Dec. 13, 1999
Issue 139
Vol. 5, No. 50

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LAB NOTES

 Wil McCarthy shows you how to predict the major events of the next 50 years using only the science of demographics and two nifty graphs.

NEXT ISSUE: Classics and Cool Stuff return to our pages.

NEWS OF THE WEEK
 Larson is bringing Galactica to Imax, Buffy may end up on Fox, Braga confirms new Trek is coming, Spielberg could film Harry Potter, and more.
ON SCREEN
 We preview the new Robin Williams SF film Bicentenntial Man, and we also preview the UPN movie Millennium Man, which may be the precursor to a new SF TV series.
OFF THE SHELF
 We review the far-future epic Manifold: Time by Stephen Baxter, and we look at the conclusion to Peter F. Hamilton's Reality Dysfunction series, The Naked God.
GAMES
 Once every hundred years a beam of light shines on the center of the world called Septerra Core. Only then can a savior access the mysterious computer....
ANIME
 In Battle Athletes Victory, Vols. 7-8, Akari and her friends must best the alien Nerilians in sports competitions, in order to save Earth and prevent humanity from being enslaved.
SOUND SPACE
 Twilight Zone - The 40th Anniversary Collection is a four-CD set with over four hours of music from one of the most influential SF TV series of all time.
SITE OF THE WEEK
 Do you miss classic pulps like The Shadow, The Spider and The Avenger? Then you'll want to bookmark ThePulp.Net, which explores the magazines that gave birth to modern SF.
LETTERS
 Our readers defend Pokémon and D&D against charges of occultism. Plus, one reader says William Gibson can't be translated to the screen, and another says everyone needs more Star Trek.

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