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July 10, 2000
Issue 168
Vol. 6, No. 28

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COVER ART Featured Artist: Franco Brambilla

THE CASSUTT FILES

 In "Farscaping," television writer and producer Michael Cassutt describes what it's like to create a script for Farscape.


INTERVIEW

 Author and musician Spider Robinson talks about his latest novel, Callahan's Key, the influence of dumb luck in his life, why he thinks the manufacturers of coffee machines are engaged in a conspiracy, and much more.

NEWS OF THE WEEK
 More Episode II roles are cast, the Locus Awards are announced, SCI FI stars head to Comic-Con, Cameron passes on T3, Scully might have a new partner, and more.
ON SCREEN
 A lone warrior hunts the space pirates who ravaged her planet and kidnapped her sister in Heavy Metal 2000, the followup to 1981's hard-rockin' cult hit Heavy Metal.
OFF THE SHELF
 In Spider Robinson's Callahan's Key, the Perfect Bar picks up stakes and heads south, while the short fiction anthology Vanishing Acts explores endangered species, Earthly and otherwise.
GAMES
 Valdemar the minder must take on pirates, rebels and four kinds of aliens in Colony Wars: Red Sun, the latest installment in the action-filled Colony Wars space-combat series for the PlayStation.
CLASSICS
 Contrary to the hulking, inarticulate brute seen in film, Frankenstein's monster was an intelligent, feeling being. Read his story in his own words in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.
COOL STUFF
 Facts on File's The Encyclopedia of Alien Encounters is a comprehensive guide to UFO sightings, alien abductions, secret conspiracies and interstellar wars.
SITE OF THE WEEK
 More than simply a list of writing markets, The Market List is a clearinghouse of useful resources for writers of science fiction, fantasy and horror.
LETTERS
 One of our readers says good SF comes from bad SF, another explains why TV heroes don't endure, one defends Hollywood blockbuster films, and more.

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