From: evelynchimelisleeper@gmail.com   
      
   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.   
   >>>   
   >>> I'm reminded of Mike Rubin's "Three Laws of Thermo":   
   >>>   
   >>> 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.   
   >>>   
   >>> (Anyone remember Omni?)   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> 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.   
   >   
      
   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.)   
      
   --   
   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   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)