Omni vol. 4 #2 (November 1981, Omni Publications International, Ltd.)

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Formerly held in the Penn State Science Fiction Library (stamp on back cover)! Please consult image gallery for condition.

Contents (from https://www.isfdb.org/ — Copyright © 1995-2025 Al von Ruff and the ISFDB team):

6 • First Word (Omni, November 1981) • essay by Ben Bova
16 • Forum (Omni, November 1981) • essay by various
20 • Earth: The Resource War • essay by Susan Mazur
24 • Life: Cryogenes • essay by Dr. Bernard Dixon
26 • Mind: Beautiful People • essay by Walli F. Leff
30 • Space: The Decisive Frontier • essay by Jerry Pournelle
32 • The Arts: Music (Omni, November 1981) • essay by Tom Hight
36 • The Arts: Film (Omni, November 1981) • essay by Jeff Rovin
39 • Continuum (Omni, November 1981) • essay by various
49 • The Blimping of America • essay by Mike Edelhart and Kurt R. Stehling [as by Mike Edelhart and Kurt Stehling]
56 • Executive Clemency • short story by Gardner Dozois and Jack C. Haldeman, II
56 •  Executive Clemency • interior artwork by Edward Hopper
60 • Why Man Explores • essay by Ray Bradbury and Arthur C. Clarke and Norman Cousins and James A. Michener and Philip Morrison and Carl Sagan
64 •  The Soul-Painter and the Shapeshifter • interior artwork by Charles Pfahl
65 • The Soul-Painter and the Shapeshifter • [Majipoor] • novelette by Robert Silverberg
72 • Land of the Rising Pun • essay by R. Bruce McColm
80 • Witches (excerpt) • short fiction by Erica Jong
81 •  Witches • interior artwork by H. R. Giger
91 • Interview: W. Donner Denckla • interview of W. Donner Denckla • interview by Albert Rosenfeld
98 •  Forever • interior artwork by James Marsh
99 • Forever • short story by Damon Knight
104 • Cosmic Surrealism • essay by Frederick C. Durant, III
104 •  Cosmic Surrealism (12 paintings) • interior artwork by Luděk Pešek? [as by Ludek Pesek]
111 • Antimatter (Omni, November 1981) • essay by various
148 • Stars: Red Shift • essay by David K. Lynch
154 • Last Word (Omni, November 1981) • essay by Anne-Lise Gotzsche

 

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