 194 · Back and Forth · [Various] · ms (r)

Omnibook Magazine [v10 #11, October 1948] ed. Maxwell M. Geffen & Victor W. Knauth (Omnibook Inc., 35¢, 162pp, 5.4" x 7.75") A selection of “authorized abridgements of current best-selling books”. 1 · Cry, the Beloved Country · Alan Paton · n. Scribner’s 1948; abridged. 43 · Talking Mule Talks Back · David Stern · ar (r) 45 · A Guide to Confident Living · Norman Vincent Peale · ex Prentice-Hall 1948 60 · Mencken on the Pronunciation of American [from The American Language—Supplement II] · H. L. Mencken · ex Knopf 1948 63 · Our Gifted Son · Dorothy Baker · n. Houghton Mifflin 1948; abridged. 95 · Common Fallacies Regarding United States History · Orville A. Lindquist · ex The Dietz Press 1948 97 · “Yellow Kid” Weil · W. T. Brannon · ar Ziff-Davis 1948; abridged. 129 · My Uncle Jan · Janet Auslander & Audrey Wurdemann · ex Longmans, Green 1948 135 · I Didn’t Know It Was Loaded · Robert C. Ruark · nf Doubleday 1948; abridged. 162 · Back and Forth · [Various] · ms (r)

Omnibook Magazine [v11 #1, December 1948] ed. Maxwell M. Geffen & Victor W. Knauth (Omnibook Inc., 35¢, 162pp, 5.4" x 7.75") A selection of “authorized abridgements of current best-selling books”. 1 · The Heart of the Matter · Graham Greene · n. Viking 1948; abridged. 47 · Move Over, DeMaupassant · Billy Rose · vi Wine, Women and Words, Glenmore Productions 1948 48 · The Longest Way ’Round · Billy Rose · vi Wine, Women and Words, Glenmore Productions 1948 49 · Brass Hat with Brains · Billy Rose · vi Wine, Women and Words, Glenmore Productions 1948 51 · How Can I Ever Thank You? · Billy Rose · vi Wine, Women and Words, Glenmore Productions 1948 52 · The West at Bay · Barbara Ward · nf W.W. Norton 1948; abridged. 80 · 3 Men...and an Idea · Anon. · ms (r) 82 · The Lost Art of Profanity · Burges Johnson · ex Bobbs-Merrill 1948 89 · Intruder in the Dust · William Faulkner · n. Random House 1948; abridged. 130 · Smile Please · Mildred Spurrier Topp · ex Houghton Mifflin 1948 136 · How to Live Within Your Income · J. K. Lasser & Sylvia F. Porter · ex Simon & Schuster 1948 158 · The Fireside Quiz Book · John V. Cooper & Raymond J. Healy · ex Simon & Schuster 1948 162 · Back and Forth · [Various] · ms (r)

Omnibook Magazine [v11 #3, February 1949] ed. Maxwell M. Geffen & Victor W. Knauth (Omnibook Inc., 35¢, 162pp, 5.4" x 7.75") A selection of “authorized abridgements of current best-selling books”. 1 · Tomorrow Will Be Better · Betty Smith · n. Harper 1948; abridged. 45 · A Man of Simple Greatness [from America Through British Eyes] · John Bernard · ex The Oxford University Press 1948 49 · The Best of Times · Ludwig Bemelmans · nf Simon & Schuster 1948; abridged. 75 · Bet a Million! · Lloyd Wendt & Herman Kogan · ex Bobbs-Merrill 1948 79 · How to Say It? [from The Lewis English Refresher and Vocabulary Builder] · Norman Lewis · ex Wilfred Funk 1945 80 · The Language of World War II · A. Marjorie Taylor · ex H.W. Wilson 1944 82 · Toward the Morning · Hervey Allen · n. Rinehart 1948; abridged. 128 · The City Boy · Herman Wouk · ex Simon & Schuster 1948 133 · Popcorn on the Ginza · Lucy Herndon Crockett · nf William Sloane 1949; abridged. 159 · Of All Fool Things · Dick Hyman · ex Duell, Sloane, Pearce 1948 162 · Back and Forth · [Various] · ms (r)