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Omni September 1991 |
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20 PREDICTIONS THAT THE OMNI-BERKELY RADICAL NEW WAY TO ABORTION PILL INVENTOR SPEAKS! |
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Cover Art: "I do not know whether I was then a man dreaming I was a butterfly, or whether I am now a butterfly dreaming I am a man, "wrote Chuang-tzu in the fourth century B.C.. Now, when consciousness is even more diversified, artist Will Cormier's image inspires a similar statement: "Do I see through the eyes of a butterfly, or through the prefabricated silicon matrix that makes a butterfly's eyes my own?" |
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Contents / Articles
First Word The Nobel laureate explains why cold fusion won't solve our energy woes and why conventional fusion might. by Glenn T. Seaborg Omnibus The Who's Who of contributing authors Communications Readers' Writes Digs Bring out your dead: A few late residents of a long-vanished town could have a lot to say about life in colonial times. by Curt Wohleber Artificial Intelligence Attention, computer scientists! You have ten years to create a real-life Hal by 2001. by Lloyd Chrein Space Near-Earth asteriods have gotten a bum rap. Sure, they veer unnervingly close to the earth, but they're also bursting with valuable materials. Some scientists think we should pay one a neighborly visit. by Devera Pine Political Science It's not whether you win or lose, it's how you play the game. When it comes to industrial policy, the Bush administration prefers not to play at all by Tom Dworetzky Mind So's your mother: Name-calling, rude remarks and obscenities abound in messages sent over the computer networks. by Dough Stewart Tools Go build a kite; to patent something; get a lawyer, not a videotape; and more. by Sandy Fritz Continuum The New World was old news when Columbus found it; gum that would probably keep its flavor on the bedpost overnight; and more. Crystal Globe There are no tall, dark, handsome strangers in sight. Instead these predictions tackle the future of warfare, the environment and more. by Marvin Cetron and Owen Davies The Omni-Berkeley Personality Profile Who am I? Why do I act the way I do? Everyone has asked these questions, and they have even given rise to personality tests, including this one developed for Omni. Responces mailed into Omni will contribute to one of the largest personality databases ever. by Keith Harary Fiction: Life Regarded as a Jigsaw Puzzle of Highly Lustrous Cats You've got nothing against cats. You've got nothing for them, either. But you find that they have haunted your life from childhood to marriage to your horrifying job. by Michael Bishop Pictorial: Legends on the Screen Lillian Schwartz uses the computer as a digital fun house mirror, blending different images to create a wholly modern form of portrait art. by Sandy Fritz Interview RU 486 has realized biochemist Etienne-Emile Baulieu's dream of creating an "abortion pill," but dealing with the resulting political furor has proved a nightmare. by Thomas Bass Antimatter UFO investigator: It's not just a job it's an adventure; elderly women with blooodshot eyes should definitely avoid Tanzania; a wounded psychic goes to courtl they poison bats, don't they?; and more Computer Games Bucking the system: Three computer games that break all the rules but wind up winners. by Jay Kee Games Mastering the Maze: Can you escape from these three-dimensional labyrinths? by Scot Morris Last Word Is your computer a little under the weather? Better consult Dr. Victor Thrake, computer virologist extraordinaire, before your machine goes down -- permanently. by Mitch Coleman and Dave Jaffe |
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