April 10, 2000
Issue 155
Vol. 6, No. 15

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COVER ART Featured Artist: Rik Laubach

INTERVIEW

 Star Trek executive producer Brannon Braga talks about the new Trek TV series, the future of Star Trek: Voyager, the Excelsior campaign and his 14-hour work days.


LAB NOTES

 Genetic engineers can create fat mice, strong mice and smart mice. In his new column "Of mighty mice ... and men?" Wil McCarthy explores the implications for humanity.

NEWS OF THE WEEK
 SCI FI picks up Babylon 5, Braga says no Excelsior show will be made, the Save Roswell campaign heats up, Darth Maul will return in books, Star Wars games get massive and multiplayer, and more.
ON SCREEN
 We review TNT's original movie Don Quixote, starring John Lithgow as the addled Quixote, Bob Hoskins as his down-to-earth squire and Vanessa Williams as the beautiful Dulcinea.
OFF THE SHELF
 In Kathleen Ann Goonan's Crescent City Rhapsody, signals from space destroy Earth's electronic infrastructure, while in Distance Haze by Jamil Nasir, an SF writer explores a mysterious research center.
GAMES
 The scientists stationed on Europa are bored, bored, bored, and they can't go outside. So they build mini-robots, then set them loose to destroy each other in MindRover, a unique new strategy game from CogniToy.
ANIME
 In X, Kamui Shirou is a Dragon of Heaven, guardian of one of the seven power shields that keep the Earth safe from harm--but he could care less.
SOUND SPACE
 After working in the shadow of the mighty Space Ghost for many years, the pirate Brak has at last produced his own record, Brak Presents The Brak Album Starring Brak.
SITE OF THE WEEK
 Exactly what color are Starfuries? If you're looking for information, reviews and tips on building science fiction models, Starship Modeler should be at the top of your bookmark list.
LETTERS
 Some of our readers say Robert Jordan is better than J.R.R. Tolkien, one thinks it's a mistake to let Rick Berman work on Star Trek, another claims God, the Devil and Bob wasn't nearly as evil as Family Guy, and more.

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