As a young geek, I loved Omni as a kid. What stood out as much as the sci-fi was the articles of science. They interviewed Feynman. Explored the making of the (notorious) first mirror for the Hubble telescope. And they had comedy. Last Word was the first part of the magazine I read once the plastic came off. Sadly, its last years as a magazine were horrible, spiraling into a mag trying to prove the existence of UFOs and other psuedo-science. My subscription was allowed to lapse long before the mag ended.
As a magazine concept - blending art, science fiction and science - I’d love to see its kind return. Whether there’s ever a nostalgic book anthology of Omni’s golden years doesn’t matter as much as having another Omni spark people’s imagination.
