Aug. 9, 1999
Issue 121
Vol. 5, No. 32

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EXCESSIVE CANDOUR

SF Critic John Clute takes a look at Orson Scott Card's book Ender's Game in his latest column, "Great fun and a dreadful warning."

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NEWS OF THE WEEK
 The Blair Witch scares up millions, the Dragons of Pern head to TV, Joss Whedon won't write Alien V, SCI FI wants to hear your confessions, and much more.
ON SCREEN
 In The Sixth Sense, nine-year-old Cole Sear knows why you're scared when you're alone, and Dr. Malcolm Crowe wants to know his secret.
OFF THE SHELF
 Dean Wesley Smith and Kristine Kathryn Rusch take readers to The Tenth Planet, while Timothy Zahn goes on an interstellar chase in The Icarus Hunt.
CLASSICS
 Find out how Captain Harlock lost his eye and gained a starship in Arcadia of My Youth, a definitive work by Star Blazers creator Leiji Matsumoto.
SOUND SPACE
 Take a musical mission to the Red Planet with the electronic space-rock band Tangerine Dream and NASA's Mars Polar Lander in the Mars Polaris CD.
ANIME
 This week we look at mutants, pirates and spaceships in an anime double-header that includes reviews of DNA Sights 999.9 and Queen Emeraldas.
SITE OF THE WEEK
 If you're looking for information on the ships of Star Trek, we recommend a visit to the Daystrom Institute Technical Library.
LETTERS
 Some of our readers don't think Blair Witch is all that scary, others think we're being one-sided about Sliders, and much more.

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