Penthouse founder Guccione dead at 79

Farewell then...

Guccione was also responsible for an outstanding magazine called Omni in the late 70s and early 80s. There was no t&a, just world-leading science fiction, superb artwork and photography, some of it commissioned specially, and high quality news and interviews with scientists and innovators.

The magazine lost its direction in the 80s and eventually became a not very interesting website. But I'll always be grateful to Omni for introducing me to a much wider and more interesting world, and for daring to try something different.

I guess you could say he's gone

to the Penthouse in the sky

Dear Penthouse

I never thought it would happen to me, but I'm dead.

-- Bob Guccione

Nice

"aware of the benefits of the self-service model."

That statement pretty much sums up, the entire porn business.

Eh?

1. "Guccione was also responsible for an outstanding magazine called Omni in the late 70s and early 80s. There was no t&a, just world-leading science fiction,...". What world would that be? The one issue I saw seemed to be designed to illustrate Sturgeon's law.

2. "Readers' filthy letters." Right. Anyone who has ever worked as an editor knows how terribly most people write. Yet somehow thousands of adolescent horndogs can write like Henry Miller. The National Lampoon's "Letters from the Editor" was a bit more candid about the source.