Sujet : Re: Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction--defunct?
De : garym (at) *nospam* mcgath.com (Gary McGath)
Groupes : rec.arts.sf.fandomDate : 17. Jul 2025, 10:45:57
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On 7/16/25 8:40 PM, Cryptoengineer wrote:
On 7/14/2025 5:53 PM, Gary McGath wrote:
sues, it never felt like the same magazine again to me.
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I'm reminded of Mike Rubin's "Three Laws of Thermo":
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I see all these rejections are driving you mad;
Even F&SF won't take science this bad;
Have some friendly advice: sell to Omni, my lad.
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(Anyone remember Omni?)
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In the early 80s, I was a member of the New York L-5 society,
which promoted space colonization, which somehow swung a deal to
have its monthly meetings at the OMNI's offices after hours.
OMNI was published by Kathy Keeton, girlfriend and later wife of
Bob Guccione. As a result, it shared editorial offices with
Penthouse magazine.
The wall posters throughout the offices were entertaining, to
say the least.
The line in the song right after the part I quoted was:
They're closer to Penthouse than science.
-- Gary McGath http://www.mcgath.com