March 20, 2000
Issue 152
Vol. 6, No. 12

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THE CASSUTT FILES

 We're pleased to present a new column by television writer, producer and author Michael Cassutt. In "The Cruelest Months," Cassutt discusses the "black hole" created at Fox by the potential loss of The X-Files as well as new television projects at the WB and UPN.


INTERVIEW

 Scientist and author Gregory Benford talks about his new novel Eater, how he puts plausible science into SF, his suggestions for SETI, and more.

NEWS OF THE WEEK
 The Saturn Award nominees are announced, Blair Witch 2 begins filming, Forbidden Planet is slated for a remake, John Sladek dies, Spielberg will work on Kubrick/Aldiss film, and much more.
ON SCREEN
 In Deterrence, U.S. President Walter Emerson has only been in office four months when Iraq re-invades Kuwait. In response he issues a stunning ultimatum: Iraq must withdraw or Baghdad will be nuked.
OFF THE SHELF
 In Gregory Benford's Eater, an intelligent black hole enters our solar system, while in Tanya Huff's Valor's Choice, a simple diplomatic mission goes haywire, stranding a platoon of marines on a hostile planet.
GAMES
 We preview Interplay's Klingon Academy, a space combat game set just before Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country. All good Klingon commanders know there is no honor in diplomacy--fire those disruptors!
CLASSICS
 La Jetée, the inspiration for Terry Gilliam's 12 Monkeys, tells the story of a man named H, whose vivid memories of childhood allow him to travel backward in time.
COOL STUFF
 Revisit your childhood (or maybe your parents' childhood) with this video of the classic kids' TV show Space Patrol. In volume two, Commander Buzz Corry faces the Amazons of Cydonia!
SITE OF THE WEEK
 Find out everything there is to know about the computer-animated series Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles at Roughneck Chronicles, a fan site that puts many professional sites to shame.
LETTERS
 One reader explains why Madonna would make a perfect Wonder Woman, another argues the merits of Mission to Mars, others protest the idea of a Wheel of Time miniseries, and much more.

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