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32 of 33 people found the following review helpful. A disgrace to the original artists - terrible reproductions; missing/wrong credits etc.By budapest23First off; I was really looking forward this book. Being a SF/Fantasy Artbooks collector for nearly 30 years now and with well over 2000+ such items in my collection; this volume - upfront; on page - seemed to be a great addition to the lot. Living in Europe; it was not typical picking up somewhere an Omni (although I believe I actually saw once somewhere a French edition?) but over the years I managed to get hold of some; being interesting to me mostly for the images and not the articles. (Quite opposite a sentence to how men probably justified their relationship to Penthouse; the mother magazine; lol.) Getting now a coffetable-book stuffed with images from the magazine just seemed to be too good to be true.And... well. The first thing that came to my mind when I opened the book and run through some pages was: did they just photocopy some old Omni magazine pages or what?! The printing (or first; photographing/scanning) job is worse than the rip-off covers of Eastern-European magazines from the 70s; 80s; when they were stealing bookcovers from Western publications without paying for royalties (and thus getting the slides to reproduce the images in proper quality).And talking of royalties... has any of the artists in this book been paid for this publication? If so; why arent they credited???THE EDITING ON THIS BOOK IS LITERALLY THE WORST I HAVE EVER SEEN IN AN ARTBOOK!Examples? Sure; here you go:Page 6 - Image credited to "David Jackson; Spaceships". In reality; it is (a washed up and only partially shown!) image by British artist Tony Roberts (for reference; see for example pages 70-72 in Stewart Cowleys collection Spacewreck from Hamlyn Publishing; 1979)Page 8 - wrong (or missing?) credit: Bob Layzell. Everyone involved with SF art should recognise his "B" as signature...Page 9 - Come on; guys; you dont even recognize Jim Burns; the only non-US Hugo winner artist from the UK; who just came out with his great collection this year? The image is for instance in his artbook Lightship on page 91. The image quality is sooo crap; it hurts the eye - and the image is; just as on page 6; flipped as well. Good job!Let me help you out with page 22 too: Its JOHN Harris; not JIM. He just got a magnificent artbook out this year as well (his 3rd...); so anyone INTERESTED in SciFi illustrations (let alone; EDIT such an artbook) should know the name by heart.Lets jump to page 107 (by the way; why are pages 19+20; 41+42 and 30+ other pages in the book without any visible editing/chapter/thematic/etc reasons COMPLETELY empty???) - this is an image by Paul Lehr; you should know him if you are into SF art; hes a quite famous artist in the US; and this one is a very prominent picture. Well visible in the superb collection "Tomorrow and Beyond" by Ian Summers (now; THAT was a good editing job!); from which volume by the way originate many of the images of your book. Next time; look there for reference.But wait; I jumped over some other issues! Due to the image quality of the John Berkey pictures on page 45-47 for instance; the poor man (a brilliant painter!) probably right now turns in his grave - again; splendid job.Page 62 - Sorry; but "Young Artists" is not a painter; it is (oddly; eh?) an agency! The artist himself is again called Tony Roberts; the picture is from the quite well-known artbook called "Galactic Tours". Same goes for pages 64 (Jim Burns of course); 65 (I believe; Terry Oakes) and 66 (Colin Hay). Page 68: Richard Clifton-Dey. And no; I am not a nerd - I simply just give the things I like some thought and credit...And no; Lucasarts is also not an artists name. That one was very well visible though in the lower left corner of the image; you just should have looked: Pat Rawlings; by the way a famous NASA artist.Oh; and "killing" the image of Keith Parkinson as you did on page 100-101 deserves an extra star.Well... I am not continuing with this; everyone who is interested will literally get the picture. Selling an "artbook" like this as an "ultimate reference to Omni art" is a feeble attempt to make money on some attic collection of yours - but not a proper job. There is only one excuse for all these credit; quality and editing problems: you ripped off the artists (hence the poor reproductions) and you dont know (or care for) the field you were "devoting" a complete "artbook" to. Shame on you.4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. Thanks Dad!By CustomerI received The Minds Eye as a gift from my father -- an avid Omni Magazine fan. Growing up; he always tried to force me into his interests (one Christmas I got a child-sized tool-kit with a pink tool-belt; just my size!). Sometimes his interests stuck with me; sometimes they didnt. When I unwrapped this strangely interesting book; I was immediately intrigued by the world that was Omni. Even though I didnt grow up with the magazine; my father did; and I loved gazing through the nostalgia from the ages with him on each page. I must say; the artwork and intricacy in each image is absolutely stunning. I find it difficult to choose my favorite...it changes every time! I now keep this book on my coffee table; whenever people are over; they always comment on it. Its kind of like a gate-way for my millennial generation into some distant futuristic past that could have been; and might as well could continue to be. The Minds Eye has found a happy place on my table; alongside the New York Times Page One book and the best Vogue Covers.(Sorry for the sap in this. English major alert!)7 of 7 people found the following review helpful. HorribleBy Jim WilliamsI agree with budapest23. Everything he said in his review is accurate. I got this book at a yard sale for 50 cents and now I know why. It was poorly edited and obviously Jeremy Frommer has no idea what he is doing. Dont buy it if you value your money.