April 5, 1999
Issue 103
Vol. 5, No. 14

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IN THIS ISSUE

Anime and Sound Space return to our pages while Games and Cool Stuff take the week off. We also look at a pair of science fiction CDs by Yes musician Rick Wakeman, the new video Space Truckers, and more.

NEWS OF THE WEEK
 The Matrix sets a new box-office record, 253 wins the Philip K. Dick Award, Sigourney Weaver may take on Galaxy Quest, and more.
ON SCREEN
 In Space Truckers, Dennis Hopper and Stephen Dorff star as two vacuum jockeys who might be able to save Earth...if they don't die first.
OFF THE SHELF
 Edgar Rice Burroughs' classic book The Land that Time Forgot returns to print, while Sex & Violence in Zero-G collects all of Allen Steele's "Near Space" stories.
CLASSICS
 In 1974 Yes man Rick Wakeman sold 12 million copies of a little SF LP called Journey to the Centre of the Earth. With a little help from Jules Verne, of course.
SOUND SPACE
 Rick Wakeman and Patrick Stewart Return to the Centre of the Earth with a new audio adventure based on two SF classics.
ANIME
 See how "trouble consultants" Kei and Yuri got their start in Original Dirty Pair, the story of two girls who can really kick some butt.
SITE OF THE WEEK
 What do you get when you cross Babylon 5 with South Park? A hilarious little Web site called Babylon Park.
LETTERS
 Our readers explain why SF isn't going downhill, why SF TV is shallow, why the biggest problem with SF is reality, and more.

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