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Omni June 1991 |
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THE FUTURE OF MONEY: THE GREENING OF CORPORATIONS JEFFREY SACHS ON THE SCI-FI ART: THE EARLY DAYS A NEW BOOST FOR SPACE HOTTEST SCI-FI FLICKS FOR SUMMER |
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Cover Art: Tsuneo Sandra's startling futurescape offers much to contemplate. Do we stare through a broken glass at a world gone buggy for machines? OR have the machines themselves broken through the glass to enter, and perhaps conquer, our world? Or just to conquer, the Chrysler Building? At least the insect has good taste in architecture. |
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Contents / Articles
First Word Scientists won't be the only ones to benefit from a new superfast computer. You'll use it, promises Intel Corporation executive, to improve business and explore Mars by Justin Rattner Omnibus The Who's Who of contributing authors The Home Office of 2020 Work will be a breeze by the time two decades of the next century has passed. Our special section speculates about the ultimate home office and future reading habits. And Nobel laureate Arno Penzias follows Rachel, a college student, as she works with a robot and writes her thesis at the bus stop Communications Readers' Writes Earth A nineteenth-century law that makes federal land a bargain buy for mining companies is no bargain for the local environment by Beth Howard Space Blastoff: A new family of U.S. launch vehicles is on the way. by Jerry Grey Digs You can't always believe what you read, especially when it's 1,100 years old and commissioned by boastful Mayan kings. by Gregory T. Pope Mind The neural processes that allow animals to distinguish smells provide clues about memory formation by Jeff Goldberg Arts Aliens, robots, and monsters, oh my: The summer's science-fiction movies promise both whimsy and terror. by A.J.S. Rayl Artificial Intelligence The ailing Soviet nuclear power industry is getting much-needed help from the most powerful computer ever sold to the Eastern bloc. by Fred Guterl Continuum The inside out flower; the light bulb that glows in the dark; the ultimate in natural-fiber clothing; and more The Business of Being Green Saving the earth is not only pollitically correct, its profitable,too. Environmentally sound production makes good business sense, forcing "dirty" firms to clean up their act to stay competitive by Melaine Menagh One World, One Currency A single market, many currencies; If not even a unified Europe can commit to one monetary system, what hope is there for a global currency? by Ellen Hoffman A Pocket Full of Miracles Banks, credit card issuers, and other institutions are going to put your money in computer chips - literally. Smart cards carry chips containing your charge and bank accounts. by Lamont Wood Pictorial: A Brush With Genius The premier science-fiction illustrator of his day, Frank R. Paul created the very look of science-fiction art. Life the best of the fiction that it brought to visual life, his work is timeless by Forrest J. Ackerman Fiction: Johnny Come Home In turn-of-the-Century Russia, a refuge for Americans fleeing their repressiver country, a psychic looks for her brother, who has escaped to a more enticing world. by Pat Cadigan Interview Like the town marshals in classic westerns, economists-for-hire Jeffery Sachs faces down the bad guy -- inflation -- and wins. by Anthony Liversidge Antimatter Amnesiac aliensl Norse gods in Mexico; pygmy elephants in Africa; and voices in your head Video Games Keep self destructive lemmings alive and give kids the nonviolent Mixed-Up Mother Goose game by Bob Lindstrom Games Computers have almost mastered chess, buy they're novices at the ancient complex game called Go. by Scot Morris Last Word Beware of the big bucks! Money is harmful to your health. by Jerry Benson |
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