Friday 12 November 2010

THE BEST OF OMNI SCIENCE FICTION NO. 3

The Best Of Omni Science Fiction No. 3, 1982. Painting by R. Bertrand.

Contains How Pro Writers Really Write - Or Try To by Robert SheckleyRent Control by Walter Tevis, Space Witness, pictorial of paintings by Bob T. McCall, Clap Hands And Sing by Orson Scott Card, The Future Lost by Robert Sheckley, The Test by Stanislaw Lem, Tour Of The Universe, pictorial of paintings by Robert Holdstock and Malcolm Edwards, A Hiss Of Dragon by Gregory Benford and Marc Laidlaw, Message From Earth by Ian Stewart, Newton's Gift by Paul J. Nahin, Celestial Visitations, a pictorial of paintings by Gilbert Williams, God Bless Them by Gordon R. Dickson, Adventure Of The Metal Murderer by Fred Saberhagen, The Rocks That Moved by John Keefauver, The Vacuum-Packed Picnic by Rick Gauger, The Man Who Was Married To Space And Time by Fritz Leiber, Stellar Technician, a pictorial of paintings by Vincent Di Fate, Graveside Watch by Edward H. Gandy, The Empath And The Savages by John Morressy, The Thousand Cuts by Ian Watson, Hell Creatures Of The Third Planet by Stephen Robinett, The Madagascar Event by Robert Haisty, The Eyes On Butterflies' Wings by Patrice Duvic, Oil Is Not Gold by Sam NicholsonThe Cure by Lewis Padgett and Orders Of Magnitude, a pictorial of paintings by John Harris.

Painting by Don Maitz that accompanied The Test by Stanislaw Lem.

Painting by Vincent Di Fate, from the pictorial Stellar Technician.

Painting by Vincent Di Fate, from the pictorial Stellar Technician.

Painting by John Harris, from Orders Of Magnitude - A Survey Of Megastructures In The Universe GG233,
central penitentiary cell block.

Painting by John Harris, from Orders Of Magnitude - A Survey Of Megastructures In The Universe GG233,
artificial meat factory of Carnivoron
(detail showing the immense salt and pepper mills).

Painting by John Harris, from Orders Of Magnitude - A Survey Of Megastructures In The Universe GG233,
The Albertus Magnus sets off fireworks.

Painting by John Harris, from Orders Of Magnitude - A Survey Of Megastructures In The Universe GG233,
View of the central memory banks of the big computer near Alcindor II.

Painting by John Harris, from Orders Of Magnitude - A Survey Of Megastructures In The Universe GG233,
big computer and XX3 information hunting module.

Painting by John Harris, from Orders Of Magnitude - A Survey Of Megastructures In The Universe GG233,
big computer showing data stacks in "open" mode, with XX3 module below.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

The megastructure ones remind me of the manual covers for the old ZX sinclair computers.

Egrove said...

Nice John Harris scans. The way he paints simply suits the whole megastructures theme.
Ed

Anonymous said...

fuck yeah john harris