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July 17, 2000
Issue 169
Vol. 6, No. 29

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COVER ART Featured Artist: Anthony James

INTERVIEW

 Roswell's executive producer Jonathan Frakes discusses the show's fans, its future and more.


EXCESSIVE CANDOUR

 SF critic John Clute grapples with the theoretical physics and shared reality of Nancy Kress's new novel, Probability Moon, in his latest column, "All a story has to do is tell."

NEWS OF THE WEEK
 Daredevil is coming to the movies, Snake Plissken will take on TV, the Campbell and Sturgeon Awards are announced, SCI FI will air Babylon 5 in widescreen, and more.
ON SCREEN
 The evil mutant Magneto wishes to wage war on the humans who would control him, but Professor Charles Xavier and his "gifted youngsters," the X-Men, stand in the way.
OFF THE SHELF
 The collection Enterprise Logs features ships named Enterprise across the ages, while a detective and a jaguar woman run from the law in Will Shetterly's noir novel Chimera.
GAMES
 Crash!, zap! and pow! your way to superhero satisfaction in Marvel vs. Capcom 2, a fighting game for the Dreamcast that pits Marvel Comics' finest heroes against Capcom's greatest characters.
ANIME
 Terrorists are threatening the Earth with planet-buster missiles, and it's up to Major Jim Hyatt and his crack squad of loudmouthed mavericks to save the day in AWOL #6.
SOUND SPACE
 Surf-rock legends The Ventures' album Space 2001 is devoted entirely to astronautically inspired songs and reverb-soaked renditions of well-known science fiction movie melodies.
SITE OF THE WEEK
 Is one of your family members or friends a mutant with strange powers? To protect our homes and schools, do your patriotic duty by registering them at Senator Kelly's official Mutant Watch Web site.
LETTERS
 A reader points out that Spider Robinson is popular in the military, another says Hollywood is so brain-dead it must cannibalize its own past, one says Star Wars is preserving SF's future, and more.

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