Re: Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction--defunct?

On 7/17/25 5:45 AM, Gary McGath wrote:

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.
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OMNI was published by Kathy Keeton, girlfriend and later wife of
Bob Guccione. As a result, it shared editorial offices with
Penthouse magazine.
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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.
 

But they paid remarkably well compared to the traditional SF zines, and for poorer writers, they were probably a life-saver.  For example, Howard Waldrop had "Night of the Cooters" published in OMNI when they were paying up to 25 cents a word, and when ASIMOV'S was paying 8-10 cents a word.)
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Evelyn C. Leeper, http://leepers.us/evelyn
Conscience is thoroughly well-bred and soon leaves off talking
to those who do not wish to hear it. --Samuel Butler