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John Carpenter’s ‘The Thing’: The Story of an SF Horror Game-Changer

Had the good fortune of seeing a rare 70mm edition of this classic film last week, [this is an excellent follow-up][link].

[link]: https://cinephiliabeyond.org/john-carpenters-thing-story-sf-horror-game-changer/ “John Carpenter’s ‘The Thing’: The Story of an SF Horror Game-Changer • Cinephilia & Beyond”

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Omni, the Iconic Sci-Fi Magazine, Now Digitized in High-Resolution and Available Online

[Open Culture has the rundown][link]. You can buy back issues for [$2.99 a pop][amazon], or read them all with Kindle Unlimited.

But that’s not all:

>Jerrick Media, owners of the Omni brand, have also begun to make available on [Vimeo on Demand episodes of Omni: The New Frontier][vimeo], the 1980s syndicated television series hosted by Peter Ustinov.

[link]: http://www.openculture.com/2017/06/omni-the-iconic-sci-fi-magazine-now-digitized-in-high-resolution-and-available-online.html “Omni, the Iconic Sci-Fi Magazine, Now Digitized in High-Resolution and Available Online | Open Culture”
[amazon]: https://www.amazon.com/Omni-Magazine/e/B00TXRHGZ8 “Omni on Kindle”
[vimeo]: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/omnithenewfrontier “Omni on Vimeo”

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Scientists Revive 120,000 year-old Bacteria

[Oh, good. Good job, Science][link]. I’m sure it won’t escape and endanger mankind or anything like that.

[link]: http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17305-resurrection-bug-revived-after-120000-years.html “‘Resurrection bug’ revived after 120,000 years – life – 15 June 2009 – New Scientist”