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| Cover by John Pederson, Jr., from Dismal Light. |
Friday, 19 November 2010
Saturday, 13 November 2010
THE BEST OF OMNI SCIENCE FICTION NO. 4
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| The Best Of Omni Science Fiction No. 4, 1982. Cover painting by Michael R. Whelan. |
"Three never-before-published stories and two science fiction classics are included among the contents of this, the fourth in a very popular and widely-selling series. The volume is organized into five sections and is illustrated throughout with artwork that has earned for Omni magazine a reputation for superlative graphics. Two of the sections consist of outstanding stories and pictorials originally published in Omni and believed by the editors of this anthology to possess an extraordinary and still-unfolding talent. The section of sf originals is highlighted by Spider Robinson's story "Rubber Soul" - a new kind of science fiction in which the return of a martyred rock superstar puts right certain celebrated relationships. The science fiction classics section is comprised of a renowned story by Alfred Bester and one by Brian W. Aldiss. Each a giant of the genre."
Contains Our Lady Of The Sauropods by Robert Silverberg, Dreamtime, a pictorial of paintings by various artists, Marchianna by Kevin O'Donnel, Jr., Dark Sanctuary by Gregory Benford, Sigmund In Space by Barry N. Malzberg, Light Voyager, a pictorial of paintings by John Berkey, Valley Of The Kilns by James B. Hall, Fat Farm, Quietus, St. Amy's Tale and Deep-Breathing Exercises as part of an Orson Scott Card celebration, Noble Savage, a pictorial of paintings by Boris Vallejo, Rubber Soul by Spider Robinson, I Am Large, I Contain Multitudes by Melisa Michaels, Love Calls by Oxford Williams, Fondly Fahrenheit by Alfred Bester, My Lady Of The Psychiatric Sorrows by Brian W. Aldiss, Out Of Luck by Walter Trevis, Return From The Stars by Stanislaw Lem, Transformations, a pictorial of artwork by Bob Venosa and Marshall Arisman, The President's Image by Stephen Robinett, Future Books by Cynthia Darnell, Soul Search by Spider Robinson, Save The Toad! by Norman Spinrad, Giant On The Beach by John Keefauver, Strike! by Isaac Asimov, The Last Jerry Fagin Show by John Morressy and Eastern Exposures, a pictorial of paintings by various artists.
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| Painting by Don Dixon. |
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| Painting by Morris Scott Dollens that accompanied Barry N. Malzberg's Sigmund In Space. |
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| Painting by John Berkey, from his pictorial Light Voyager. |
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| Painting by John Berkey, from his pictorial Light Voyager. |
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| Painting by John Berkey, from his pictorial Light Voyager. |
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| Painting by John Berkey, from his pictorial Light Voyager. |
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| Painting by Bob Venosa, accompanying Valley Of The Kilns by James B. Hall. |
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| Painting by Marshall Arisman, from Robert Sheckley's Transformations pictorial. |
"Transformation - its prediction, its control, its meaning - has always been the province of the priest, the shaman, and the artist. Magic itself, the precursor of science, is essentially the study and control of changes. Alchemy, the study of magical transformations, metamorphoses into chemistry, the study of transformations in substances. Scientists look to artists for insights into the nature of the world. Art delineates the processes of the imagination, creating syntheses of fantastic and factual elements too complex to be explained in words."
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| Painting by Marshall Arisman, from Robert Sheckley's Transformations pictorial. |
"We shuffle things and arrange them, not as they are, but as we want them to be."
Friday, 12 November 2010
THE BEST OF OMNI SCIENCE FICTION NO. 3
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| The Best Of Omni Science Fiction No. 3, 1982. Painting by R. Bertrand. |
Contains How Pro Writers Really Write - Or Try To by Robert Sheckley, Rent 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 Nicholson, The Cure by Lewis Padgett and Orders Of Magnitude, a pictorial of paintings by John Harris.
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| Painting by Don Maitz that accompanied The Test by Stanislaw Lem. |
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| Painting by Vincent Di Fate, from the pictorial Stellar Technician. |
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| Painting by Vincent Di Fate, from the pictorial Stellar Technician. |
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| Painting by John Harris, from Orders Of Magnitude - A Survey Of Megastructures In The Universe GG233, central penitentiary cell block. |
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| 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). |
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| Painting by John Harris, from Orders Of Magnitude - A Survey Of Megastructures In The Universe GG233, The Albertus Magnus sets off fireworks. |
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| 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. |
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| Painting by John Harris, from Orders Of Magnitude - A Survey Of Megastructures In The Universe GG233, big computer and XX3 information hunting module. |
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| 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. |
Thursday, 11 November 2010
OMNI VOL. 2 NO. 10, 1980
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| Omni Vol. 2 No. 10, 1980. Cover painting by Ute Osterwald entitled A New Star In Heaven. |
Contains an excerpt from Stephen King's Firestarter, Sigmund In Space by Barry N. Malzberg, Dune Genesis, an article by Frank Herbert and a pictorial of John Schoenherr's artwork for the book The Illustrated Dune.
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| Painting by John Schoenherr, from The Illustrated Dune pictorial. |
OMNI VOL. 2 NO. 2, NOVEMBER 1979
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| Omni Vol. 2 No. 2, November 1979. Painting Ears Are Eyes by Ute Osterwald. |
Contains an excerpt from Robert A. Heinlein's The Number Of The Beast, Malthus's Day by Jayge Carr and a pictorial of Chris Foss artwork taken from his book 20th Century Foss.
Thursday, 4 November 2010
Wednesday, 3 November 2010
GALAXY SCIENCE FICTION NO. 45
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| Cover painting by Ed Emswhiller ("Emsh") illustrating The Stars My Destination. |
GALAXY SCIENCE FICTION NO. 39
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| Cover painting by Ed Emshwiller ("Emsh") illustrating Let's Build An Extraterrestrial! |
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