Omni October 1979

  

 

  

FIRST ANNIVERSARY ISSUE
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FUTURE EVENTS:
PERSONEL PROPHETICS BY
ARTHUR KOESTLER, ISAAC ASIMOV,
RENE DUBOS, RICHARD LEAKEY,
RAY BRADBURY, THOR HEYERDAHL,
FRANK HERBERT, PETER GLASER,
KARL POPPER, DENTON COOLEY,
LEON LEDERMAN, AND OTHERS
FACT

BEYOND COMPUTERS:
NEW MACHINES THAT CAN TALK, SEE, FEEL, AND REASON

ONE-MAN ROCKET:
WORLD'S FIRST PRIVATE SPACESHIP READIES FOR LIFT-OFF

IN SEARCH OF YETI:
THE EVIDENCE MOUNTS FICTION

ROBERT A. HEINLEIN:
HIS FIRST NOVEL IN FIVE YEARS

JEAN SHEPHERD:
ARCHAELOGISTS IN A.D. 5000 DISCOVER MANHATTAN

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STANSLAW LEM,
URSULA K. LE GUIN, AND
WALTER TEVIS

 
  
 
Contents / Articles

First Word - Opinion Bob Guccione
Omnibus - Contributors
Communications - Correspondence
Forum - Dialogue
Earth - Environment Kenneth Brower
Space - Astronomy Mark Chartrand III
Life - Biomedicine Bernard Dixon
Stars - Comment Partick Moore
Official Circles - Politics William K. Stuckey
The Arts - Media
UFO Update - Report James Oberg
Continuum - Data Bank
Intelligent Machines - Article Thomas Hoover
The Number Of The Beast - Fiction Robert A. Heinlein
A Rocket For The People - Fiction Kathleen Stein
Alien Landscapes - Pictoral Various Authors
The Test - Fiction Stanislaw Lem
Philip Morrison - Interview Eileen Zalisk
Decades Of Decision - Opinions Various Authors
The Lost Culture Of Deli - Humor Jean Shepherd
Unseen Yeti - Article Lord John Hunt
Rent Control - Fiction Walter Tevis
Explorations - Travel Susan Mazur
Combat - Phenomena Marty Stouffer
Games - Diversions Scot Morris
Last Word - Opinion Ursula K. LeGuin