Posted on 12/01/2020 7:23:51 AM PST by Borges
Geez, I hate 2020.
When I enjoy an old SF book that I have already read a dozen times more than any current book, I guess we’re not the market any more.
Wasn’t Omni owned by the guy that also published Penthouse?
I think the people who read aren’t the market anymore.
Ownership:
In 2013, Glenn Fleishman undertook a research project with the goal of learning who currently owns the Omni intellectual property, and concluded that the rights to the fiction published in Omni had long since reverted to the original authors (who had only sold first North American publication rights), and that “possibly even the current ostensible owner” may not know who owns the rights to the rest of the content.[18]
Reboot
In August 2013, plans to launch “a new online project”, described as an “Omni reboot” were reported by The Verge. The project was said to be under the guidance of producer Rick Schwartz and businessman/collector Jeremy Frommer who purchased a storage locker “on a whim” in November 2012 that was found to contain “a sizable chunk of the estate of Bob Guccione”.
The rediscovered materials include “cover drafts with greasy pencil notations, thousands of 35-mm slides, large-format chromes, magazines bundled with stapled paperwork, production materials, and untold amounts of photos and artwork.”[19][20]
Penthouse publishes new Omni
Penthouse Global Media acquired Omni in 2017, and announced plans for a new print issue, to commence publication on 24 October 2017.[21] The issue was published, and billed as the Winter 2017 issue, the first on a quarterly schedule.[22]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omni_(magazine)#Ownership
I miss old school sci fi as well. At its best, it told great stories, but placed them mostly within the confines of hard science. Today’s emphasis on identity and social justice has led to weaker and less credible story lines and a decline in the traditional sci fi readership base.
Agree. Absolutely.
James E. Gunn is 97!
I just discovered that Roberta Jane Pournelle Jerry’s wife died last August.😟
RIP. Spent many an evening with his books and stories.
Ben Bova was a giant in the SF world. His voice will be missed.
May the Lord be with his family.
RIP.
Baen Publishing, working from the same premise as your average drug dealer in that "The First One is Free", has made a bunch of their books available online in their Free Library. I strongly recommend John Ringo's A Hymn Before Battle. Be forwarned, it's a long series, but quite good.
The beauty of the Free Library, is that you can get a taste for a new (to you) writer at no cost. (I also recommend Tom Krattman, who sometimes collaborates with Ringo). If you don't like the book, delete it, and all you've lost is some time.
I use to read a lot of the science fiction from the old days. The newer stuff is like the tv shows and movies today. Not so good.
#23 Yes, I enjoyed the centerfold of the green alien women.... Fascinating.
I can also recommend the Vorkosigan novels by Lois McMaster Bujold. The main character only appears as a baby in the second novel, and is a young adult in the third. The writing is amazingly good.
The blurb for the book “Memory” is my all time favorite-
“Miles hits thirty- thirty hits back.”
I remember visiting the air and space museum many many years ago. He happen to be there signing books so I bought a. Couple to get signed even though I had them at home.
Agreed! It's an interesting series. So much time tends to pass between reading the novels that it is kinda weird. Would probably give a somewhat different vibe if I read through them all at once. Bujold is a darn good story teller.
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