Slick

This blog post first appeared at Amazing Stories

Omni was a rare thing in the late 70s - maybe unique. It wanted to be a serious science and science fiction magazine, and it had the means to do it. It was staffed (and soon fronted) by Ben Bova, who had edited Analog after John Campbell. And it had the financial backing of Bob
Guccione of Penthouse fame.

Omni wanted to be mainstream. It had a large format, glossy covers, slick paper, and fancy layouts. It had serious popular science article...